The essential guide to children's books and their creators /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 542 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references ([xi]-xv) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0618190821 (electronic bk.) |