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International Children's Book Day 2022
Join the ChLA International Committee in celebrating International Children's Book Day (ICBD) on April 2nd! About ICBD ICBD is a...

ChLA Global Committee
Apr 1, 20223 min read


Lecture: Contemporary Ukrainian Children's Literature
The Centre for Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Wrocław has the honor to...

Centre for Research on Children’s & YA Literature
Mar 31, 20222 min read


Tracing the Role of the Empathetic Imagination in Trauma Recovery Using International Picture Books
In J. Roger Kurtz’s 2013 piece on the African moral imagination [1], he calls for a more cross-cultural understanding of trauma within...

Mikayla Sharpless
Mar 29, 20225 min read


Ukrainian Children’s Books to Watch For
For this post we are proud to showcase a selection of 12 international children’s books from and about Ukraine. Of particular interest is...

Tanja Nathanael
Mar 22, 20229 min read


ChLA Statement on Ukraine
The Children’s Literature Association strongly supports the International Research Society for Children’s Literature’s statement on...

ChLA Board of Directors
Mar 15, 20221 min read


Girls of Ice and Steel
A Russian teenage girl, in all of her heartrending vulnerability, recently grabbed the world’s attention. Kamila Valieva, Russia’s...

Jenny Kaminer
Mar 10, 20225 min read


Little Mole & Honey Bear: Reviving Historical Children’s Books with Jack Zipes
With this post, we welcome guest contributor Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of the University of Minnesota and founder of the publishing...

Jack Zipes
Feb 23, 20225 min read


Climate Lit: Children’s Literature for Climate Literacy and an Ecological Civilization
Climate change and its evil twin biodiversity loss are the first-ever planetary-scale existential challenge to humanity. This challenge...

Marek Oziewicz
Feb 14, 20225 min read


Lecture: Creating Universal Climate Literacy with Children’s Literature and Media
LECTURE: Prof. Marek Oziewicz's "Creating Universal Climate Literacy with Children’s Literature and Media" DATE: Wednesday, February 23,...

Centre for Research on Children’s & YA Literature
Feb 8, 20222 min read


International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children & YA: Imports, Self-Publishing, & Good Intentions
In the autumn of 2021, International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults, an academic collection of essays that we edited...
Elizabeth L. Chapman & B.J. Epstein
Feb 3, 20224 min read
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