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://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/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://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/
Frank Rogers' Guide to Children's
Literature on the Web
http://frankrogers.home.mindspring.com/
Kids' Place
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace
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