CYA Literature

Curated in conjunction with Mary Anne Prater-Doty, the author or co-author of seven books and dozens of academic journal articles on teaching students with developmental difficulties as well as special and general education topics, this search tool contains information and synopses of children’s and young adult literature about or having to do with people with disabilities. This information includes the name of the author and illustrator, year of publication, publisher, appropriate grade level, and award status.

The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature is one of the largest collections of children’s books in the world, with more than 120,000 books and periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain from the mid-1600s to present day. The Library also has small holdings manuscript collections, original artwork, and assorted ephemera such as board games, puzzles, and toys.

Open a book. Open a mind. Open the World! Worlds of Words builds bridges across global cultures through children’s and adolescent literature.

A book festival in Redmond, WA that aims to connect young readers with their favorite authors and illustrators, while exposing them to the diverse breadth and depth of children's literature.

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throughout their careers.

The Bay Area Book Community unites readers, writers, and changemakers through three cornerstone programs—the flagship Bay Area Book Festival, the Merritt Dialogue Speaker Series, and the Affinity Lit Collectives. Our mission is to uplift and honor the full spectrum of literary voices, with particular care for those who have been historically excluded or marginalized, while encouraging reading, creative expression, and critical thinking across all ages and backgrounds. We aim to build authentic relationships among communities that foster understanding, resilience, and collective action, and we stand for social justice and equity by centering urgent conversations and nurturing emerging leaders in the field of literature.

The festival, which is held annually, promotes children’s literature, as well as writers, illustrators, publishers, librarians and educators. The festival mission is “to recognize excellence in the field of children’s literature and to provide librarians, teachers, researchers, and community members the opportunity to learn about and appreciate children’s literature through presentations, workshops, and personal interactions with people of significance in the field”

The Mission of the Children´s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group is to promote the educational use of children's books by focusing on recently published children's literature, supportive professional books, issues relative to children's literature, and current research findings.

The oldest, largest, and most frequently visited website dedicated to books by and about people of African descent. Founded in 1998, AALBC is widely recognized as a leading source of information on Black authors and Black literature.