Childrens Literature Review: Experts from Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People

by Morad, Deborah J.

• ISBN13: 9780787632243
• ISBN10: 0787632244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

This illustrated series covers more than 600 writers and illustrators for children and young adults. Typical entries consist of a listing of major works and awards and criticism from significant reviews and commentaries on the author's or artist's works. Each volume includes cumulative author name and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately (included in subscription).

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
American-born Canadian author of picture books; major works include Malcolm's Runaway Soap (1988) and Gifts (1994).	1	(11)
Jo Ellen Bogart
(Born Wilma Pitchford) American author of fiction; major works include Pilgrim Thanksgiving (1955) and Drummer Boy for Montcalm (1959).	12	(10)
Wilma Pitchford Hays
(Full name William Carl Hobbs) American author of fiction; major works include Bearstone (1989) and The Big Wander (1992).	22	(21)
Will Hobbs
Palestinian-American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfication; editor and anthologist; major works include This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from around the World (1992) and Sitti's Secrets (1994).	43	(17)
Naomi Shihab Nye
(Born Ernest Evan Seton Thompson; also wrote as Ernest Seton-Thompson) English-born Canadian author of fiction and illustrator of fiction and nonfiction; major works include Wild Animals I Have Known (1898) and Wild Animal Ways (1916).	60	(35)
Ernest Thompson Seton
(Also wrote as Walker Chapman, Don Elliott, Franklin Hamilton, Walter Drummond, et al) American author of fiction and nonfiction; major works include Mound Builders of Ancient America: The Archeology of a Myth (1968) and Lord Valentine's Castle (1980).	95	(38)
Robert Silverberg
American illustrator of fiction, poetry, and picture books; editor; major works illustrated include A Child's Garden of Verses (1905) and The Water-Babies (1916).	133	(21)
Jessie Willcox Smith
African-American author of fiction; major works include Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976) and The Friendship (1987).	154	(22)
Mildred D(elois) Taylor
American author of fiction and nonfiction; major works include Mystery of the Haunted Pool (1960) and Mystery of the Scowling Boy (1973).	176	(23)
Phyllis A(yame) Whitney
Cumulative Index to Authors	199	(18)
Cumulative Index to Nationalities	217	(6)
Cumulative Index to Titles	223