What is the Children's Literature Research collection?
Designed for researchers and anyone interested in children's books, this collection holds different materials relating to children's literature.
The collection includes:
- Bibliographies, abstracts and indexes, subject guides and biographical source materials.
- Children’s literature review, Something about the author, and other resources which provide information about authors and illustrators for children and researchers.
- A selection of New Zealand children's publications from picture books up to senior fiction.
- Examples of children's literature award winners from around the world.
- Winners of New Zealand Children's book awards and a selection of New Zealand children's publications from picture books up to senior fiction.
- Winners of the ALA Newbery and Caldecott, Carnegie and Greenaway and some Australian awards, also examples of children's literature award winners from around the world.
Where can I find the Children's Literature Research collection?
The Children's Literature Research collection is held at the
Central City branch of Auckland City Libraries. You will have to ask a librarian to access items from this reference-only collection.
