University of Canberra : Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature : Websites on Children's Literature and Related Subjects

Websites

These are some of the web sites that provide great information about Australian children's authors and illustrators:

Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal Books Illustrated Buzz Words (The Latest Buzz about Children's Books) Big Picture	Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site Downunder Literature
The Children's Book Council of Australia	Children's Book Council (USA)
Children's Book Council of Australian (Qld Branch)	Misrule: The Home of Australian Children's Books Online
Children's Book Council (Vic Branch)	May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust
The Children's Literature Web Guide	Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
Children's Literature Authors and Illustators	The Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Writing Resource Centre	Fremantle Children's Literature Centre
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection	Digital Librarian: A Librarians' Choice of the Best of the Web
Dromkeen: The Home of Australian Children's Book Illustration	Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature	The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids
	Seven Stories
Children's and Adolescent Literature Resources	The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page	Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
Women Writers PaperTigers	CHLDE (Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe)
Australian Book Illustrators Online	Inside a Dog : A website for young people about books

Education Websites

Useful sites for educators, children and people interested in children's literature.

ACT Dept of Education & Training Library	Oz-teacher net
The Purple crayon children's editor site	SOFweb
Children's and Adolescent Literature Resources	Education Department of Western Australia
Environment Award for Children's Literature	Perry Nodelman
Children's Picture Book Database	AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature

Electronic journals

The ALAN Review	Booklist
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books	Horn Book
The Lion and the Unicorn	Publishers Weekly

Preliminary cover for Mr Biffy's Battle by Andrew McLean

Andrew McLean

Preliminary Cover for Mr Biffy's Battle (Penguin)
Unframed ink and watercolour. 24 cms by 28 cms
Source: Books Illustrated http://www.booksillustrated.com.au