LibGuides: Children's Literature: Author & Book Reviews

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Databases

Use these databases to find sources for your assignments. Library databases each contain and search different resources. If your chosen author or a book review is not found in a database, try OneSearch.
Not sure which one to use? Ask a librarian and we'll be happy to help!

Children's Literature Review
Children's Literature collection including overviews, illustrations, commentary, and criticism of major children's authors, illustrators, and works. Available within Gale's Literature Online Database.
Something About the Author
Literature resource providing biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators.
Bloom's Literature
Literature database that includes short author biographies, overviews of literary movements and works, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Also includes the Shakespeare Center, a reference resource consisting of summaries and analysis of Shakespeare's major works.

Tips for Children's Literature

Use these tips to find articles and information about literature:

Try searching a different database or journal. Each one contains different articles.
Search for the author's name or the title of one of their works.
Try searching any of these with an author's name or title:
- Time period or culture of one of the author's books
- Genre
- The author's other works
- Literary elements, i.e. metaphors, plot points, etc.
- Themes in the work you're researching

Keyword Examples

Latinx poetry
Indigenous short fiction
diaspora in contemporary fiction
South Asian short stories