Children's Literature Network

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—Leo Lionni,
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One of the most popular features on our site, check out the List of Reading Lists.

Read tributes to those in our children's literature community who have recently passed away.

Our members make suggestions for book-related projects and causes to which you can donate your time and funding.

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Now We Know

We've posted a complete listing of all award winners announced on Monday, January 23rd, at the ALA Midwinter Conference.

You'll find book covers, synopses, and ISBN numbers for ordering.


Books for Breakfast 2012 Plymouth, Minnesota	A whole lotta teachers and librarians have breakfast with booktalkers, authors, and illustrators. Registration is open.	4 Feb, 9:00 am to noon


Chapter & Verse Book Club for adults reading books written for children and teens	at six participating bookstores nationwide	16 Feb


Chapter & Verse Book Club for adults reading books written for children and teens	at six participating bookstores nationwide	15 Mar


Chapter & Verse Book Club for adults reading books written for children and teens	at six participating bookstores nationwide	19 Apr


Chapter & Verse Book Club for adults reading books written for children and teens	at six participating bookstores nationwide	17 May


Storyforms, CLN's 10th Anniversary Celebration	watch for more details about this 3-hour performance extravaganza	19 May

Click on far left icon to see photos from past years.
Learn more about the author or illustrator—click on the photo.

Click here: you'll find book trailers, how-to videos, and interviews with authors and illustrators. Use these videos for booktalks, provide QR code links on your library shelves, show them on your SMARTboard, or enjoy them as introductions to your new favorite books. We've featured a few below, MANY more are available.




Sweet Moon Baby by Karen Henry Clark, illus by Patrice Barton	My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schroder	Bookspeak! by Laura Purdie Salas, illus by Josée Bisaillon



*Swirl by Swirl* by Joyce Sidman, illus by Beth Krommes	*Happy Birthday, Hamster* by Cynthia Lord, illus by Derek Anderson	How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing, illus by Pablo Bernasconi



*Dark Emporer* by Joyce Sidman, illus by Rick Allen	*Can't Sleep Without Sheep* by Susanna Leonard Hill, illus by Mike Wohnoutka	*Magnus Maximus* by Kathleen T. Pelley, illus by S.D. Schindler



Meet Mike Wohnoutka (TPT)	*The Chiru of High Tibet* by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illus by Linda Wingerter	The Fortune of Carmen Navarro by Jen Bryant

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