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Goals of the Children’s Literature and Reading SIG

1. To provide a branch of the International Reading Association that is concerned specifically with literature written for and read by children.

2. To maintain an awareness of recent publications in the field of children’s literature.

3. To promote the utilization of children’s books in the school reading program.

4. To inform the membership regarding results and implications of research in children’s literature.

5. To provide an outlet to the membership for expressing varying viewpoints concerning children’s literature.

6. To provide a medium for the exchange of creative uses of children’s books.

7. To publish, at least two times a year, a refereed journal entitled The Dragon Lode which includes these features:

• Articles relating to the use of children’s literature in the teaching of reading,
• Book reviews on recent publications, and
• News of presentations, institutes or conferences related to literature for children.

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