Scholarship
Scholarship on children's literature is conducted by professional organizations, dedicated publications, individual researchers and university courses. Scholarship in children's literature is primarily conducted in three different disciplinary fields: (1) literary studies (literature and language departments), (2) library and information science, and (3) education. (Wolf, et al., 2011).
Literary Perspective: Typically, children's literature scholars from literature departments in universities (English, German, Spanish, etc. departments) conduct literary analyses of books. This literary criticism may focus on an author, a thematic or topical concern, genre, period, or literary device. The results of this type of research are typically published as books or articles in scholarly journals, including Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Children's Literature in Education, Children's Literature, The Lion and the Unicorn, and International Research in Children's Literature.
Library & Information Science Perspective: The field of Library and Information Science has a long history of conducting research related to children's literature.
Education Perspective: Most educational researchers studying children's literature explore issues related to the use of children's literature in classroom settings. They may also study topics such as home use, children's out-of-school reading or parents' use of children's books. Children's literature has long been used by teachers to augment classroom instruction.
Scholarly associations & centers: the Children's Literature Association, the International Research Society for Children's Literature, the Library Association Youth Libraries Group, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators the Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature, IBBY Canada and Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL), National Centre for Research in Children's Literature.
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