🍁 indicates a Canadian site
Be sure to check out our Useful Illustrator Links page as well.
🍁 The Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Links to Canadian publishers’ sites, profiles of authors and illustrators, a calendar of upcoming events, CCBC publications including the annual market listing of Canadian publishers, the “Our Choice” catalogue, and more.
Communication-Jeunesse est voué à la promotion, auprès des jeunes, de la lecture et de la littérature québécoise et franco-canadienne pour la jeunesse. Nous nous employons à mettre sur pied des projets de qualité qui permettent aux jeunes de développer leur goût pour la lecture et de s’initier au monde de la littérature jeunesse.
IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.
Editor Harold Underdown has collected many articles, tips, and sites that will interest writers and illustrators.
Institute of Children’s Literature (ICL)
The Institute of Children’s Literature (ICL) has over 50 years of teaching writing for children and teens, writing for magazines, and writing and selling short stories and articles. It shares a website with its sister school, the Institute for Writers (IFW).
Poetry at Play: Poetry Advocates for Children & Young Adults
PACYA is a grassroots, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting poetry for every age group.
Brought to you by the people who put out the “Children’s Book Insider” newsletter.
Information on publishers and authors, reviews, awards, booksellers, and libraries, plus a calendar of events, a mailing list, and more
A list compiled by the Mount Saint Vincent’s University library, with a focus on Canadian content.
🍁 Associations National des Éditions de Livres
Répertoire des membres, avec recherche par spécialités.
🍁 The Canadian Authors Association
Information on the organization, regional activities, and more.
🍁 Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers
CANSCAIP offers bios of their members, forums, event information, links to members’ websites, and more.
🍁 The Writers’ Union of Canada
The national organization of professionally published writers offers professional development resources, contract advice and legal services, advocacy, contests, and a series of webinars available live or recorded.
🍁 CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Reviews of Canadian works by volunteers with expertise in materials for children
🍁 Canadian Children’s Book News
Reviews and reading lists from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Quarterly periodical containing a book review section
Blog promoting children’s & YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
Reviews of contemporary English-language materials fo interest to children and young adults
Reviews, articles, news, and explorations of children’s books from every perspective.
🍁 Jeunesse: young people, texts, cultures
Jeunesse is a scholar-led, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, bilingual academic journal. The mandate of the journal is to publish research on and to provide a forum for discussion about cultural productions for, by, and about young people. academic journal focused on cultural productions for, by, and about young people. International scope, with a special interest in Canada.
Monthly focused on the Canadian book trade, including reviews. Also, see Quill & Quire Kids’ Books.
National journal devoted to the review and evaluation of English and French resources for children and young adults.
The online bookstore’s Canadian site
The online bookstore
The bookstore online
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The bookstore online
"A community of independent local bookstores." Find an independent bookstore in your area (U.S. addresses).
To find a local independent bookstore, enter your address, city, province, or postal code. Find an independent bookseller in your area (Canadian addresses).
International Children’s Digital Library
"The ICDL Foundation promotes tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children’s literature from around the world."
Sellers of children’s books: 10,000+ scarce, collectible, and out-of-print books for readers, teachers, and collectors.
How to order U.S. stamps, an international postage rate calculator, a shipping-label printing service for the return of those precious manuscripts, and more.
🍁 The Canadian Children’s Book Centre CCBC Book Events Calendar
This site is a comprehensive source of Canadian Children’s Book Events. It is run by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to those who make and read Children’s books. Events are submitted by CCBC members.
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