Center for Teaching through
Children's Books

5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300
Skokie, Illinois 60077
United States
224.233.2288
ctcb@nl.edu

Junko Yokota - Director
Gail Bush - Director
Toby Rajput - Children's Librarian


The Center for Teaching through Children’s Books is dedicated to excellence in teaching with quality literature for children and adolescents.

  • Considering multicultural and international literature a core resource for learning about the world.
  • Promoting issues of social justice in curriculum using children’s books.
  • Fostering a community of children’s literature educators and scholars.
  • Providing outreach activities and programs to support librarians and teachers
  • Embracing digital forms of literature and information as resources and tools, and
  • Partnering with schools, libraries, organizations, and committed individuals to support this mission through collaborative efforts sharing materials, resources, and expertise.
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