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
This 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.
Project Discussion
Please 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
Alerts
Articles for deletion
- 05 Jul 2022 – Just Disgusting! (talk · · hist) was AfDed by VickKiang (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 04 Jul 2022 – Don M. Winn (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Amon Stutzman (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Jun 2022 – Pigasus (literature) (talk · · hist) AfDed by Jontesta (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 06 Jul 2022; see discussion (7 participants)
- 28 Jun 2022 – Dust (His Dark Materials) (talk · · hist) AfDed by Jontesta (t · c) was closed as keep by Kj cheetham (t · c) on 05 Jul 2022; see discussion (6 participants)
- 26 Jun 2022 – Branford Boase Award (talk · · hist) AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c) was closed as keep by Kj cheetham (t · c) on 03 Jul 2022; see discussion (8 participants)
- 26 Jun 2022 – Spell Wars (talk · · hist) AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 03 Jul 2022; see discussion (11 participants)
- 15 Jun 2022 – Forest of Burzee (talk · · hist) AfDed by Jontesta (t · c) was closed as merge by Premeditated Chaos (t · c) on 06 Jul 2022; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 06 Jul 2022 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow (talk · · hist) PRODed by Just Another Cringy Username (t · c) was deproded by Just Another Cringy Username (t · c) on 06 Jul 2022
Good article nominees
- 01 Jul 2022 – Thranduil (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start
- 16 Jun 2022 – Balin (Middle-earth) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start
Featured article reviews
- 23 Jun 2022 – Sarah Trimmer (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 May 2022 – Original Stories from Real Life (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 08 Jan 2022 – Keeper of the Lost Cities (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by 98.45.158.225 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 03 Jul 2022 – Carrie Jones (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Carrie Jones (author) by Joeykai (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jun 2022 – Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Peter Peter Pumpkin-Eater by Joesom333 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 06 Jul 2022 – Pigasus (literature) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to When pigs fly by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jun 2022 – The Kingdom Keepers (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Kingdom Keepers by BrookTheHumming (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Feb 2022 – Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to The Chronicles of Prydain by S Marshall (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 22 Feb 2022 – Iona and Peter Opie (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Feb 2021 – Mordecai Richler (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kyuko (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Aug 2020 – Holly Hobbie (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by ClueBot NG (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 05 Jul 2022 – Draft:The Little Witch (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CrazyPineappleLady (t · c)
- 05 Jul 2022 – Draft:Mush-Mush & the Mushables (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MegaSmike46 (t · c)
- 13 Jun 2022 – Draft:Choristers Guild (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Choristeramy (t · c)
Recognised content
This project has a Wall of Recognised Content which is regularly updated by JL-Bot. To see the most recent wall, please click below.
Featured articles
Chinua Achebe
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
Lessons for Children
Julianne Moore
Baron Munchausen
Original Stories from Real Life
The Phantom Tollbooth
Proserpine (play)
Satyajit Ray
Talbot Baines Reed
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
J. K. Rowling
Scoops (magazine)
Mary Martha Sherwood
The Story of Miss Moppet
Tom Swift
To Kill a Mockingbird
J. R. R. Tolkien
Sarah Trimmer
A Wizard of Earthsea
Mary Wollstonecraft
Featured lists
Good articles
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
A Ball for Daisy
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
Cicely Mary Barker
Derrick Barnes (author)
John Barrowman
John Bauer (illustrator)
Bear Came Along
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
Chasing Vermeer
Children of Blood and Bone
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Ion Creangă
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Crown Duel
Dangerous Girls
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)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Gollum
Goosebumps
Patricia Grace
Grand Canyon (book)
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor the Overlander
John Gregorson Campbell
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
Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes!
Into the Wild (novel)
Jack and Jill
Julián Is a Mermaid
The Jungle Book
Just So Stories
Elvy Kalep
Killing Mr. Griffin
The Last Dog on Earth
Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series
The Lightning Thief
The Lion & the Mouse
Little Eva: The Flower of the South
Locked in Time
Locomotive (book)
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
Terry Pratchett
The Prince and the Dressmaker
The Princess and the Pea
Puss in Boots
The Quest Begins
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Ramandu's daughter
Sally Ride
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
Idries Shah
Shiloh (Naylor novel)
Shrek!
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Sir Thursday
Philip Slier
Christopher Smart
Smaug
The Snowman (fairy tale)
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 Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
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!
This is Not My Hat
Thorin Oakenshield
Thumbelina
The Titan's Curse
Nino Tkeshelashvili
The Tombs of Atuan
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
John R. Tunis
Tunnels (novel)
Twilight (novel series)
Voices (Le Guin novel)
Watership Down
When Marnie Was There (novel)
When Megan Went Away
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
Did you know? articles
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey
A. L. Burt
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
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?
Bad News for Outlaws
Duncan Ball
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
Milko Bambič
Bronwyn Bancroft
Karin Bang
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
Catherine Bernard
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)
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
Casper the Commuting Cat
Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys
Joseph Chaikov
Elizabeth Williams Champney
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
Children's Literature Association
Iordan Chimet
Kay Chorao
Chromoxylography
Clockwork (novel)
Computer Engineer Barbie
Mary Cooper (publisher)
Julia Corner
Thomas Crane (1843–1903)
Ion Creangă
The Creation of the Violin
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
Mary Augusta Dickerson
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
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Goodnight Mister Tom
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales
Patricia Grace
Mary Grannan
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
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
Hot House Flowers
The Hotspur
Huang Qingyun
Shirley Hughes
Quang Nhuong Huynh
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
Maria Elizabetha Jacson
Java Ho!
The Jew Among Thorns
John Martin's Book
Carrie Jones
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
Laureate na nÓg
Ursula K. Le Guin
Blair Lent
Lessons for Children
Let My Babies Go!
Let the Children March
Tamara Levitt
Lewis Carroll: A Biography
The Littlest Angel
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
Elise Primavera
Primer with Various Instructions
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Puss in Boots
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Robert Quackenbush
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
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
Bobby Shafto
Shrek!
Sie Po Giok
Philip Slier
Christopher Smart
The Snowman (fairy tale)
The Softwire
Christina Soontornvat
John George Sowerby
Millicent Sowerby
Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
Rebecca Stead
Stellaluna
E. C. Stoner
The Story of a Bad Boy
Margareta Suber
Harald Sverdrup (writer)
A Tale of Magic...
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Eugen Taru
Sandra Tayler
Teddy Tail
Gustaf Tenggren
The Highfield Mole
Sherry Thomas
Colin Thompson (writer)
Thorbjørn Egners lesebøker
Anna Eliot Ticknor
Tiger Flowers (book)
Timeline (picture book)
Titanic 2020: Cannibal City
Titanic 2020
Nino Tkeshelashvili
Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
Tom Playfair
Alexandru Toma
The Tombs of Atuan
Toy book
Translations of 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
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 godmother
Wildwood (novel)
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)
Katka Zupančič
Dikken Zwilgmeyer
Articles needing cleanup
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
Welcome 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
Any 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
If 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
This project uses the WP:1.0 assessment criteria to assess articles. The criteria specific to this project are listed below.
Quality scale
This 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.
Importance scale
The 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
If 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)
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Collaboration
Welcome 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
If you are interested in promoting this project, please visit the Outreach department.
Participants
This 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}}
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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
The following members are currently active on this WikiProject.
- antlersantlers (talk · contribs) - I like cleaning up tables and making awards pages work well.
- 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.
- Cathyolibrarian (talk · contribs)
- 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)
- 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
Inactive members
The following users may still be active on this WikiProject but have not responded to recent roll calls.
Categories
The following category tree shows categories of articles within the scope of this WikiProject.
Stub completion
The following category shows stub-class articles within the scope of this WikiProject.
Related projects
Task forces
This 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
This 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
Many 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
This 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
Stub 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
This is a list of useful pages which are outside of this project, but may still be useful to project participants.
Notability
All 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
Some 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
All 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.