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Title:

The essential guide to children's books and their creators / Anita Silvey, editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Company,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xv, 542 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Children's literature, American--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.
Children--Books and reading--United States--Dictionaries.
Children's literature, American--Dictionaries.
Children's literature--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.
Children's literature--Dictionaries.

Other Authors:

Silvey, Anita.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([xi]-xv) and index.

Contents:

Getting started: a basic reading list -- Entries -- Notes on the contributors -- Illustration credits.

Summary:

This new volume introduces readers to the wealth of children's literature by focusing on the essentials -- the best books for children, the ones that inform, impress, and, most important, excite young readers. This edition features more than 475 entries on the best-loved children's authors and illustrators, numerous essays on social and historical issues, thirty personal glimpses into craft by well-known writers, illustrators, and critics, and invaluable reading lists by category. The essential guide to children's books and their creators summarizes the canon of contemporary children's literature, in a practical guide essential for anyone choosing a book for or working with children.

ISBN:

9780618190829 (pbk.)
0618190821 (pbk.)
9780618190836
061819083X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50503317

LCCN:

2002032288

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)