Busse Library provides these resources and book titles for students and faculty seeking information on children's literature. Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere.

Gateways to Resources --Organizations -- Literary Awards -- Selected Authors and Titles -- Storytelling Resources

Gateways to Resources

• 100 Favorite Children's Books: New York Public Library
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site -- by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis

Organizations

• Canadian Children's Book Center
• Children's Book Council
• Children's Literature Association
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Literary Awards

• ABBY: American Booksellers Children's Book of the Year
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
• Caldecott Medal
• Children and Young Adult Books : Awards
• Coretta Scott King Award -- given to African American authors and illustrators
• Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature -- awarded to Canadian writers
• Iowa Children's Choice Award
• Mark Twain Awards -- selected by children of Missouri
• Newbery Medal
• U.S. Children's Book Awards
• Young Reader's Choice Award: Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) -- selected by kids and young adults of the Pacific Northwest

Selected Authors and Titles

• The Berenstain Bears
• Judy Blume -- Superfudge ; Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret and others
• Betsy Byars -- Summer of the Swans
• Eric Carle -- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Beverly Cleary -- Ramona series; Henry Huggins
• Tomie de Paola -- renowned illustrator
• Franklin W. Dixon -- Hardy Boys series
• Jean Craighead George -- Julie of the Wolves
• Charles Ghigna -- Tickle Day; See the Yak Yak; known as "Father Goose"
• Virginia Hamilton -- M.C. Higgins the Great
• Brian Jacques -- Redwall
• Carolyn Keene -- Nancy Drew series
• David Kirk -- Miss Spider's ABC; Miss Spider's Birthday Party
• Lois Lenski -- Strawberry Girl
• Arnold Lobel -- Frog and Toad Are Friends
• Ann M. Martin -- The Babysitters' Club series
• A.A. Milne -- The House at Pooh Corner; Now We Are Six
• Mary Pope Osborne -- The Magic Tree House series
• Peggy Parish -- Amelia Bedelia series
• Katherine Paterson -- The Bridge to Terabithia
• John Peterson-- The Littles
• David Pilkey -- The Dumb Bunnies
• Beatrix Potter -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Jack Prelutsky -- The Beauty of the Beast and other poetry collections
• H.A. and Margret Rey -- Curious George series
• Richard Scarry -- How Things Work in Busytown; Best Word Book Ever
• Jon Scieszka -- The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Tales; The Three Little Pigs
• Dr.Seuss -- Green Eggs in Ham; The Cat in the Hat, and others
• Shel Silverstein -- A Light in the Attic ; Where the Sidewalk Ends
• R.L. Stine -- Goosebumps series
• Chris Van Allsburg -- The Polar Express; Jumanji
• Judith Viorst -- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Gertrude Warner -- The Boxcar Children
• E.B. White -- Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little
• Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Little House in the Big Woods and others

Storytelling Resources