California in Children's Literature is a bibliography of noteworthy children's and young adult books set in California and highlighting California history and culture.
Critical annotations describe each title, and estimated grade levels are also included.
Titles are organized into two catagories, fiction and non-fiction, and within each catagory, by author. The Beatty Award Committee members, both past and present, hope that this list will be useful and will lead to further discoveries about California, as well as to an appreciation for Patricia Beatty that includes not only her own and her husband's novels, but her love of the state that inspired so many of their works. The Beatty Award Medal was designed by Miyo LeFever.