The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators

Silvey, Anita

ISBN 10: 061819083X / ISBN 13: 9780618190836

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 061819083X
• ISBN 13: 9780618190836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • REFERENCE

About this title

Synopsis

Features autobiographical vignettes by popular children's authors and offers more than eight hundred short articles covering every aspect of children's books, their themes, and their creators. Simultaneous.

About the Author

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.