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Hello and welcome to WikiProject Children's Literature, a WikiProject to better organize information in articles related to children's and young adult literature!
Project scope
editThis project is dedicated to improving the quality of coverage of children's and young adult literature on Wikipedia. The main aims of this WikiProject are to:
- Improve the overall quality of articles relating to children's and young adult literature, including books, authors, and scholarship
- Identify those articles which need to be created, merged, or deleted
- Improve the categorization of these articles
- Define easily maintainable, usable, and well-documented templates and infoboxes related to this WikiProject
- Improve source citation in all these articles
- Propose criteria for (author, book, etc.) list creation and inclusion
- Expand stub articles relating to children's literature
- Perform cleanup on articles
The topics covered by this WikiProject include any articles about children's or young adult books, magazines, short stories, poetry or fictional elements; authors, illustrators and publishers of children's and young adult books; awards for children's and young adult books; and articles relating to the scholarship of children's and young adult literature. Notable exceptions to this scope include redirect pages, and articles about adaptations of children's literature in a non-literary medium, such as musicals and films.
Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Children's literature, an attempt to create and standardize articles related to children's literature. Feel free to help with any of the following tasks.
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You can also help with any of the following project tasks:
- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Children's literature topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Create a new article.
- Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Children's literature stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the Unassessed children and young adult literature articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- You can look at the cleanup listing to see what needs doing.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
- Check the to do list at WP:WikiProject Children's literature/task box
- You can look at the project's popular pages list to identify particularly high-profile articles that could be improved.
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Project Discussion
editPlease visit the Project Discussion page to join the discussion of new ideas about project policy and organisation. Currently ongoing discussions are:
- Categories and project scope - A discussion of project scope as it relates to several categories currently tagged for the project.
- Project scope - A more detailed discussion of specific aspets of the project scope.
- Categories and sub-categories - WP:DUPCAT - A discussion of the application of WP:DUPCAT to this project.
- Job Centre - A suggestion to create a job centre for the project similar to WP:WikiProject Novels/JobCentre.
Article updates
editAlerts
editDid you know
- 20 Aug 2024 – The Book of Virtues (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Slgrandson (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Aug 2024 – Hammond's Hard Lines (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Slgrandson (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 23 Aug 2024 – List of Pokémon books (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Aug 2024 – Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 22 Aug 2024 – List of villains in Willard Price's Adventure series (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jontesta (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
Redirects for discussion
- 21 Aug 2024 – Trayaurus (talk · edit · hist) →Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal was RfDed by I am RedoStone (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2024 – Dr. Trayaurus (talk · edit · hist) →Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal was RfDed by I am RedoStone (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Bionic Bunny (talk · edit · hist) →List of Arthur characters#TV stars and merchandise was RfDed by Dcljr (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 03 Aug 2024 – The Fellowship of the Ring (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
Requested moves
- 11 Aug 2024 – The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to The Water-Babies by Zacwill (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 24 Jul 2024 – The Dragon's Tooth (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ashtown Burials by WestRiding24 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jul 2024 – Empire of Bones (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ashtown Burials by WestRiding24 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jul 2024 – The Drowned Vault (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ashtown Burials by WestRiding24 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Jul 2024 – Somadeva (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kathasaritsagara by Redtigerxyz (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2024 – American Cheerleader (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Varsity Spirit by 24.214.60.151 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jun 2024 – The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to The Song of the Lioness by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 12 Jul 2024 – List of works based on Peter Pan (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darrelljon (t · c); see discussion
- 04 May 2024 – List of Curious George episodes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2601:1C1:8200:260:98D0:2177:BB63:E46A (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Nov 2023 – John Barrowman (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2022 – Beginner Books (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2601:1C1:8580:6580:59E8:C1E5:73F4:E1C (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 12 Aug 2024 – Draft:Paul Linnet (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DCM2015 (t · c)
- 01 May 2024 – Draft:Wranglestone (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Slgrandson (t · c)
Recognised content
editThis project has a Wall of Recognised Content which is regularly updated by JL-Bot. To see the most recent wall, please click below.
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Children's literature}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
edit- Chinua Achebe
- Argosy (magazine)
- Bronwyn Bancroft
- Enid Blyton
- The Coral Island
- Edmund Evans
- Ian Fleming
- The Fox and the Hound (novel)
- Anne Frank
- The Guardian of Education
- The Hardy Boys
- The Hunger Games (novel)
- Lad, A Dog
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Julianne Moore
- Baron Munchausen
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- Proserpine (play)
- Talbot Baines Reed
- Sally Ride
- J. K. Rowling
- Scoops (magazine)
- Mary Martha Sherwood
- The Story of Miss Moppet
- Tom Swift
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- When Megan Went Away
- A Wizard of Earthsea
- Mary Wollstonecraft
Featured lists
editGood articles
edit- A. L. Burt
- The Adventures of Abdi
- The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
- Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
- Alma and How She Got Her Name
- Julia Alvarez
- And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series
- Anya's Ghost
- Artemis Fowl (novel)
- As I was going by Charing Cross
- Margaret Atwood
- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
- Bilbo Baggins
- Balin (Middle-earth)
- A Ball for Daisy
- Bambi, a Life in the Woods
- Derrick Barnes (author)
- John Barrowman
- John Bauer (illustrator)
- Pauline Baynes
- Bear Came Along
- Beorn
- Big Cat, Little Cat
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star
- Birdsong (picture book)
- Black and White (picture book)
- Brisingr
- The Cat in the Hat
- Catching Fire
- Charles III
- Chasing Vermeer
- Nathan Chen
- The Children of Húrin
- Children of Blood and Bone
- Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
- Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
- Ion Creangă
- Creekfinding
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
- Crown Duel
- Dangerous Girls
- A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
- Kate DiCamillo
- A Different Pond
- Divergent (novel)
- Don't Forget the Bacon!
- Doraemon
- Down a Dark Hall
- The Dragon and the Doctor
- Eldest
- Elrond
- Ender's Game
- The English Roses
- Eragon
- Fablehaven (novel)
- The Fate of Fausto
- Finding Winnie
- Nadia Fink
- First Light (Stead novel)
- Flamer (novel)
- Kathleen Freeman (classicist)
- Further Adventures of Lad
- Gandalf
- A Gift of Magic
- Gifts (novel)
- Gnomes (book)
- Going Down Home with Daddy
- Gollum
- Goosebumps
- Patricia Grace
- Grand Canyon (book)
- Green Eggs and Ham
- John Green
- Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
- Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
- Gregor the Overlander
- John Gregorson Campbell
- The Gruffalo
- PJ Haarsma
- The Hammer of Thor
- Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark
- Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- The Hate U Give
- The Haunted Mask
- Hello Lighthouse
- The Hidden Oracle
- Historien om någon
- The History of the Fairchild Family
- The Hobbit
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- The House of Hades
- Humpty Dumpty
- Zach Hyman
- Hymns for the Amusement of Children
- I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!
- Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes!
- Into the Wild (novel)
- Jack and Jill
- Tove Jansson
- Julián Is a Mermaid
- The Jungle Book
- Just So Stories
- Elvy Kalep
- Killing Mr. Griffin
- Abigail Larson
- The Last Dog on Earth
- Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series
- The Lightning Thief
- Astrid Lindgren
- The Lion & the Mouse
- Little Eva: The Flower of the South
- Locked in Time
- Locomotive (book)
- Lollipop Power
- London Bridge Is Falling Down
- The Lord of the Rings
- Lots of Mommies
- Lotsa de Casha
- Love Among the Walnuts
- Lucky and Squash
- Madonna
- Maiden & Princess
- Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President
- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- Maurice (Shelley)
- Stephenie Meyer
- Midas (Shelley play)
- Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet
- Mr. Peabody's Apples
- Mockingjay
- Moonrise (novel)
- Mounseer Nongtongpaw
- New Kid
- Clara Ng
- Not in Front of the Children
- The Number Devil
- Obernewtyn (novel)
- One Day at HorrorLand
- Orca's Song
- Clara Elsene Peck
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Prince and the Dressmaker
- Private Peaceful
- The Quest Begins
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Ramandu's daughter
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Ring a Ring o' Roses
- The Rough Patch (book)
- Brandon Sanderson
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes
- The Sea of Monsters
- The Secret River (Rawlings book)
- Seekers (novel series)
- Septimus Heap
- Jane Severance
- Idries Shah
- Shiloh (Naylor novel)
- Shrek!
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee
- Sir Thursday
- Mama's Sleeping Scarf
- Christopher Smart
- Smaug
- Coriolanus Snow
- The Son of Neptune
- Stellaluna
- E. C. Stoner
- The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
- Stranger with My Face
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
- The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
- The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Thank You, Omu!
- That's Not My... (book series)
- This is Not My Hat
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Thranduil
- The Titan's Curse
- Nino Tkeshelashvili
- The Tombs of Atuan
- Translating The Lord of the Rings
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- John R. Tunis
- Tunnels (novel)
- The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
- Twilight (novel series)
- Voices (Le Guin novel)
- Watership Down
- We Are Water Protectors
- When Marnie Was There (novel)
- When You Reach Me
- Oscar Wilde
- Henry Winkler
- Wolf: The Journey Home
- Wolf in the Snow
- X: A Fabulous Child's Story
- Yakov and the Seven Thieves
- Yellow Star (novel)
- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Good article nominees
editDid you know? articles
edit- 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey
- A. L. Burt
- The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
- Ain't Burned All the Bright
- Alex (novel series)
- Sue Alexander
- Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
- All Thirteen
- All the Wrong Questions
- Marjorie Hill Allee
- Alligator Pie
- Laurence Alma-Tadema
- Alphabet book
- Ndyakira Amooti
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Jane Andrews (author)
- Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series
- Zamfir Arbore
- Are U 4 Real?
- Mitzura Arghezi
- Bad News for Outlaws
- Duncan Ball
- Bambi, a Life in the Woods
- Milko Bambič
- Ban This Book
- Bronwyn Bancroft
- Karin Bang
- Banner in the Sky
- Bard the Bowman
- Barna Hedenhös
- Derrick Barnes (author)
- Nicolae Constantin Batzaria
- John Bauer (illustrator)
- Harry Neal Baum
- Tracy Beaker
- Barbara Bel Geddes
- Vicars Bell
- The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
- Gunilla Bergström
- Paul Biegel
- The Big Honey Hunt
- Birdsong (picture book)
- Caroline Birley
- Becky Birtha
- Nancy Blackett
- Enid Blyton
- Kirsten Boie
- The Book of Time (novel series)
- Boom Town (book)
- Bosom Friends affair
- Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
- Luther D. Bradley
- Berit Brænne
- Toril Brekke
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon
- Lilian Brøgger
- Edwy Searles Brooks
- Mormarevi Brothers
- Broučci
- Abbie Farwell Brown
- Anthony Browne (author)
- The Brownies' Book
- Mary Grant Bruce
- Bruce T. Halle Library
- Daniel Brustlein
- Mark Burgess (children's author)
- May Byron
- Callaway Arts & Entertainment
- Caloian
- Lucy Lyttelton Cameron
- The Care and Keeping of You
- Casper the Commuting Cat
- Vladimir Cavarnali
- Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys
- Joseph Chaikov
- Elizabeth Williams Champney
- Charles III
- Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
- Children's Literature Association
- Children's book illustration
- Iordan Chimet
- Chinese Fables and Folk Stories
- Kay Chorao
- Chromoxylography
- Clockwork (novel)
- Computer Engineer Barbie
- Mary Cooper (publisher)
- Julia Corner
- Thomas Crane (1843–1903)
- Ion Creangă
- The Creation of the Violin
- Creekfinding
- Croatian Tales of Long Ago
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
- Crown Duel
- Curious George (video game)
- Petras Cvirka
- Bat-Sheva Dagan
- Lois Darling
- Louis Darling
- A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
- The Daydreamer (novel)
- Mary De Morgan
- Dean & Son
- Dear Socks, Dear Buddy
- Noa Denmon
- Kate DiCamillo
- Dick Whittington and His Cat
- Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?
- Berlie Doherty
- Don't Forget the Bacon!
- Don't Look Behind You
- Helen Dore Boylston
- The Dragon and the Doctor
- Tonke Dragt
- Duck, Death and the Tulip
- Joyce Dunbar
- Polly Dunbar
- Jeanette Eaton
- Wolf Erlbruch
- Ernie's Work of Art
- Edmund Evans
- Everything on a Waffle
- Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
- Fablehaven (novel)
- Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection.
- Oluf Falck-Ytter
- Edwina Hume Fallis
- Charles Buckles Falls
- Family Moving Day
- Fancy Nancy
- The Fate of Fausto
- The Father Christmas Letters
- Father Goose: His Book
- Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines
- Nadia Fink
- Firestar's Quest
- First News
- Sheree Fitch
- Five Go Off to Camp
- Alan Fletcher (graphic designer)
- Thomas Fluharty
- Bernette Ford
- Genevieve Foster
- The Fox and the Hound (novel)
- Josette Frank
- Antonio Frasconi
- Kathleen Freeman (classicist)
- Frog and the Birdsong
- Further Adventures of Lad
- Frances Dana Barker Gage
- Gay Kids
- George M. Hill Company
- Gifts (novel)
- Phoebe Gilman
- Fred Gipson
- Girl Online
- Gnomes (book)
- Go the Fuck to Sleep
- Michaela Goade
- Going Down Home with Daddy
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
- Goodnight Mister Tom
- Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales
- Patricia Grace
- Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402
- Mary Grannan
- The Great Migration: Journey to the North
- John Green
- Eloise Greenfield
- Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
- John Gregorson Campbell
- Griffith W. Griffith
- The Gruffalo
- Joaquín Gutiérrez
- PJ Haarsma
- The Hammer of Thor
- Harap Alb
- Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark
- John Harris (publisher)
- Mette Ivie Harrison
- Gertrude Hart
- Ebba Haslund
- Marie Hassenpflug
- The Hate U Give
- Peter Havard-Williams
- Finn Havrevold
- Mairi Hedderwick
- Hero (novel)
- Velino Herrera
- Agnes Hewes
- S. E. Hinton bibliography
- Histoires ou contes du temps passé
- The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
- The History of Little Henry and his Bearer
- The History of the Fairchild Family
- Paul Oskar Höcker
- Marni Hodgkin
- Barbara Holland
- Elling Holst
- Hoot (novel)
- Wim Hora Adema
- Horse Museum (Dr. Seuss)
- Hot House Flowers
- The Hotspur
- Huang Qingyun
- Shirley Hughes
- Hymns for the Amusement of Children
- I Don't Want to Blow You Up!
- I Like Pumpkins
- Ice Quake (novel)
- The Ickabog
- If You Could Be Mine
- Incident at Hawk's Hill
- Inez Haynes Irwin
- Aleksandra Ishimova
- It's Just a Plant
- It's So Amazing!
- Maria Elizabetha Jacson
- Tove Jansson
- Java Ho!
- The Jew Among Thorns
- John Martin's Book
- Carrie Jones (author)
- Le Journal de Mickey
- Julián Is a Mermaid
- Juma and the Magic Jinn
- Just David
- May Justus
- Kaa's Hunting
- Elvy Kalep
- Kane/Miller
- Katie Morag
- Illana Katz
- Kaytek the Wizard
- Gerald Kelley
- Key Words Reading Scheme
- Mahmona Khan
- Margaret King
- King Matt the First
- King & King
- Hakushū Kitahara
- Jon Klassen
- Clayton Knight
- Maria Kownacka
- Kristian Kristiansen (writer)
- Joseph Krumgold
- İsmet Kür
- Per Kvist
- Lad, A Dog
- Lamb Chop (puppet)
- The Land I Lost
- Poul Lange
- Abigail Larson
- Laureate na nÓg
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Blair Lent
- Lessons for Children
- Let My Babies Go!
- Let's Talk About It (book)
- Let the Children March
- Tamara Levitt
- Myron Levoy
- Lewis Carroll: A Biography
- Astrid Lindgren
- The Littlest Angel
- Lollipop Power
- Lord of the Nutcracker Men
- Lots of Mommies
- Love Among the Walnuts
- Christa Ludwig (writer)
- Carrie Mac
- Patricia MacLachlan
- Maiden & Princess
- Leela Majumdar
- Mahnaz Malik
- Corinne Malvern
- Christopher Manson
- Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President
- John Marshall (publisher)
- Maurice (Shelley)
- Walt McDougall
- Janet McNeill
- Melanie's Marvelous Measles
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
- Stephenie Meyer
- Midas (Shelley play)
- The Midnight Zoo
- Miracle's Boys (novel)
- Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet
- Louis Moe
- Sven Moren
- Arlene Mosel
- The Most Incredible Thing
- The Mousehole Cat
- Mr. Monster
- Doris Mühringer
- Baron Munchausen
- Margrethe Munthe
- Gordon Murray (puppeteer)
- Harry B. Neilson
- New Fairy Tales. First Volume
- Clare Turlay Newberry
- Mette Newth
- Philip Newth
- Clara Ng
- A Night in Terror Tower
- Cécile Nobrega
- Nordy Bank (novel)
- Novelist
- Johanna Bugge Olsen
- One Day at HorrorLand
- Orca's Song
- Albert Paine
- The Paperboy (children's book)
- The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- Howard Pease
- Charlotte Pence Bond
- Pigeon Post
- A Place Inside of Me
- Pluk van de Petteflet
- Policeman Bluejay
- Politics of Harry Potter
- Elise Primavera
- Primer with Various Instructions
- The Prince and the Dressmaker
- Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
- Private Peaceful
- Puss in Boots
- Nina Wilcox Putnam
- Robert Quackenbush
- Quang Nhuong Huynh
- The Queen of Hearts (poem)
- The Rabbits' Wedding
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Railsea
- Korrie Layun Rampan
- Seymour Reit
- Rewards and Fairies
- Jason Reynolds
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Ruth Riley
- The Road from Home
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Glen Rounds
- Runa ABC
- Mihail Sadoveanu
- Profira Sadoveanu
- Lazăr Șăineanu
- Halvor J. Sandsdalen
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes
- Annie M.G. Schmidt
- The School for Good and Evil (film)
- The School for Good and Evil (novel)
- Bill Scott (author)
- Gabriel Scott
- William Matthew Scott
- The Secret River (Rawlings book)
- See You in the Cosmos
- Ondřej Sekora
- The Sesame Street Dictionary
- Set in Stone (novel)
- The Seven Lady Godivas
- Jane Severance
- Bobby Shafto
- Shrek!
- Sie Po Giok
- Philip Slier
- Christopher Smart
- Coriolanus Snow
- The Snowman (fairy tale)
- The Softwire
- Christina Soontornvat
- John George Sowerby
- Millicent Sowerby
- Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
- Rebecca Stead
- Dimitrie Stelaru
- Stellaluna
- E. C. Stoner
- The Story of a Bad Boy
- Margareta Suber
- Harald Sverdrup (writer)
- The Tale of Mr. Tod
- A Tale of Magic...
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- Eugen Taru
- Sandra Tayler
- Teddy Tail
- Gustaf Tenggren
- The Highfield Mole
- The Wicked Prince
- Sherry Thomas
- Colin Thompson (writer)
- Thorbjørn Egners lesebøker
- Anna Eliot Ticknor
- Tiger Flowers (book)
- Timeline (picture book)
- Ștefan Tita
- Titanic 2020: Cannibal City
- Titanic 2020
- Nino Tkeshelashvili
- Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
- Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- Tom Playfair
- Alexandru Toma
- The Tombs of Atuan
- Toy book
- Translating The Lord of the Rings
- Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal
- The Treatise (Walter of Bibbesworth)
- The Tree of Seasons
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- Jagoda Truhelka
- Tu Books
- John R. Tunis
- Michael O. Tunnell
- The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
- Two Hundred Rabbits
- Uncle Daddy
- Under the Window
- The Vast Fields of Ordinary
- Voices (Le Guin novel)
- Chaim Walder
- Ann Waldron
- A Walk to Remember (novel)
- Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
- Ida Waugh
- Wayward Son (novel)
- We Are Water Protectors
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt
- Jane Weinberger
- When Marnie Was There (novel)
- When Megan Went Away
- Fred Whishaw
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
- Whose Boat Is This Boat?
- Wicked Witch of the West
- Wicked fairy (Sleeping Beauty)
- Wildwood (novel)
- Mona Williams (writer, born 1943)
- Eric Wilson (author)
- Winnie ille Pu
- Winter Holiday (novel)
- A Wish in the Dark
- A Wizard of Earthsea
- Laurie Wolf
- Wolf: The Journey Home
- Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft
- The Wolves in the Walls
- Wombat Divine
- Lawson Wood
- Wordless Book
- John Worsley (artist)
- Wroniec (book)
- X: A Fabulous Child's Story
- Yang Hongying
- Elizabeth Yates (writer)
- Yellow Star (novel)
- Arthur Yorinks
- Katka Zupančič
- Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Articles needing cleanup
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Many articles on this project currently require cleanup for a number of issues:
- Please see Cleanup listing for a bot-generated list of articles on this project requiring cleanup.
- Please see Category:Children's and young adult literature articles needing infoboxes for a list of articles tagged as needing infoboxes. For more information on infoboxes, please see Templates below.
Assessment
editWelcome to the assessment department of the Children's Literature WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality and importance of Wikipedia's children's and young-adult literature related articles through the WP:1.0 program.
Assessing articles
editAny user can add articles to this WikiProject by adding {{WikiProject Children's literature}} to the article's talk page. This should only be done if the article relates directly to the project scope, and if you find any articles which seem to be incorrectly tagged then they can be delisted by removing the project template from the talk page.
Articles are assessed through the |class= and |importance= parameters in their {{WikiProject Children's literature}} project template. Class is used to denote the quality of the article, and importance to denote its importance to WikiProject Children's Literature. The possible values for each of these can be found in Assessment Criteria below. Often when articles are first tagged they will not be assessed on these qualities, but they will automatically be added to the project and should be assessed shortly, allowing for delay due to backlog.
Any user can assess articles for this project, even if they are not a member. However, some users prefer an outsider's opinion on articles they are closely involved in, and you can request an assessment from project members by adding the article to the list of Assessment requests below. These will be dealt with by a number of editors; if you would prefer one particular individual for some reason, it may be better to contact them through their talk page.
Ratings are often subjective and will change over time as the article develops. If you have any problems with the ratings system, you may wish to leave a message at the project talk page or the article discussion page.
Department tasks
editIf you want to help the assessment department, please contribute to any of the following tasks:
- Assessing unassessed quality articles.
- Assessing unassessed importance articles.
- Completing requested assessments.
- Double-checking existing assessments. Editors do not always remember to update an article's class after improving it, and the criteria for both importance and quality change over time. Ideally, articles should have their assessments checked at least once a year.
Assessment Criteria
editThis project uses the WP:1.0 assessment criteria to assess articles. The criteria specific to this project are listed below.
Quality scale
editThis WikiProject uses the WP:1.0 quality scale to assess its articles. If you feel any article is incorrectly assessed, you can either change it yourself, selecting the correct article class from the table below, or request an assessment from this department for a more objective viewpoint.
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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FA | The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
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Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
FL | The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
A | The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
GA | The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Ball (as of September 2014) |
Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. | Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. | List of literary movements |
Importance scale
editThe criteria for rating importance are intended to give a probable indication of the relevance of each article to this particular project and the likelihood of the topic's inclusion in a traditional encyclopedia. Importance is intended to be a neutral, international value which is not affected by editor demographics or regional biases, but some subjectivity is always present. If you do not agree with an article's importance rating, you may wish to contact the user who assessed the article, or begin a discussion of that article at the Article Discussion page.
Label | Criteria | Examples |
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Top | Subject is a "core" topic for children's literature and is highly significant to a general audience. | Dr. Seuss Newbery Medal |
High | Subject is very notable or significant within the field of children's literature and has some significance to a general audience. | Curious George Judy Blume |
Mid | Subject is notable or significant within the field of children's literature (or to a historian), but not necessarily outside it. | Walk Two Moons Quentin Blake |
Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of children's literature, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of a notable author or other notable subject. | Absolutely Normal Chaos Anthea Bell |
Assessment requests
editIf you have made significant changes to an article on this project and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below along with your signature and any comments you wish to leave. This is not required, and you may assess the article for yourself, but any articles here should soon receive attention from a project member, who may also leave comments on the article's talk page. If you assess an article on this list, please use <s> and </s> to strike it through so that other editors do not waste time going there. Assessed articles will be removed periodically.
Please do not place articles which you believe to be Good Article or Featured Article class on this list. These have their own nomination procedures, which can be found at Good Article nominations and Featured Article nominations.
Please do not place articles which have not yet received assessments on this list. Any unassessed article with the project tag will automatically be categorised as unassessed and will be dealt with as soon as possible. There may be a short delay due to backlog.
- King & King R.dever (talk) 00:38, 1 May 2020 (UTC) R.dever
- Mom's Cancer 00:29, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- Space Demons, Clarkkent1234 (talk) 03:39, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
- Margaret Hamilton (publisher) KL852 (talk) 23:08, 3 June 2021 (UTC) KL852
- The Three Doors I have expanded the article quite a bit, and it would be greatly appreciated if someone could reassess it, thank you. Huey117 (talk) 15:39, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
- Keeper of the Lost Cities This page has gone through quite a few changes, just wanted to have it reassessed, if possible. PyrokineticFintan (talk) 21:24, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, This page has not been assessed in 12 years, and quite a few edits have been made, PyrokineticFintan (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Current article statistics
editChildren and young adult literature articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 30 | ||
FL | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
GA | 9 | 33 | 80 | 94 | 216 | ||
B | 25 | 74 | 179 | 226 | 9 | 513 | |
C | 24 | 172 | 797 | 1,513 | 23 | 2,529 | |
Start | 18 | 272 | 1,996 | 5,499 | 49 | 7,834 | |
Stub | 1 | 83 | 671 | 4,849 | 23 | 5,627 | |
List | 3 | 8 | 85 | 173 | 3 | 272 | |
Category | 1 | 1 | 1,230 | 1,232 | |||
Disambig | 1 | 4 | 71 | 76 | |||
File | 1 | 2,707 | 2,708 | ||||
Portal | 41 | 41 | |||||
Project | 1 | 45 | 46 | ||||
Template | 2 | 329 | 331 | ||||
NA | 1 | 4 | 76 | 938 | 838 | 1,857 | |
Other | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | |||
Assessed | 87 | 657 | 3,904 | 13,309 | 5,275 | 107 | 23,339 |
Unassessed | 4 | 29 | 33 | ||||
Total | 87 | 657 | 3,904 | 13,313 | 5,275 | 136 | 23,372 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 85,019 | Ω = 5.08 |
Collaboration
editWelcome to the collaboration department of the Children's Literature WikiProject! This department is intended to bring attention to articles of high importance to the project which are currently of a low quality. The department will promote these articles, and will regularly choose one of them which all project members are asked to contribute to as much as they feel able.
The current Collaboration Article is Curious George (book). Please visit this article and contribute to it in any way you can.
At the beginning of the Collaboration, it was rated as High importance and Stub class. So far it has improved to Stub class.
If you wish to be updated about the collaboration articles for this WikiProject, please use {{WP:CHL COLLAB}}.
If you wish to nominate or discuss future Collaboration Articles, please visit the department page.
Outreach
editIf you are interested in promoting this project, please visit the Outreach department.
Participants
editThis is a list of Wikipedians who are committed to this WikiProject. If you're interested in helping with this project, please, feel free to join by clicking the link below, and adding your name at the bottom of the list using {{User|Your User Name}}, with an optional comment.
If you join this project, please add this template to your user page: {{User WikiProject Children's literature}}
This user participates in WikiProject Children's literature. |
You don't need to be actively writing articles to be a participant. Please to add your name to the list below. Please use {{User}} instead of four tildes ~~~~. You may add a comment if you wish.
Editors who make no edits to Wikipedia at all in six months will be presumed retired. Editors can always join the list again when they return to Wikipedia.
Active members
editThe following members are currently active on this WikiProject.
- antlersantlers (talk · contribs) - I like cleaning up tables and making awards pages work well.
- Erica Kecskemety (talk · contribs) - I edit exsisting childrens books and creating new articles about them.
- Barkeep49 (talk · contribs) – I work on assessment and creating new pages around ALA award winners.
- Ben79487 (talk · contribs) – I like to work on improving the quality of articles.
- BindiS (talk · contribs) - Former librarian, interested in Australian children's literature
- Cathyolibrarian (talk · contribs)
- CobaltSteel (talk · contribs) – I write articles on children's literature artists/illustrators.
- Coolabahapple (talk · contribs)
- Classicfilms (talk · contribs)
- Dougles.Green (talk · contribs)
- Fearstreetsaga (talk · contribs) - I'm mostly interested in editing horror and thriller novel articles.
- Gary D Robson (talk · contribs) - Interested mostly in children's nonfiction, especially science and nature
- Huey117 (talk · contribs) - I'm interested in expanding stubs and creating new articles
- Kejood (talk · contribs)
- LaurenElizabeth243 (talk · contribs) - I am planning to work in editing/publishing.
- Linguistical (talk · contribs)
- MariAdkins (talk · contribs) + professional copy editor and published author
- MarkZusab (talk · contribs)
- Merenby (talk · contribs) - Interested in expanding stub articles on children's and young adult fiction from the pre-Harry Potter era.
- Mvolz (talk · contribs)
- Rapunzel-bellflower (talk · contribs)
- ReaderofthePack (talk · contribs)
- Robina Fox (talk · contribs)
- Rtkat3 (talk · contribs)
- Rul Joules (talk · contribs)
- Sabiona (talk · contribs)
- Tacyarg (talk · contribs)
- Voceditenore (talk · contribs)
- Azbookchick (talk · contribs) - professional librarian, formerly in children's services now in teen services, I can cover whatever.
- p64 (talk · contribs)
- 2ReinreB2 (talk · contribs)
- LakesideMiners (talk · contribs)- I enjoy children’s literature.
- ThyHero (talk · contribs)- I enjoy making anchors and links to needing pages.
- Scrooge200 (talk · contribs) - I aim to fix up the Diary of a Wimpy Kid articles.
- Spacecat711 (talk · contribs)
- Nicolet1327 (talk · contribs)
- Quercusechinus (talk · contribs)
- Isabelle Belato (talk · contribs)
- Chribue (talk · contribs)
- Significa liberdade (talk · contribs) - I follow ALA awards/challenges to create book pages, as well as pages for authors/books representing systemically marginalized populations
- ScribblingTiresias (talk · contribs) - children's author, I specialize in British kids' lit and like to de-stub articles.
- Sro23 (talk · contribs) - I create stubs on authors
- JohnRussell (talk · contribs)
- DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk · contribs)
- Angelcake57 (talk · contribs)
- IcyTheApple (talk · contribs) - For the world's children!
- Chilitedit (talk · contribs) Children's Lit post grad here to help
- Jameela P. (talk · contribs)
Inactive members
editThe following users may still be active on this WikiProject but have not responded to recent roll calls.
Categories
editThe following category tree shows categories of articles within the scope of this WikiProject.
Stub completion
editThe following category shows stub-class articles within the scope of this WikiProject.
Related projects
editTask forces
editThis Project currently has one task force:
The following Children's Literature task forces are currently run by WikiProject Novels:
- Chronicles of Narnia task force
- His Dark Materials task force
- Lemony Snicket task force
- Rick Riordan task force
- Roald Dahl task force
- Twilight task force
Other WikiProjects
editThis WikiProject is a child project of WikiProjects Literature, Books, and Novels, and a sister project of WikiProjects Artemis Fowl, Fablehaven, Harry Potter, Redwall, and Warriors.
Templates
editMany templates are used by articles in this project. Some of the most common are listed below, but a more complete list can be found in Category:Template-Class children and young adult literature articles.
Project templates
editThis project maintains several templates for use in a variety of tasks:
- To add a page to this project, please add the project banner to its talk page using {{WikiProject Children's literature}} and fill in the relevant assessment information as listed on the template's documentation page.
- To link a page to the portal Portal:Children and Young Adult Literature, place
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
in the See also section. - To identify a user as a participant of this project, place {{user WikiProject Children's literature}} on their userpage.
- To welcome new participants to the project, place {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Welcome}} on their talkpage. Please be sure to substitute.
Common article templates
editStub sorting templates are used on Stub-class articles to specify the topic they are based on. Stub sorting templates are maintained by WikiProject Stub Sorting and a full list can be found at WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types. Some of the most common stub types on this project are:
- {{Child-lit-stub}} for any children's literature stub article.
- {{Child-book-stub}} for stub articles about children's books.
- {{Child-picture-book-stub}} for stub articles about children's picture books.
- {{US-child-writer-stub}} for stub articles about children's authors from the United States.
- {{UK-child-writer-stub}} for stub articles about children's authors from the United Kingdom.
Infoboxes are used to give a summary of the main features article's topic. They generally consist of a list of features which the article might have, and as many of these features as possible should be specified, although many can be left out if they are not known. Infoboxes are maintained by WikiProject Infoboxes, and help using them can be found on the Manual of Style and help page about them, in addition to on each template's documentation page. A variety of infoboxes are available depending upon the subject of the article in question. A full list is available in Category:Infobox templates, but some commonly used infoboxes on this project are:
- {{Infobox book}} for articles about books.
- {{Infobox book series}} for articles about book series.
- {{Infobox writer}} for articles about writers.
- {{Infobox character}} for articles about fictional characters.
- {{Infobox publisher}} for articles about publishers.
Navigation boxes are used to ease navigation between a group of articles on the same topic. There are many navigation boxes used by this project, which generally group articles by some shared characteristic, for example {{Harry Potter}}, grouping by series, or {{American Library Association}}, grouping by organisation.
Resources
editThis is a list of useful pages which are outside of this project, but may still be useful to project participants.
Notability
editAll articles in this project should meet the notability guidelines relevant to their subject. Please read these guidelines carefully before creating any new articles. All articles should also meet general Wikipedia guidelines such as a neutral point of view, verifiability and no original research before being created. Any articles about living persons must also meet the criteria listed at Biography of Living Persons.
Authors should meet the notability criteria for creative professionals. Authors are generally notable if:
- The person has received a notable award or honor, or has been often nominated for one.
- The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in their specific field.
- The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors.
- The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
- The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.
- The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.
Books should meet the criteria for book notability. Books are generally notable if:
- The book has been the subject of multiple published works, including books, films and newspaper articles, whose sources are independent of the book and its self-interested parties. Some of these works should contain sufficient critical commentary to allow the article to grow past a simple plot summary.
- The book has won a major literary award.
- The book has been considered by reliable sources to have made a significant contribution to any other notable subject, such as a motion picture, art form, event or political or religious movement.
- The book is frequently taught at a large number of educational institutions.
- The book's author is so historically significant that any of their written works may be considered notable.
Individual articles on characters, locations, and other elements of a work of fiction are subject to Wikipedia's fictional elements notability guidelines — be aware of these guidelines before creating articles. Generally, these elements should be part of a significant work of fiction, and should have received significant coverage outside of this work of fiction.
Article improvement
editSome helpful guides about writing articles in general may be:
- Getting started
- How to write a great article
- The perfect article
- Article assessment
- How to upload images
One of the most difficult parts of article writing to achieve is the citation of reliable sources:
- Verifiability of sources
- How to cite sources
- Citing sources using templates
- Quick reference citation templates
- Children's sources questionable on reliability for adult-level content (essay)
For nominating articles to good article status:
- Good article criteria
- Guide for nominating good articles
- Good article review cheatsheet
- Good article nominations
For nominating articles to featured article status:
- Feature article criteria
- The differences between good and featured articles
- How to satisfy Criterion 1a
Style
editAll articles should conform to the relevant Wikipedia style guides. Some helpful resources include:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines – a layout guide maintained by WikiProject Novels specifically for articles about novels.
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style – a collection of basic rules about all Wikipedia articles.
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) – a collection of rules for articles about fiction.
- Wikipedia:Layout – a guide to the basics of article structure.
- Wikipedia:Lead section – a guide to the introductionary paragraph at the beginning of an article.