Juvenile Literature: Databases

Reviews for atlases, biographies, encyclopedias, baby board books, fantasy, folklore, history, horror, mystery, poetry, science, & sports books for preK-12 through young adult, professionals or parents. Search by: Reading level;Genre; Language; Age; Grade level; Title; Author; Illustrator; Series; Publisher; Publication date; ISBN; Subject headings.

Bibliographic information for 20,000 records of picture storybooks, beginning readers, and graphic formats. Find books by: artistic media and style; character traits; literary devices;literacy tie-ins; genres; narrative formats; series; characters; country of origin; age ranges

Reading Education. This database includes instructional materials and enrichment for K-12 reading and library activities. Resources include streaming author interviews, book readings, author websites and blogs, video book trailers, ready-to-use evaluated lesson plans and book discussion guides.

The children's literature field does not have a unique database, but databases related to literature, education, book reviews are general starting points; MLA is a good place to start to find reviews and criticism of children's literature, including fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

Book Review Index provides reviews for over 1.5 million English-language adult and juvenile fiction & non-fiction books. Detailed indexing of over 500 key English-language popular magazines, newspapers, academic journals and library review media.

The Diverse BookFinder is a comprehensive collection of children's picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC). We've cataloged and analyzed trade picture books fitting this criteria, published since 2002.