Bruce T. Halle Library
Eastern Michigan University

Children’s Literature Reference Books and Resources
Selected by Margaret Best

Available Resources:

Authors and Illustrators Book Awards Book Reviews and Criticism Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Guides Booklists and General Bibliographies Special Topics Bibliographies Special Topics Bibliographies-Multicultural Bibliography Selected Web Sites Databases Printer Friendly Version (*pdf format)

American Writers for Children (Dictionary of Literary Biography vols 22,42,52,61).
Ref PN 451 .D5x

British Children’s Writers (Dictionary of Library Biography vols 141,160,161,163).
Ref PN 451 .D5x

Children’s Authors and Illustrators: an Index to Biographical Dictionaries.
Ref Z 1037 .A1 N18 1995

Junior Book of Authors.  1934-   .
Ref PN 1009 .A1 J8x

Kovacs, Deborah. Meet the Authors and Illustrators. 1991-  .
Ref PS 490 .K68

Rollock, Barbara. Black Authors and Illustrators of Children’s Books.
Ref PN 1009 .A1 R63 1992

Something About the Author. 1971-  .
Ref PN 497 .S65

Something About the Author. Autobiography Series. 1986-  .
Ref PN 497 .S66

Speaking for Ourselves Autobiographical Sketches by Notable Authors of Books for Young Adults. 1990-  .
Ref PS 129 .S64 1990

Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers.
Ref PN 1009 .A1 T9 1995

Yesterday’s Authors of Books for Children: Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People from Early Times to 1960. 1977.
Ref PN 451 .Y4

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