Simmons College

Contact Info
Cathryn Mercier – Program Director

(617) 521-2541

Office: P310A

Website

Program Info
Offers the following programs:
 * Children's Literature (MA)/Library Services to Children (MS)
 * Writing for Children (MFA)
 * Children's Literature (MA)/Teaching (MAT)
 * Children's Literature (MA)/Writing for Children (MFA)
 * English (MA)/Children's Literature (MA)

Regular Faculty
Cathryn Mercier - cathryn.mercier@simmons.edu

Amy Pattee - amy.pattee@simmons.edu

Megan Lambert - megan.lambert@simmons.edu

Kelly Hager - kelly.hager@simmons.edu

Course Info
Thirty-six credits are required for the degree. The following four courses are mandatory:

CHL 401 Criticism of Literature for Children CHL 403 The Picturebook CHL 413 Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Young Adults CHL 414 Fantasy and Science Fiction

Electives:

History Elective CHL 411 Victorian Children's Literature CHL 418 Australian Children's Literature CHL 419A Canadian Children's Literature: Fantasy CHL 424 Nonsense and Subversive Rhymes CHL 427 Special Topics in Folk & Fairy Tales CHL 428A The Graphic Novel and The Wizard of Oz

Genre Electives CHL 404A Poetry for Young Readers CHL 415 The Whole Book Approach CHL 419B Humor CHL 420 Thesis, supervised study CHL 421 History of Children's Book Publishing CHL 422 Editing the Children's Book Manuscript CHL 429A Rereading Race in Classic Children's Literature CHL 429B The Girl Reader, 1868-1908 CHL 429C Culture Matters in Children's Literature CHL 430 Writing for Children I CHL 434 The Child and the Book CHL 436A Nonfiction-Narrative CHL 436B Nonfiction-Expository CHL 450 Independent Study, supervised study CHL 451 The Reviewer Summer Symposium and Institute