Selected Children's Literature Special Collections by Kay E.Vandergrift

It is often important to locate the necessary resources of manuscript collections and outstanding holdings in ongoing scholarly work in children's literature. The websites listed below reflect the current availability of Children's Literature Special Collections on the Internet. Many, like the de Grummond Collection offer the viewer complete books using the original work so that one can actually see the work as it appears. Holdings in other Special Collections are available through the use of OPAC connections.
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/HistoryofChildLit/specialcollections.html

The Cotsen Collection at Princeton University

The Cotsen Children's Library is an important historical collection of 23,000 illustrated children's books and related items on deposit at Princeton University. Included are early editions of Perrault's fairy tales, Newbery family imprints, moveable and novelty books, children's songbooks, Soviet Constructivist picture books, and a rich array of other printed books dating from the 16th to 20th centuries. The Cotsen collection is multinational, with literature in more than 40 languages, but primarily in the major Western European languages, Hebrew and Japanese. The collection is open to researchers by appointment with the Curator.
http://www.princeton.edu/~cotsen/

RUCCL

For thirty-four years the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature has helped aspiring writers and illustrators of children's and young adult books to grow in craft and professionalism.
http://www.ruccl.org/

The POP-UP World of Ann Montanaro

The Pop-Up World of Ann Montanaro is the first World Wide Web exhibition created and maintained by the Rutgers University Libraries, of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The books depicted here have all been drawn from the collection of Ann Montanaro, who collaborated on the organization of this exhibition and authored its captions and discursive texts. The exhibition was designed and organized by Michael Joseph.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/montanar/p-ex.htm

Child_Lit Listserv

Child_Lit is an unmoderated discussion group convened for the express purpose of examining the theory and criticism of literature for children and young adults. The list exists for anyone interested in discussing aspects of these broad fields, including authorship, illustration, publication, promotion, readership, reception, criticism and literature's changing social functions and implications.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/about.html

GUYS READ

A Literacy Initiative for Boys by: Jon Scieszkais
http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/guysread/index.html

Kay E.Vandergrift Special Interest Page

This website is a means of sharing ideas and information with all those interested in literature for children and young adults.
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/

Frank Rogers' Guide to Children's Literature on the Web

http://frankrogers.home.mindspring.com/

Kids' Place

http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace