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The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
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Upon publication, Anita Silvey's comprehensive survey of contemporary children's literature, Children's Books and Their Creators, garnered unanimous praise from librarians, educators, and specialists interested in the world of writing for children.
Now The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators assembles the best of that volume in one handy, affordable reference, geared specifically to parents, educators, and students. 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. Updated to include newcomers such as J. K. Rowling and Lemony Snicket and to cover the very latest on publishing and educational trends, 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.
Author: Anita Silvey
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 09/26/2002
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780618190829
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2002 pg. 81
PW Notes and Reprints 10/21/2002 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2003 pg. 106
School Library Journal 03/01/2003 pg. 263
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 467
Publishers Weekly 10/21/2002
About the Author
Silvey, Anita: - Anita Silvey has spent more than thirty years in the children's book field, including eleven years as editor-in-chief at the Horn Book Magazine. She is the editor of Children's Books and Their Creators and the author of 100 Best Books for Children and The Book-a-Day Almanac.
