En este texto se estudia y analiza una extensa muestra de la literatura infantil y juvenil zuliana escrita a partir del siglo XX. Poetas, cuentistas, novelistas, recopiladores de la tradición oral indígena y afrocaribeña del estado Zulia se ven aquí representados, en un intento de ofrecer un panorama de la producción literaria para niños y jóvenes. El trabajo tiene como objetivo ofrecer a estudiantes, docentes y estudiosos de la literatura venezolana el abordaje de un corpus amplio de autores y obras de la producción literaria zuliana. La investigación es del tipo documental y sustenta una propuesta de antología de literatura infantil y juvenil zuliana del siglo XX.345-354monalicia69@gmail.comCuatrimestralThis article analyzes a wide-ranging display of children’s and young adult literature written in Zulia State, Venezuela, during the 20th century. Poetry, short stories, novels, and indigenous and Afro-Caribbean collections based on oral traditions were included. The objective was twofold: to offer a representative overview of literary production to children and young people, and to offer students, teachers, and scholars of Venezuelan literature a wide corpus of authors and titles of literary production made in Zulia State. The research design followed a documentary model. One of the results is the proposal of an anthology of children’s and young adult literature created in Zulia State during the 20th century.