Early Childhood Studies

The American Indian Youth Literature Award identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America. It is presented by the American Indian Library Association.

The Arab American Book Award honors outstanding books written by or about Arab Americans by the Arab American National Museum to honor.

The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature honors and recognizes individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage by the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.

The Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards honors outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table of the American Library Association.

The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association.

The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® is designed to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children by the National Council of Teacher's of English.

The Pura Belpré Award honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth, presented by REFORMA and the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association.

The Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award is one of the Stonewall Book Awards honoring LGBTQIA+ books and is presented by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table.

The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award honors author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association.

The Children’s Poetry Archive is a place where you can listen to poems read out loud.

The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.

Literature for Children is a growing collection of digitized titles published, predominantly in the United States and Great Britain, from the 17th through the 20th centuries.

The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries contains more than 115,000 volumes published in the United States and Great Britain from the mid-1600s to present day.

The US Library of Congress has digitized and made available a number of rare books, including children's books. On this page you can find high-quality scanned-in copies of rare editions of books from the mid-nineteenth century forward.

A guide providing links and information to a variety of archives, libraries, and reports. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Not all mentioned collections in the guide are digitized.

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks from public domain. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them, or read them online.

Childhood Education International (CE International) is an international development organization focused on developing and amplifying solutions that lead to positive change in pre-primary and primary-age children’s learning and lives.

The Division for Early Childhood was started in 1973 by a group of volunteers who cared deeply about the development of young children with special needs. DEC is one of 17 divisions of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the largest professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

HighScope works to create and deliver high-quality educational resources, including professional learning, workshops, assessment instruments, curriculum materials, and evaluation services.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

NBCDI provides and supports programs, workshops, and resources for African American children, their parents and communities in early health, elementary, and secondary education, child welfare, and parenting.

The National Head Start Association's mission is to coalesce, inspire, and support the Head Start field as a leader in early childhood development and education. NHSA is committed to the belief that every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, has the ability to succeed in life.

OMEP's goal is to ensure the well being, rights, and education of children (birth – age 8) and their families in the U.S.A. and around the world -- today and in the future. OMEP is the oldest and largest international organization focusing on early childhood.

The Children's Notable Lists identify the best of the best in children's books, recordings, and digital media.. These lists are curated by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association.

The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children’s and young adult literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature is curated by Lisa Bartle, a reference librarian at California State University, San Bernardino. The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards.

The Smithsonian Learning Lab's mission is to support deep, meaningful learning with an online universe of authentic resources and tools for making them your own. This site is curated by the Smithsonian Museum and provides a wealth of education and outreach materials..