The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books is an academic journal established in 1945 by Frances E. Henne at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School.[1][2]
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| Discipline | Children's literature, library science, literary criticism |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Kate Quealy-Gainer |
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| History | 1945–present |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press for the Center for Children's Books at UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science (United States) |
| Frequency | 11/year |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Bull. Cent. Child.'s Books |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0008-9036 (print) 1558-6766 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 4123300 |
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From 1955-1985 it was edited by Zena Sutherland.[3]
Folowing the Graduate Library School closure in 1990 the Bulletin was moved to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[4]
Betsy Hearne was editor from 1985-1994.[5]
Roger Sutton held editorial responsibilities from 1988–1996 including editor-in-chief. In 1996 he was appointed editor of The Horn Book Magazine. [6]
Deborah Stevenson was editor-in chief from 1989-2021.[7] In a Hopkins Press Podcast in 2021 she provided an assessment of the first 75 years of the journal.[8]
Kate Quealy-Gainer became editor-in-chief in 2021 based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [9]
The journal publishes reviews of the latest in children's literature in order to assist librarians and school instructors in their educational mission.
The journal is published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
See also
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References
edit- ↑ "History". Center for Children's Books. School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
- ↑ Wedgeworth, Robert. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. Chicago: American Library Association, 1993, p. 346
- ↑ Carlson, Ann D. (Spring 1996). "Zena Sutherland: Reviewer, Teacher, and Author". Library Trends. 44 (4): 776–793.
- ↑ Altshuler, Joshua; Schwebel, Sara L. (April 2024). "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)". The Lion and the Unicorn. 48 (2): 224–230. doi:10.1353/uni.2024.a980322.
- ↑ Sutton, Roger (March 23, 2018). "My Boss Betsy". The Horn Book. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Roger Sutton" (html). The Horn Book. The Horn Book, Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Deborah Stevenson to retire". School of Information Sciences. University of Illinois. July 28, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Deborah Stevenson on 75 years of children's book reviews". Hopkins Press. Johns Hopkins University Press. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Quealy-Gainer selected as editor of The Bulletin". School of Information Sciences. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. September 28, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
External links
edit- Official website
- Journal page at publisher's website
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books at Project MUSE