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Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.

Used with permission of Kevin Henkes and Greenwillow Books.

 
 
          
 
 
 
          
 
 
 

 

In 2006, the NCTE Board of Directors approved the Resolution on the Essential Roles and Value of Literature in the Curriculum at its annual meeting. The Children’s Literature Assembly initially proposed and submitted this resolution to the board. Click here to read the full text of the resolution.

 

Welcome to the Children's Literature Assembly, an organization dedicated to bringing children's literature and advocates of children's literature together. The CLA is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of English and its members have a personal and professional interest in promoting children's literature for children and adults.

The Children's Literature Assembly promotes quality literature written for children, recognizes outstanding trade books as the Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts, and sponsors workshops at the Fall and Spring NCTE conferences with outstanding authors and illustrators. During the NCTE conference in Fall each year, the CLA invites its members to breakfast with authors like Avi, Katherine Paterson, or Patricia Polacco. The organization also publishes a refereed journal called the Journal of Children's Literature two times a year which contains articles by noted authors, profiles of authors and illustrators, research updates, and reviews of children's and professional books to broaden your knowledge about children's literature.

 

The CLA Endowment Fund
The Children’s Literature Assembly Board is pleased to announce the establishment of the CLA Endowment Fund, an important initiative that will support new lines of research on children’s literature and projects related to the dissemination of CLA’s Notable Books for the Language Arts in the future.

Click here to read more about the Endowment Fund.

 

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