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Check out our 21st Century Religion and Culture in Youth Literature Programming for the 2024-2025 academic year!

75th Anniversary Exhibit

2021 marked the 75th anniversary of the Center for Children’s Books. Check out the 75th Anniversary Exhibit to learn about defining moments from the Center’s history!

Ongoing Projects

Learn more about the CCB’s collaboration with the National Park Service on the Books to Parks project!

The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The BCCB’s October Big Picture was “Old Wounds” by Logan-Ashley Kisner. Learn more about the BCCB here!

Research on Diversity in Youth Literature

Research on Diversity in Youth Literature is a peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal hosted by The Center for Children’s Books, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. RDYL is published twice a year.

Why come to the CCB?

Come see us in our new upstairs space in room 211/212 of 501 E. Daniel St.