CWLA Press

Under the imprint CWLA Press, we produce the most respected publications in the areas of adoption, foster care, residential treatment, cultural competence, pregnancy and parenting, independent living, and permanency.

CWLA’s Child Welfare journal is the only peer-reviewed journal devoted solely to the welfare of children and youth.

Award winning Children’s Voice magazine is delivered free to CWLA members.

Child Welfare Journal

National Blueprint

Children’s Voice Magazine

Publications Catalog

Explore CWLA Press’s publications catalog! Click on the book cover images to purchase titles directly from our bookstore. Bulk sale discounts are available on large orders. For more information contact Marlene Saulsbury, Director of Publications, at msaulsbury@cwla.org.

Featured Publications

CWLA favorites and bestsellers

Celebrate the Papa in Your Life this Father’s Day!

Celebrate Father’s Day with Happy Papas, a lyrical read-aloud by renowned children’s book author Kathleen T. Pelley that pays tribute to the joys of fatherhood in the animal and human kingdoms.

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Charming illustrations by Mariya Prytula depict all the activities that bring joy to human and animal fathers and their babies over the course of a day: tumbling, imagining, playing, teaching, and more. But as the moon blooms and the fireflies flicker, what makes these papas happiest by far is simply spending time with, loving, and nurturing their little ones. Join these Happy Papas and their babies in ocean, jungle, savanna, sky, and beyond, and see how universal a father’s love can be. Happy Papas is the follow-up book to Pelley’s award-winning Happy Mamas (CWLA Press, 2016).

Publishing and Marketing Opportunities

Material published in Children’s Voice falls into two categories: Features and Departments. Features are relatively in-depth treatments of issues and events that affect children, youth, and families and those who work with them or on their behalf. The tone is feature-oriented — professional but informal.

CWLA publications, program, and policy staff, as well as experts and professionals in child welfare and related fields, write feature articles.  To submit an article, please first send a query letter to Rachel Adams, editor, at voice@cwla.org. Explore our writer’s guidelines here.

Launched in 1921, Child Welfare is a scholarly, research-driven, peer-reviewed bimonthly journal that links the latest findings in child welfare and related research with best practice, policy, and program development. Submissions are accepted via our online submissions form.

CWLA publishes textbooks, curricula, studies, and children’s books related to child welfare issues, policies, programs, and practices. Send book proposals and all other editorial/publications questions to Rachel Adams, Editor, at radams@cwla.org.

We offer many ways to reach child and family experts at their ultimate point of purchase. Consider advertising in our signature publications, Children’s Voice and Child Welfare, and/or sponsoring a special issue. Or take advantage of the advertising opportunities in our monthly e-newsletter, The Networker (readership 30,000+). For more information, please visit Marketing Opportunities. Or contact cwla@cwla.org.