The site was established in 1994, and is managed by David K. Brown, Director, Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, University of Calgary. The Web-Traveller's Toolkit annotates selected children's literature web sites and is a good starting point for further exploration. The Discussion Boards provide a forum for comments on recent award-winning books, readers seeking answers to various children's literary topics, and postings on conferences and programs. While the books indexed are those held by the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, this index identifies specific resources that may be available in other libraries. More Links contains good collections of links to authors and illustrators, resources for parents and teachers, and lists of publishers and booksellers.
Page layouts are simple and clean, and graphics are kept to a minimum.
This web site is a valuable resource for public librarians, for those performing collection development in the area of children's literature and young adult literature, and also for parents and curious young readers wanting more information on specific authors, selected reviews of books, and links to other quality children's literature web sites. College or university libraries should consider including a link to this site within their Education or Literature-related Reference subject guides. This document may be reproduced or reprinted for educational, non-commercial use, in whole or part, without permission as long as the above copyright statement and source are clearly acknowledged. Neither this document nor any reproductions may be sold.