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

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

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

English

xv, 542 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Z1232 .E85 2002 PS490

810.9/9282/03 B

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.

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

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