Welcome to CCL/LCJ

bookcover Housed at the Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC), CCL/LCJ: Canadian Children's Literature/Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse is a bilingual refereed academic journal with the purpose of advancing knowledge and understanding of the texts produced for children in Canada in a range of media in English, French and other languages. Produced under the sponsorship of the Vice President (Research) and the Dean of Arts at the University of Winnipeg, CCL/LCJ publishes sound theoretically informed scholarship about all aspects of texts for children in Canada in both of Canada's official languages.

CCL/LCJ focuses on texts for and about children in Canada of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and provides a venue for research and writing that furthers our understanding of how these texts function culturally and ideologically in the lives of children and adults. CCL/LCJ also publishes work focused on these texts as part of the body of material produced internationally by adults for children, a literature with specific forms of artistry and specific locations in literary and cultural history and theory.

CCL/LCJ publishes articles from specialists in English, French and other literatures, theatre and drama, media studies, literary theory, education, information science, childhood and cultural studies, and related disciplines on any and all texts for children in Canada in a range of contexts:

the economic and cultural aspects of their production and consumption
the history and nature of children's literature and culture nationally and internationally (including discussions of Canadian texts in relation to those published elsewhere)
literature and literary and cultural history and theory generally.

CCL/LCJ also publishes extended review articles. Some discuss new research of interest to scholars in the field of children's literature and culture, while others consider new Canadian texts for children in the context of the reviewers' expertise in literature, theory, or culture. The journal also seeks articles that explore the practical implications of the research it publishes for librarians, teachers, and other practitioners who work with child readers.

We invite you to explore our website, which includes indexes to all our past issues of CCL/LCJ since 1975; subscription and submission information; as well as information about the history of the journal.

New!!

CCL/LCJ has won the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement! Read more about it here.

Recent Updates

Table of contents of our latest issue: CCL/LCJ 34.2 (Fall 2008).
Recent Contributors, Editorial Team, Past Issues, Index of Articles, Index of Items Reviewed.
Online subscription is now available.

ISSN: 0319-0080. E-ISSN: 1703-6453. Last updated 6 February 2009.