Children's Literature Resources
The School (S)-Collection in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign consists of 152,000 cataloged volumes of children's and young adult literature. In 1993, the S-Collection acquired an additional uncataloged collection of 58,000 children's books from the Center for Research Libraries, which were added to the collection. With this addition, it became one of the most comprehensive collections of children's literature in the nation, second only to the Library of Congress.
Originally created as a working collection for students in Education or Library and Information Science, the collection now supports doctoral and historical research as well.
- Find Children's Books
- Research Children's Literature
Bibliographies and guides for finding books by topic, age group, or genre.
Resources for researching the history, development, analysis, and review of children's and young adult literature.
- Use Children's Literature
- Additional Resources
Ideas and activities for using children's literature and resources in the classroom.
Includes information about the s-collection, FAQs, links to public libraries, and the s-collection site map.
Children's Literature Blog
Check out our Children's Literature Blog for helpful guides, children's literature news, and tips on using the S-Collection!
