Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 496 pages
- Published by: Greenwood Press November 30, 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0313287635
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0313287633
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Midwest Book Review
Over 500 entries on titles, authors, characters and elements from almost two hundred children's books supplement a previous work which covered fiction from 1960-84. This provides surveys of works from 1990-94, providing alphabetically arranged entries for award-winning works and blending biographical information with entries relating each author's life to children's literature developments. Especially recommended for college-level children's literature collections as a strong reference.
Product Review
This scholarly yet easy to use reference volume is a treasure for librarians, teachers, and students.it presents nearly 600 detailed entries for titles, authors, main characers, and settings for 189 outstanding children's books.Title entries are gorgeously written, each offering such detailed commentary on plot, theme, significant scenes, and literary value, that it stands alone as an insightful review of the work. Author entries focus on the authors' feeling for their craft and for the novels included in this volume. These profiles are much richer than those found in general biographical sources.Extensive index cross-references provide access to such elements as genre, subject matter, and time period, making the index a valuable tool for book selection and reader's advisory.the book is an impressive, well-researched resource that testifies to the authors' expertise and love for their work.Recommended.
The Book ReportThis Dictionarypromises to be an invaluable guide to research for advocates, educators and students of literature for young adults. Highly recommended for academic, public and school libraries or media centers.
VoyaThis is an impressive reference work. The authors' objective, critical insight into each work sets this apart from standard plot-summary reference guides. The writing is clear and directIt is a welcome and useful critical guide to quality fiction for young adults.
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