SJSU Research Guides: Children's and Young Adult Literature: Book Reviews

Book Review Databases

The following databases are available through the SJSU King Library to students and faculty.

Book Review Digest Plus This link opens in a new window
Indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews.
Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982 This link opens in a new window
Nearly eight decades of Book Review Digest, Book Review Digest Retrospective provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) This link opens in a new window
Search articles and reviews on children's literature.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Search scholarly articles and reviews on children's literature.

The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
A subscription only journal published by John's Hopkins. One of the nation's leading children's book review journals for teachers and librarians.
The Horn Book Guide
The Horn Book Guide contains the comprehensive collection of all titles reviewed by The Horn Book, in contrast to the magazine's editorial selection of books.
School Library Journal
The most complete provider of news, information and reviews for librarians and media specialists who serve children and young adults in school and public libraries.
Booklist Online
Published through the American Library Association. Authoritative reviews for children's literature as well as books for teens and adults. Subscription only. Electronic archives available for SJSU affiliates via King Library catalog.