Education: Associations

Encouraging high standards of criticism, scholarship, research, and teaching in children's literature

A branch of the International Reading Association dedicated to the promotion of children's literature.

A division of the American Library Association dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of libraries that serve children.

A division of the American Library Association whose mission is to advocate, promote and strengthen library service to teens, ages 12-18

The CLA is an organization dedicated to bringing children's literature and advocates of children's literature together. 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.