Good literature promotes literacy. The Center for Children’s Books is a crossroads for critical inquiry, professional training, and educational outreach related to literature for youth from birth through adolescence. In partnership with The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books—an authoritative analytic review journal—the Center aims to inspire and inform adults who connect young people with resources in person, in print, and online. An integral part of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, the Center sponsors activities and hosts interdisciplinary research projects involving both theory and practice. In its dual role as research collection and educational community, the Center has national impact on the future of reading and readers.

Check out the audio of the 2008 Storytelling Festival here.

New to Youth Services at GSLIS and want some guidance? See our Youth Services Librarianship guide for advice about courses.

For a broad list of print and online resources for youth services librarians, see the CCB Guide to Research.

See our newest annotated bibliographies: Dystopia and Under the Sea

The CCB has set up a wish list on Amazon.com! To donate a book, please see the instructions.

Facing a book challenge at your library? Use our Guide for Librarians to help start your response.

University of Illinois Library Catalog
The Center collection is searchable through the University of Illinois catalog. Searches can be limited to only the CCB. In the CCB, fiction is shelved alphabetically by the authors' last names, not by the University Library assigned call numbers. Nonfiction and biographies are shelved by listed call numbers.

The Children's Literature Database
Looking for book reviews? This resource includes reviews from the Bulletin, Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, Kliatt, VOYA, and more!

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
The Bulletin is a children's book review journal. The web site includes Bulletin Dozen (themed book lists) and Blue Ribbons (yearly best books lists).

Layout of the Center for Children's Books
A virtual tour of the Center for Children's Books.