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About the Journal
The Dragon Lode (ISSN 1098-6448), a juried journal, is published twice a year by the International Literacy Association Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG). Members of the CL/R SIG receive two (2) issues of The Dragon Lode each year. The Dragon Lode provides readers with a forum for exchange of ideas concerning the content and teaching of children’s literature in the development of literacy. |
Editors
Contact the Editors at thedragonlode@gmail.com Call for Manuscripts |
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As editors of The Dragon Lode we invite all those interested in bringing children and their literature together to submit articles for publication in future issues. We request scholarly articles of interest to teachers, librarians, researchers, and authors, practical ones grounded in current theory and research, or teaching strategies as they relate to Children’s Literature in the Classroom, Home- School Connection, Bridges to Content Knowledge, Current Issues in Children’s Literature and Reading, Exploration of Authors and Illustrators, and Special Themes.
Spring 2020 Open Theme
Submission Deadline - January 10, 2020
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Fall 2020 Using Children’s Literature in the Classroom
Submission Deadline - March 1, 2020
High quality children’s literature is essential for enriching learning across the classroom curriculum. For this issue of The Dragon Lode, we invite authors to explore the role of children’s literature in developing strong readers, writers, and thinkers in K-12 contexts. Suggested submissions include classroom research or strategies in teaching with literature or conceptual work in using children's and young adult literature, in various forms, for effective teaching. Alternate submissions include a presentation of books representing diverse experiences and that have a thematic or content focus.
Spring 2021 Open Theme
Submission Deadline - January 10, 2021
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Spring 2020 Open Theme
Submission Deadline - January 10, 2020
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Fall 2020 Using Children’s Literature in the Classroom
Submission Deadline - March 1, 2020
High quality children’s literature is essential for enriching learning across the classroom curriculum. For this issue of The Dragon Lode, we invite authors to explore the role of children’s literature in developing strong readers, writers, and thinkers in K-12 contexts. Suggested submissions include classroom research or strategies in teaching with literature or conceptual work in using children's and young adult literature, in various forms, for effective teaching. Alternate submissions include a presentation of books representing diverse experiences and that have a thematic or content focus.
Spring 2021 Open Theme
Submission Deadline - January 10, 2021
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Manuscript Guidelines
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically and should be no longer than 20 double-spaced, typed pages. Use APA (6th edition) formatting. Author’s name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address should be on a separate cover page. Please be judicious in the use of tables, photographs and charts. Photographs and illustrations should be sent as a separate jpeg file. Any reference to the author that would enable the reviewer to know the author’s identity should not appear in the manuscript.
Email manuscripts to: The Dragon Lode thedragonlode@gmail.com
Email manuscripts to: The Dragon Lode thedragonlode@gmail.com