Welcome to the Children's Literature Assembly (CLA), a professional community of children's literature enthusiasts. CLA is an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English and welcomes all points of view and levels of experience in the field of children's literature. The members of CLA are dedicated to achieving the following goals:

• To provide a forum for exchange among teachers of children's literature who share keen interest in children and classrooms;
• To promote children's literature as a field of learning, research, and classroom application;
• To undertake and disseminate programs and projects of special interest to those interested in children's literature;
• To work cooperatively with other organizations devoted to the promotion of literature in children's lives;

To achieve these goals, members of the Children's Literature Assembly engage in several activities through a variety of venues. We publish the refereed 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. We annually sponsor the Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts and promote these award-winning books through publication in the Journal of Children's Literature, Language Arts and this website. We also share the books at the NCTE Annual Conference during an exciting session in which authors and illustrators of the books interact with audience members. CLA sponsors several other Events each year at the NCTE Annual Conference in November, scheduled in 2011 for Chicago, IL. Join us on Sunday morning for the CLA Breakfast to hear a distinguished author or illustrator and to bid on artwork by noted illustrators. Attend our Monday workshop devoted to a specific topic such as biographies or visual literacy with an all-star panel of authors and illustrators. Finally, our Saturday evening Master Class is devoted to exploring the teaching of children's literature.

We invite you to explore our website, which offers further information about our organization and activities. Be sure to check out the links to various photographs of our events! If you are not yet a member of CLA, please visit the Membership page to become part of our community. We encourage you to become an active part of our group by indicating your interests on the membership form or via email. Also, please visit us on Facebook.