''Children’s Literature'' is an

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and annual publication of the

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and the

Children’s Literature Association The Children's Literature Association (ChLA) is a non-profit association, based in the United States, of scholars, critics, professors, students, librarians, teachers, and institutions dedicated to studying children's literature.Margaret W. Denman- ...

Division on Children's Literature. The journal was founded in 1972 by Francelia Butler and promotes a scholarly approach to the study of

children’s literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

by printing theoretical articles and essays, as well as book reviews. The publication is currently edited by Amanda Cockrell, of

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in Roanoke, Virginia. The current editor in chief is R. H. W. Dillard. ''Children's Literature'' is published annually in May by the

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. Each issue has an average length of 300 pages.

External links

* {{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20110702180457/http://chla.wikispaces.com:80/Childrens+Literature
''Children’s Literature'' on the Hollins University website''Children’s Literature'' on the JHU Press website''Children’s Literature''
at

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