Children's Books and Their Creators - Hardcover
Featuring seventy-five autobiographical vignettes by such authors as Eric Carle, Beverly Cleary, Lois Lowry, and Maurice Sendak, a reference offers more than eight hundred short articles covering every aspect of children's books, their themes, and their creators. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
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An invaluable reference volume for anyone interested children's literature -- especially parents! More than 800 entries on the best-loved children's authors and illustrators, overviews of genres, and discussion of the history of and social issues pertaining to children's literature. Includes contributions by more than 200 writers, illustrators, and critics, as well as carefully selected reading lists arranged by category.
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Anita Silvey has spent more than thirty years in the children's book field, including several years as the Vice President and Publisher of Childrens Books for Houghton Mifflin Company, and eleven years as editor-in-chief at the Horn Book Magazine, during which time she launched the bi-annual publication of the Horn Book Guide. She is the editor of Children’s Books and Their Creators.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0395653800
- ISBN 13 9780395653807
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages816
- EditorSilvey Anita
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