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	Children and Young people's literature


	by Julia Eccleshare

The celebration of the golden moments in children’s literature – notably the two ‘golden ages’ of the mid nineteenth and the mid twentieth century – disguises the fact that all too often over the past fifty years, children’s books have been seen to be of small account either in terms of their literary value or their contribution to the publishing economy.

How that has now changed.

Read the rest of the article about Young People's Literature in the UK

Literature Matters

Literature Matters (June 2005) is about Children's Literature. It includes an article bridging the gap between adult and children’s fiction by Julia Eccleshare and an article by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

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English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme (ELTeCS)

ELTeCS promotes networking between ELT professionals worldwide.

Organisations Links

Young Book Trust
YouthBOOX

Young People's Literature Links

A wide-ranging list of website links related to young people's literature.

young people's literature projects and events around the world

Please see Literature News of upcoming and recent events.

Animating Literature East Asia
This ambitious three-year project aims to engage more young people with literature throughout the East Asia region.

Matt Whyman in Yemen
Teen fiction author Matt Whyman held a three-day creative writing workshop with budding young authors in Sana'a, Yemen. Throughout the trip Matt kept a highly entertaining weblog, which you can read under the July and August 2007 archives.

Power in the Voice
Residencies by performance poets, creative writing workshops, rap/performance poetry competitions in schools, Voice Fairs, book exhibitions, production of DVDs, radio and TV performances were held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Mauritius, Malawi, and the UK.

Young People’s Illustrated Literature Bibliography
Illustrated books for young people plus advice on how to select and read illustrated books for parents, librarians and teachers; reading, writing and visual literacy activities; extracts and useful web links. Available on enCompassculture.

British Council Young People's Literature Publications

The content of the bibliography T-Books: UK Fiction for teenage readers is included in the children's and young people's sections of the enCompassCulture website along with the Magic Pencil bibliography of illustrated books and other recent titles.