Center and Faculty News

• New 2008 Children's Literature Reviews are now available! (posted 2/12/08)
  
  
• Be sure to check out Conferences & Events for some upcoming Children's Literature presentations at SDSU (posted 2/27/08)
  
  
• What is that special quality that makes some children's literature writers great? Perhaps they confer with their "inner child" on what fascinates children. Jerry Griswold reflects on this idea in his new book, Feeling Like a Kid: Childhood and Children's Literature. Click HERE to listen to Griswold's radio interview with Tom Fudge on KPBS's "These Days." (posted 1/4/07)

• Children's Book Review Service. Looking for a good children's book? Recommendations by SDSU Children's Literature faculty--from picture books to Young Adult fiction, from Shel Silverstein to Susan Cooper--are being posted at our newly re-opened campus reviews site. These reviews are in addition to those now appearing at Parents' Choice (www.parentschoice.org) where you will find essays by Jerry Griswold, Peter Neumeyer, and Jerry Farber; as well as recommendations for ABC books, pop-ups, books about other cultures, and reviews by Alida Allison, Toni Rowden, and Mark Janssen. The two sites now complement each other. Please visit us at both locations. (posted 1/27/06)

• New MA Specialization in Children's Literature in English/Comparative Literature. For more information, including graduate program requirements and deadlines, click HERE.

Generous Donation Funds Endowed Professorship

The National Center for the Study of Children's Literature wishes to gratefully acknowledge an extraordinary contribution by longtime friends of the Center, Ray Sabin and A.K. Jones. This gift will make possible, in perpetuity, the Ray Sabin and A.K. Jones Endowed Professorship in Children’s Literature. In creating this position, Jones expressed their hope that "the faculty member hired for this position will inspire others and encourage them to make Children's Literature a part of their everyday lives."
Sabin and Jones are both alums of SDSU. Jones is also an elementary-school teacher who retired after 30 years in San Diego classrooms. Inveterate travelers, "Ray and A.K." remain, nonetheless, deeply involved in the Center's activities and planning, and they can often be found at many of the Center's various events. (posted 1/06)

DONORS WELCOME

The NCSCL welcomes contributions to further its work and its aim of fostering an appreciation of Children's Literature among parents and children, students and teachers, and the public at large. We are especially seeking donations that would provide scholarships for needy graduate students and for San Diego school teachers who wish to earn the Certificate and make more use of Children's Literature in their classrooms.

For more information on how to contribute, please visit the Giving section of our website.

For past program and faculty news, please visit our past news section.