Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature

Welcome

We are the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, an internationally renowned research center in the Library at California State University Fresno. The Center is one of North America’s leading resources for the study of children’s and young adult literature. The growing collection of 70,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, original art, and papers of authors and illustrators has an international and multicultural emphasis with a focus on diversity and inclusion. Its materials are available to anyone for use in the reading area.

Read about our founder.
Find out about the various ANC collections and collaborative projects.
Visit the Information for Researchers page for more details and suggestions.

Digital Display Cases

We‘re excited to share the following presentations with you, containing curated lists of books that we think you will find valuable:

Earth Day, April 22
Arab American Heritage Month, April
Black History Month, February
Native American Heritage Month, November
National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15

Featured Collections

Arne Nixon Original Library

A 22,000 book collection, started in 1995 with a donation from Professor Nixon.

Lydia Jean Kuhn Collection

Long-time friend, librarian and avid fan of the Center who left a generous bequest through her extensive Beatrix Potter and Winnie-the-Pooh collections.