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Children and Young Adult Literature

Rowan University Libraries' Children & YA Literature resources include online and print resources. A selective print collection is located on Campbell Library's 2nd floor.

1950's Children & YA Classics

Charlotte's Web by y White, E. B; Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind; Williams, Garth
ISBN: 9781451726206
Publication Date: 1952, First edition.

The Cat in the Hat

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Publication Date: 1956
Magic Maize by Mary Bluff, Conrad Bluff
ISBN: 0395066662
Publication Date: 1954
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
ISBN: 0152024999
Publication Date: 1951
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Call Number: Child. YA Fic. .S741wi
Publication Date: 1959

1960's Children & YA Classics

It's Like This Cat by Emily Neville
Publication Date: 1963
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Publication Date: 1962
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Publication Date: 1960
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Publication Date: 1963
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Publication Date: 1963

Picture book museum

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Located in Amherst, Massachusetts.

1970's Children & YA Classics

One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
Publication Date: 1971
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
Publication Date: 1975
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
Publication Date: 1971
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Clear
Publication Date: 1977