The purpose of this interdisciplinary certificate is to prepare educators and librarians to select and use high quality children's and young adult literature across genres and across the curriculum. A student who wishes to pursue this certificate must receive approval and advisement from the coordinator of the certificate program. Students must complete 19 semester hours in approved course work at NIU, including the required four core courses, the 1 semester hour workshop at the annual Children's Literature Conference, and the internship/practicum, with prior approval of the program coordinator.