The International Research Society
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Journal List
 

Access to relevant journals is central to effective research. The list below provides basic information about the major children's literature journals known and used by members of the board. If you know of others that should be included, please send details to Clare Bradford (clarex@deakin.edu.au). A brief summary of its aims and general content list would be helpful.

Jump to journals in:
English | Danish | Dutch | French | German
Greek | Italian | Japanese | Slovenian | Spanish | Swedish

English

ALAN Review - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/
National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Road
Urbana, IL 61801-1096
USA
Editors:
James Blasingame (James.Blasingame@asu.cdu) and
Lori A. Goodson (LAGoodson@aol.com)

Bookbird - www.ibby.org
Journal of IBBY: the International Board on Books for Young People
The Ohio State University at Mansfield
1680 University Drive
Mansfield
Ohio 44906
USA
Editor: Barbara A Lehman (lehman.l@osu.edu)

Books for Keeps - www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
6 Brightfield Road
Lee
London SE12 8QF
UK
booksforkeeps@btinternet.com

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/
The Center for Children's Books
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820
USA
ccb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu

Cahiers Robinson
UFR de Lettres Modernes
Université d'Artois
9 rue du Temple
62030 ARRAS Cedex
France.
Editor: Francis Marcoin

Canadian Children's Literature - http://ccl.uwinnipeg.ca
Canadian Children's Literature Association
Departments of English and French
University of Guelph
Guelph
Ontario N1 G 2 W1

Carousel: The guide to children's books
The Saturn Centre
54-76 Bissell Street
Birmingham B5 7HX
UK
carousel.guide@virgin.net

Children's Book History Society Newsletter
25 Field Way,
Hoddesdon,
Herts. EN11 0QN,
UK
Editors: Brian Alderson and Pat Garrett
cbhs@abcgarrett.demon.co.uk

Children's Literature Association Quarterly - http://chla.wikispaces.com/ChLAQ
Children's Literature Association
PO Box 138
Battle Creek
MI 49016
Review editor: Mark I West
English Department
UNC-Charlotte
Charlotte
NC 28223
USA

Children's Literature in Education
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Journals Dept.
PO Box 322
3300 AH Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Editors:
Margaret Mackey (United States & Canada)
P.O. Box 45034
Lansdowne Postal Outlet,
Edmondton,
Alberta
Canada T6H 5YI.
Geoff Fox (UK and elsewhere excluding North America)
Aller Down Cottage
Coppice Lane
Sandford
Crediton
EX17 4EG
UK

CLIJ Cuardenos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
Editorial Torre de Papel, S.L.
Amigo 38 1 1 0802
Barcelona
reclij@teleline.es
torredep@terra.es

CREArTA: Journal of the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts - http://www.crea.uts.edu.au
University of Technology Sydney
Editor: Dr Rosemary Ross Johnston
Director, Centre for Research and Education in the Arts

The Five Owls - www.fiveowls.com
PO Box 235,
Marathon,
TX 79842,
USA
Editor: Dr Mark West

Horn Book Magazine - www.hbook.com
56 Roland St.
Suite 200
Boston
MA 02129
USA
Editor: Roger Sutton
magazine@hbook.com

Inis: the Children's Books Ireland Magazine - www.childrensbooksireland.com
Children's Books Ireland,
17 Lower Camden Street,
Dublin 2,
Ireland.
Editors:
Siobhán Parkinson (parkbenn@eircom.net) and
Valerie Coghlan (vcoghlan@cice.ie)

The Journal of Children's Literature Studies http://www.piedpiperpublishing.com/childlitcontributors.htm
Pied Piper Publishing
80 Birmingham Road
Shenstone
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 0JU
UK
Editor: Pat Pinsent (PatPinsent@aol.com)
Associate Editor: Madelyn Travis (madelyn@travis33.co.uk)

The Journal of Reading, Writing and Literacy http://www.piedpiperpublishing.com/readingcontributors.htm
Pied Piper Publishing
80 Birmingham Road
Shenstone
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 0JU
UK

Editor: Professor David Wray (d.j.wray@warwick.ac.uk)

Kirkus - www.kirkusreviews.com
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003-9595
Kirkusrev@Kirkusreviews.com

The Lion and the Unicorn - www.press.jhu.edu/journals/
The Johns Hopkins University Press
P.O. Box 19966
Baltimore, MD 21211-0966
USA

Magpies
Magpies Magazine Pty Ltd,
PO Box 98, Grange, Queensland,
Australia 4051
james@magpies.net.au

Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy Tale Studies - www.langlab.wayne.edu/MarvelsHome/Marvels_Tales.html
Wayne State University Press
Leonard N. Simons Building
4809 Woodward Avenue
Detroit M1 48201-1309
USA
Editor: Professor Donald Haase (d.haase@wayne.edu)
443 Manoogian Hall
Wayne State University
Detroit M1 48202

Orana
Library Association of Australia. School & Children's Libraries
Margaret Steinberger
margste@telpacific.com.au

Library Media Connection - www.linworth.com
Linworth Publishing Inc.
480 E Wilson Bridge Road
Suite L
Worthington
OH 43085-2372
linworth@linworthpublishing.com

The Looking Glass: an Online Children's Literature Journal
www.the-looking-glass.net
Editor: Jane Goldstein

New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13614541.asp
Taylor and Francis
11 New Fetter Lane
London EC4P 4EE
UK
Editor: Dr. Sally Maynard (s.e.maynard@lboro.ac.uk)

Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature
School of Communication and Creative Arts
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood 3125
Australia
Editor: Prof. Clare Bradford (clarex@deakin.edu.au)

The School Librarian - www.sla.org.uk
The School Library Association,
Unit 2,
Lotmead Business Village,
Lotmead Farm,
Wanborough,
Swindon SN4 0UY
UK
Editor: Ray Lonsdale (slaeditor@sla.org.uk)

Sankofa: A Journal of African Children's and Young Adult Literature
Dr. Meena Khorana (meenakh@aol.com)
202-E Holmes Hall,
Morgan State University,
1700 E. Eold Spring Road,
Baltimore,
MD 21251
USA

School Libraries Worldwide
Journal of The International Association of School Librarians
- www.iasl-slo.org
Department of Elementary Education
551 Education South
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5
Canada
Editor: Dr Dianne Oberg

School Library Journal - www.slj.com
For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians

245 W.17th Street
New York
NY 10011
Phone. (212) 463-6759
slj@cahners.com

Viewpoint: on books for young adults - http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/LLAE/viewpoint/
PO Box 4286
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Australia
Editor: Pam Macintyre (education-viewpoint@unimelb.edu.au)

VOYA: Voices of Youth Advocates - www.voya.com
Scarecrow Press
4501 Forbes Blvd.
Suite 200.
Lanham
MD 20706
USA
voya@voya.com

Danish

Nedslag i børnelitteraturforskningen
(Research into Children's literature)

Published by the Centre for Children's literature in order to reach a wider interested and informed audience with the latest in national and international research into children's literature. Refereed. Articles are published in Danish/Swedish with a summary in English.
Editor: Nina Christensen, nc@dpu.dk.
To order the magazine contact the publisher: www.samfundslitteratur.dk


Dutch

Literatuur zonder leeftijd (Literature without age).
The articles are published in Dutch (sometimes also English) and the magazine appears three times a year. Literatuur zonder leeftijd is not an official refereed magazine, although all articles are discussed by the editorial board of seven members. The journal publishes articles on children's literature, as well as reports and speeches that reflect national and international activities surrounding literature for children and young adults; criticism and scientific research; reviews of specialist books and bibliographic notes.
Contact: Toin Duijx
P.O. Box 17162
NL-1001 JD Amsterdam


French

Canada
Canadian Children's Literature
- www.uoguelph.ca/englit/ccl
Canadian Children's Literature Association
Departments of English and French
University of Guelph
Guelph
Ontario N1 G 2 W1

France
Cahiers Robinson

UFR de Lettres Modernes
Université d'Artois
9 rue du Temple
62030 ARRAS Cedex
France.
Editor: Francis Marcoin

La revue des livres pour enfants
Published by la joie par les livres, National Center for Children's Books.
25 boulevard de Strasbourg 75010
Paris
Tel.. 01 55 33 44 44 - Fax 01 55 33 44 55
Contact: rlpe@lajoieparleslivres.com
Contacts, order and subscriptions


German

Austria
Tausend und ein Buch. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur

http://www.biblio.at/1001buch/
Austrian quarterly with extensive (quality) reviews of primary literature and media, also contains good scholarly articles on the thematic focus of the issue.
Contact: Redaktion
Mayerhofgasse 6
1040 Wien
Austria

Germany
Beiträge Jugendliteratur und Medien
http://gew.de/ajum/zeitschrift.htm
German quarterly published by one of the leading teachers' unions (the GEW) and founded 1893, it is the oldest journal on children's literature in German. Publishes lengthy articles on children's literature, media, reading, etc.
Contact: Dr. Gudrun Stenzel
Auf der Hude 9
21521 Wohltorf
Germany

JuLit. Informationen des Arbeitskreises für Jugendliteratur
German quarterly published by the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur - the German section of IBBY. Each number usually has a thematic focus. One of the most important organs for German language children's literature research.
Contact: Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V.
Redaktion JuLit
Doris Breitmoser / Kristina Bernd
Metzstr. 14c
81667 München
Germany

Switzerland
Jugendliteratur. Zeitschrift des Schweizerischen Bundes für Jugendliteratur
Swiss quarterly published by the Swiss Children's Literature Institute. Short articles on Swiss and international children's literature, media and reading.
Contact: Stefanie Kappus
Helikerstr. 19
4463 Buus
Switzerland

Greek

Diadromes Sto Choro Tis Logotechnias Gia Pedia ke Neous [Routes to Literature for Children and Young Adults]
Non-Refereed (Editorial Committee), Scholarly and Descriptive articles, Greek translations of articles from other languages, Book reviews, News.
Contact: 67, Emm. Benaki Street
GR-10681 Athens
Greece
Tel: +30 210 3301213

Keimena: Gia ti Theoria, ti Kritiki kai ti Didaktiki tis Pedikis
Logotechnias [Texts: About the Theory, Criticism and Teaching of Children's Literature]

A new addition to Greek children's literature criticism, this on-line journal has been set up by the "Speech and Culture" Lab of the University of Thessaly. This will be a refereed journal.
Contact: http://keimena.ece.uth.gr


Italian

Andersen
Publisher: Feguagiskia Studios
Via Crosa di Vergagni 3/r
16124 Genoa
tel. 010 2757544, fax 010 2510838
Contact: info@andersen.it

Hamelin
Publisher : Minerva
Via Two Bridges 2, 40050
tel. 051 233401, fax 051 2915120
Contact: info@hamelin.net

LG arguments
Review center studies of juvenile literature. Quarterly
Editor: Francisco Langella
Publisher: Common of Genoa - Direction Libraries
Via of Seminary 16
16121 Genoa
tel. 010 5576010, fax 0105576054
Postal Address: via Archimedes 44
1642 Genoa
tel. 010 509181, fax 010 50 5174
Contact: berio@comune.genova.it

LiBeR
Books for children and boys
Editors: Bartolini Domenico - Pontegobbi Riccardo
Publisher: Idest
Via Ombrone 1, 50013 You live Bisenzio (FI)
tel. 055 8966577, fax 055 8953344
Contact: liber@idest.net

SCHEDARIO. Periodico di letteratura giovanile
(4-monthly) Published by Giunti, Florence under the auspices of the Biblioteca di documentazione pedagogica - Sezione di letteratura giovanile
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 10
50122 FIRENZE
Italy.


Japanese

Tinker Bell
Journal of JSCLE: the Japan Society for Children's Literature in English. Annual covering literature and culture of English-speaking countries. Essays in Japanese and English.
Chair: Toshio Fujino (Jumonji Gakuen College);
Secretary General: Sumiko Shirai (Shirayuri College).
Shirayuri College (in care of Associate Professor Shirai's Office )
1-25, Midorigaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo Met.
182-8525
Japan
Editors: Reiichi Miura, Keiko Nakagawa,Junko Nishimura
(nijun@jcom.home.ne.jp),
Sumiko Yokokawa, Michiko Yorikoka.

 

Slovenian

Preschool children's review (from 2-6 yrs) http://www.mladinska.com/emagcover.asp?emag=134478

Children's review (from 6-9 yrs) http://www.mladinska.com/emagcover.asp?emag=134479

 

Spanish

CLIJ Cuardenos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
Editorial Torre de Papel, S.L.
Amigo 38 1 1 0802
Barcelona
reclij@teleline.es
torredep@terra.es


Swedish

Denmark
Nedslag i børnelitteraturforskningen (Research into Children's literature)

Published by the Centre for Children's literature in order to reach a wider interested and informed audience with the latest in national and international research into children's literature. Refereed. Articles are published in Danish/Swedish with a summary in English.
Editor: Nina Christensen, nc@dpu.dk.
To order the magazine contact the publisher: www.samfundslitteratur.dk

Sweden
Barnboken,

Published biannually by the Swedish Institute for Children's Books
Odengatan 61
SE-113 22 STOCKHOLM
Editor: Lillemor Torstensson
info@sbi.kb.se

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