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Children's Literature: Reference Books

Find out how and where to locate information about children's authors, including how to locate acceptance speeches for Newbery winners

Online Reference Sources

Use the following online reference sources to find information about children's authors:

Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBook)
Features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects.
Salem Online Reference (eBook)
Provides online access to a wide variety of reference books.

books

Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors
Call Number: REF PS490 C93 2005
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Call Number: Ref. PN 1008.5 C66 2003
Oxford Cyclopedia of Children's Literature
Call Number: Ref. PN 1008.5 O94 2006

Selected Reference Books

The Newbery/Printz Companion
Call Number: ON RESERVE under "Newberry"
International Companion of Children's Literature
Call Number: Ref. PN 1008.5 I57 1996
Twentieth-Century Children's Writers
Call Number: Ref. PN 1009 A1 T9 1995
American Writers for Children: 1900-1960
Call Number: Ref. PS490 A43 1983

books

Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults
Call Number: Ref. PN 1009 A1 B43 (16 vols.)
Children's Books and Their Creators
Ref. PN 1009 A1 C45 1995
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
Call Number: Ref. PN 1008.5 C37 1984
Writers for Children
Call Number: Ref. PB 1009 A1 W73 1987