@article{315783,
      author = {Silvey, Anita.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/315783},
      title = {The essential guide to children's books and their creators  /},
      publisher = {Houghton Mifflin Company,},
      abstract = {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.},
      recid = {315783},
      pages = {xv, 542 p. :},
      address = {Boston :},
      year = {2002},
}