The Dragon Lode
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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
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.
Fall 2021 - Access to Children’s Literature: What, Why, and How?
Submission Deadline - June 15, 2021
As the world responded to the pandemic in 2020, 2021, and beyond, our considerations regarding access to children’s literature changed. Teachers pivoted to provide remote and hybrid instruction, impacting their ability to read, share and discuss children’s literature in traditional and familiar ways. How have teachers responded to this dilemma using innovative and creative methods? What are the challenges in providing access to children’s literature in times of crisis, whether it be a pandemic or another challenging context? What are the tools and resources that teachers have found and used to keep students reading? How has this experience changed how we think about access to children’s literature across cultural, socioeconomic, ability, or other borders? We invite articles exploring issues of accessing and sharing children’s literature across a variety of challenging times and contexts.
Spring 2022 - Open Theme
Submission Deadline - December 15, 2021
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Fall 2022 - Using Children’s Literature to Support Student Needs
Submission Deadline - June 15, 2022
Children’s literature can be a critical tool to use throughout the day and throughout the curriculum. It can facilitate student learning while opening up a world of possibilities for supporting students in every way. What are the ways that teachers use children’s literature to facilitate student learning while supporting students' needs? How can literature be a tool to further the goals teachers have for their students, grounded in courses of study and curriculum goals? How does children’s literature help teachers develop students not only as learners, but also as empathetic members of a community? We invite articles exploring pedagogical applications of children’s literature that support students across the curriculum and into their communities.
Spring 2023 - Open Theme
Submission Deadline - December 15, 2022
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Fall 2021 - Access to Children’s Literature: What, Why, and How?
Submission Deadline - June 15, 2021
As the world responded to the pandemic in 2020, 2021, and beyond, our considerations regarding access to children’s literature changed. Teachers pivoted to provide remote and hybrid instruction, impacting their ability to read, share and discuss children’s literature in traditional and familiar ways. How have teachers responded to this dilemma using innovative and creative methods? What are the challenges in providing access to children’s literature in times of crisis, whether it be a pandemic or another challenging context? What are the tools and resources that teachers have found and used to keep students reading? How has this experience changed how we think about access to children’s literature across cultural, socioeconomic, ability, or other borders? We invite articles exploring issues of accessing and sharing children’s literature across a variety of challenging times and contexts.
Spring 2022 - Open Theme
Submission Deadline - December 15, 2021
We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.
Fall 2022 - Using Children’s Literature to Support Student Needs
Submission Deadline - June 15, 2022
Children’s literature can be a critical tool to use throughout the day and throughout the curriculum. It can facilitate student learning while opening up a world of possibilities for supporting students in every way. What are the ways that teachers use children’s literature to facilitate student learning while supporting students' needs? How can literature be a tool to further the goals teachers have for their students, grounded in courses of study and curriculum goals? How does children’s literature help teachers develop students not only as learners, but also as empathetic members of a community? We invite articles exploring pedagogical applications of children’s literature that support students across the curriculum and into their communities.
Spring 2023 - Open Theme
Submission Deadline - December 15, 2022
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 (7th 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. Book covers, photographs, illustrations and figures should be sent as separate jpeg files. 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
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