ChLA General Studies

Interested in publishing with ChLA? We welcome proposals for original critical studies in the field of children’s literature and media, including single-author monographs, edited essay collections, and critical editions of classic children’s book texts. ChLA does not publish fiction for children, curriculum development materials, or instructional manuals.

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Books available through ChLA:

Margaret P. Esmonde and Priscilla A. Ord, eds. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, University of Toronto, March, 1979. Villanova, Pa: Villanova University, 1980. (NO LONGER AVAILABLE - OUT OF PRINT)

Priscilla A. Ord, ed. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, Baylor University, March, 1980. New Rochelle, N.Y: Iona College, 1982.

Priscilla A Ord, ed. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association [U of Minnesota 1981]. Children's Literature Association, 1982.

Perry Nodelman and Jill P. May, eds. Festschrift: A Ten Year Retrospective. West Layfayette, IN: ChLA, 1983. (NO LONGER AVAILABLE - OUT OF PRINT)

Patricia Dooley, ed. The First Steps: Best of the Early ChLA Quarterly. West Layfayette, IN: ChLA, 1984.

Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Thompson, eds. Cross-culturalism in Children's Literature: Selected Papers from the 1987 International Conference of the Children's Literature Association, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. New York: Pace University, 1987.

Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Thompson, eds. The Child and the Family: Selected Papers from the 1988 International Conference of the Children's Literature Association, College of Charleston, South Carolina, May 19-22, 1988. New York: Pace University, 1988.

Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Thompson, eds. Where Rivers Meet : Confluence and Concurrents: Selected Papers from the 1989 International Conference of the Children's Literature Association, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, May 11-14, 1989. New York: Pace University, 1989.

Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Thompson, eds. Work and Play in Children's Literature: Selected Papers from the 1990 International Conference of the Children's Literature Association sponsored by The College of Education and the College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, May 31 to June 3, 1990. New York: Pace University, 1990.

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Books available from Scarecrow Press: (all Links for books below are 404 sever error)

Perry Nodelman, ed. Touchstones: Volume One: Reflections on the Best in Children's Literature. 1985.

Perry Nodelman, ed. Touchstones: Volume Three: Picture Books: Reflections on the Best in Children's Literature. 1989.

Perry Nodelman, ed. Touchstones: 3 Volume Set. 1986.

Mavis Reimer, ed. Such a Simple Little Tale. 1992.

Roderick McGillis, ed. For the Childlike: George MacDonald's Fantasies for Children. 1992.

Alethea Helbig and Agnes Perkins, eds. The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association, 1985-1989. 1993.

Alethea Helbig and Agnes Perkins. The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association, 1990-1994. 1996.

Betty Greenway. A Stranger Shore: A Critical Introduction to the Work of Mollie Hunter. 1998.

Maria Nikolajeva. From Mythic to Linear: Time in Children's Literature. 2000.

Alethea Helbig and Agnes Perkins, eds. The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association, 1995-1999. 2001.

Anne Lundin. Victorian Horizons: The Reception of the Picture Books of Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway. 2001.

M. Sarah Smedman and Joel D. Chaston. Bridges for the Young: The Fiction of Katherine Paterson. 2002.

Donelle Ruwe. Culturing the Child, 1690-1914: Essays in Memory of Mitzi Myers. 2005.

Sandra L. Beckett and Maria Nikolajeva, eds. Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature. 2006.

Charles Butler. Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. 2006.