A Sampler of Reference Books about Children’s Literature, Authors & Illustrators

EDU 2353 - Children's Literature
PDF of Reference Books with Call Numbers
   

1. Reference Books:

 
TITLES: CALL #

 

A to Zoo : Subject Access to Children's Picture Books.

by Carolyn W. Lima and John A. Lima.

 

 

SBU BOL Curr Ref        

011.62 L628 

American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature.

by Paulette F. Molin.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 M733

Authors of Books for Young People.

by Martha E. Ward ...

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

809.8 Au81  

Brown Gold : Milestones of African-American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002.

by Michelle H. Martin.

 

e-Book available through the library catalog or NetLibrary link.

Children's Literature : a Guide to Information Sources.

by Margaret W. Denman-West.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book        016.8088 D417 

Children's Literature : An Issues Approach.

by Masha Kabakow Rudman.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

028.52 R834  

Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959: Books of  Recognized Merit.

by Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

813.54 H366

1859-1959      

Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984 :Recent Books of Recognized Merit.

by Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

813.54 H366

1960-1984

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.42.  

American Writers for Children before 1900.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.042

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.22. 

American Writers for Children, 1900-1960.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.022   

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v 52.. 

American Writers for Children since 1960: Fiction.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.052   

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v 52.. 

American Writers for Children since 1960: Fiction.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.052 

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v 61. 

American Writers for Children since 1960: Poets, Illustrators & Nonfiction Authors.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.061 

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v 160.   

British Children’s Writers: 1914-1960.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.160   

Dictionary of Literary Biography, v 161.  

British Children’s Writers since 1960.

 

  

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 D561

v.161

Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945.

by compiled by Bertha E. Mahony, Louise Payson Latimer [and] Beulah Folmsbee.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book        741.642 IL6

1947

Illustrators of Children's Books, 1957-1966.

compiled by Lee Kingman, Joanna Foster [and] Ruth Giles Lontoft.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

741.642 IL6

1968

Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults : a Selection of Sketches from Something About the Author.

edited by Laurie Collier and Joyce Nakamura.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book        808.068 M288 v.1-6 

Mark Twain A to Z : the Essential Reference to His Life and Writings.

by R. Kent Rasmussen.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book        818.409 T911m    

The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.

by Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book        809.89282 Ox2, 1999 

Women Writers of Children's Literature.

edited by Harold Bloom.

 

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 W842      

 

and e-Book through the library catalog or NeLibrary link

Writers for Young Adults. 

Ted Hipple, editor.

 

SBU BOL Ref Book       

810.9 W932

v.01-03  

 

2. Suggested Library Databases:

 

CONTENT RELATED TO TOPIC:

DATABASE TITLES:

 

Covers a range of disciplines including education, literature, book reviews.  Many scholarly journals included with a high percentage of full-text articles.

 

 

Academic Search Elite

Covers a variety of education subjects, including children's literature. Many scholarly journals included with a high percentage of full-text articles.

 

Education Full-Text

An index of citations & abstracts of journal articles and reports in all fields of education.

 

E.R.I.C.

3. Web Links:

 

Links to Winners of Children's Books Medals and Literary Awards

via Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) , American Library Association.

Includes Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal information.

 

The Children's Book Council, Inc.

A nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults
 

 

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