A guide to children's literature including resources at the State Library and elsewhere
This guide helps you find reviews of picture books, children's, young adult and crossover fiction and non fiction.
The Library holds magazines and eresources that contain reviews of children's books. See the 'Review magazines' box below.
To find more book reviews search the Library catalogue and enter the phrase children's literature book reviews in the search box.
At the top of the results list you can click Show only: Online resources for electronic reviews or scroll down the column on the left hand side of the results screen to refine your search.
Checking book review magazines will keep you up to date with new children's book publications.
and for young adult book reviews go to recent issues of Viewpoint on books for young adults.
or recent issues of the magazine Viewpoint on books for young adults and for Canadian children's books recent issues of Quill and quire.
Use print copies of review magazines such as these journals and request the year the book was first published and the following two years or so.
Use print copies of review magazines such as these journals and request the year the book was first published and the following two years or so.
In addition to going through the main review magazines, you can find reviews and additional information using electronic databases and print indexes.
Search across a collection of literary databases for author biographies and reviews. Includes: Literature Criticism Online; Literature Resource Center; Something About the Author Online.
Spotlight Discover more about this resource in our Online Collection Spotlight: Gale Literature blog post.
Essendon Ball, young girls with books, H2004.61/228
Child seated in cane chair reading a book, H91.20/48
Miss Judith Elcoate, H37823/14
