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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) This link opens in a new window Features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects.
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books

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

Selected Reference Books

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

See also Ref. PS490 A32 1986b for authors since 1960

books

Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults
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
Ref. PN 1008.5 C37 1984
Writers for Children
Ref. PB 1009 A1 W73 1987