TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - The essential guide to children's books and their creators /
DA  - 2002.
CY  - Boston :
AU  - Silvey, Anita.
CN  - PS490
CN  - Z1232
CN  - PS490
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Company,
PP  - Boston :
PY  - 2002.
ID  - 315783
KW  - Children's literature, American
KW  - Children
KW  - Children's literature, American
KW  - Children's literature
KW  - Children's literature
SN  - 9780618190829 (pbk.)
SN  - 0618190821 (pbk.)
SN  - 9780618190836
SN  - 061819083X
TI  - The essential guide to children's books and their creators /
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