''Children's Literature Association Quarterly'' is a quarterly
academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
established in 1975 and an official publication of 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- ...
. It is published by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. The journal 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
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Katharine Capshaw Smith (
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...
).
See also
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Children's literature criticism The term children's literature criticism includes both generalist discussions of the relationship between children's literature and literary theory and literary analyses of a specific works of children's literature. Some academics consider young a ...
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Children's literature periodicals Children's literature periodicals include magazines about children's literature intended for adults, such as:
* Academic journals focusing on the scholarly study of children's and young adult literature
* Review journals reviewing specific works ...
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/childrens_literature_association_quarterly/
''Children's Literature Association Quarterly'' at
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Children's literature criticism
Literary magazines published in the United States
Academic journals established in 1975
English-language journals
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals