Children's literature periodicals include magazines about children's literature intended for adults, such as:

• Academic journals focusing on the scholarly study of children's and young adult literature
• Review journals reviewing specific works for children and young adults
• Library science and education journals discussing the selection and use of literature with children

Children's magazines, which are magazines intended for children, are not included in this category.

• ALAN Review
• Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
• The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• Children's Literature
• Children's Literature Association Quarterly
• The Lion and the Unicorn

• The Horn Book Magazine
• School Library Journal

The general purpose review journals Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly also have established sections for reviewing children's and young adult books.

• Young Adult Library Services

• Book Links
• English Journal