Center for Teaching Through Children's Books

Dedicated to excellence in teaching with quality literature for children and adolescents

Center for Teaching Through Children's Books

Center for Teaching through Children's Books

The Center for Teaching through Children's Books is a partnership between National Louis University Library and National Louis University College of Education.

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

The Center for Teaching through Children's Books at National Louis University 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.
  • Partnering with schools, libraries, organizations, and committed individuals to support this mission through collaborative efforts sharing materials, resources and expertise.

Visit us at:

National Louis University
North Shore Campus
5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300
Skokie, IL 60077-4409
Exit 35 at Old Orchard Road, Just west of I-94, Third Floor in the NLU Library

Click here for directions.

NLU North Shore Library Hours:

Call Circulation Desk for current hours 224.233.2288

Please contact us for information and a tour of current Center exhibits or if you would like to discuss partnering opportunities. CTCB@nl.edu

Thank you for joining with us to celebrate children's books.  We look forward to seeing you at the Center very soon.

Junko Yokota (JYokota@nl.edu 224.233.2798)
Toby Rajput (Toby.Rajput@nl.edu 224.233.2515)

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    (888) 658.8632
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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    (888) 658.8632
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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    (888) 658.8632
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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    (888) 658.8632
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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    (888) 658.8632
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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Florida Regional Center serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, this location features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    5110 Eisenhower Boulevard Suite 102
    Tampa, FL 33634
    (800) 366.6581
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  • WISCONSIN

    NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.

    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    (414) 577.2658
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