Nel's English 680: 20th Century American Children's Picturebooks: Resources for Further Reading

Children's Literature: General
- Babara Bader, American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within (1976).
- Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard, eds., The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (1984).
- Beverly Lyon Clark, Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Children's Literature (2003).
- Harold Darling, From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss: Children's Book Covers, 1860-1960 (1999).
- Michael Patrick Hearn, Trinkett Clark and H. Nichols Clark, Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration (1996).
- Althea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins, This Land Is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (1994).
- Selma G. Lanes, Down the Rabbit Hole: Adventures and Misadventures in the Realm of Children's Literature (1971).
- Hendrickson, Linnea. Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (1987). An extensive bibliography of children's literature criticsm.
- Michelle Martin, Brown Gold: Milestones of African-American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002 (2004).
- Perry Nodelman, Words About Pictures (1988).
- Barbara Rollock, ed., Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books: A Biographical Dictionary (1992).
- Maurice Sendak, Caldecott & Co.: Notes on Books and Pictures (1990).
- Anita Silvey, Children's Books and Their Creators (1995).
- Jack Zipes, Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales (1979)
- Jack Zipes, Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (1982).
- Jack Zipes, ed., The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (2000).
- Jack Zipes, ed., The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (2001).
- Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Peter Hunt, and Gillian Avery, The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature (2005).
- The Children's Literature Review series (1976-).
Children's Literature: Authors
- Viriginia Lee Burton:
  - Barbara Elleman, Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002).
- Margaret Wise Brown:
  - Leonard S. Marcus, Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon (1992).
  - Joyce Antler, Lucy Sprague Mitchell: The Making of a Modern Woman (1987). Read this for information on Bank Street founder.
- Wanda Gág:
  - Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gág (1993/1999)
- Edward Gorey:
  - Clifford Ross and Karen Wilkin, eds., The World of Edward Gorey (1996)
  - Karen Wilkin, ed., Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey (2001)
- Maurice Sendak:
  - Selma G. Lanes, The Art of Maurice Sendak (1980).
  - Tony Kushner, The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present (2003).
- Dr. Seuss:
  - Judith and Neil Morgan, Dr. Seuss and Mr. Geisel (1995).
  - Richard Minear, Dr. Seuss Goes to War (1999).
  - Philip Nel, Dr. Seuss: American Icon (2004).
  - Charles Cohen, The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss (2004).
- William Steig:
  - Lee Lorenz, The World of William Steig (1998).
- Dare Wright:
  - Jean Nathan, The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright (2004).
- General:
  - Jonathan Cott, Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature (1983).
  - Lee Bennett Hopkins, Pauses: Autobiographical Reflections of 101 Creators of Children’s Books (1995).
  - Leonard S. Marcus, A Caldecott Celebration (1998), Author Talk (2000), and many others.
  - Susan E. Meyer, A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators (1983/1997)
  - The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 22, 42, 52, 61, 141, 160, 161, 163, and any other of the volumes devoted to Children's Literature (1983-). These are also available through the Literature Resource Center (Gale), a database to which our library subscribes.
  - The Junior Book of Authors series (1934-89).
  - The Something About the Author series (1971-). These are also available through the Literature Resource Center (Gale), a database to which our library subscribes.
On the Web
- My Children's Literature links. Scroll down to the bottom to find many other general resources.
- My Cartoons & Comics links
Picturebooks that didn't fit on the syllabus
- 1900-1910s
  - William Nicholson, The Square Book of Animals (1899)
  - Palmer Cox, the Brownies books (1887-1918)
  - Gellett Burgess, Goops and How to Be Them (1900)
  - W. W. Denslow, Animal Fair (1904)
  - Peter Newell, The Slant Book (1910), The Rocket Book (1912)
  - E. Boyd Smith, Chicken World (1910)
  - Winsor McCay, the Little Nemo comic strip (1905-1911, 1913, 1924-1926)
- 1920s
  - Mary Liddell, Little Machinery (1926)
  - Kurt Wiese, The Three Little Kittens (1928)
  - Mary Lott Seaman, The Golden Goose (1928)
  - Berta and Elmer Hader, The Ugly Duckling (1927), Two Funny Clowns (1929)
  - Cornelia Meigs, The Wonderful Locomotive, illus. Berta and Elmer Hader (1928)
  - Peggy Bacon, The Ballad of Tangle Street (1929)
  - Maud and Miska Petersham, Miki (1929)
- 1930s
  - Marjorie Flack, Angus and the Ducks (1930)
  - Elizabeth Morrow, The Painted Pig, illus. René d'Harnoncourt (1930)
  - Helen Sewell, ABC for Every Day (1930)
  - Lois Lenski, The Little Family (1932)
  - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Children of the Northlights (1935)
  - Marie Hall Ets, Mister Penny (1935)
  - William Pène DuBois, Elisabeth the Cow Ghost (1936), The Three Policemen (1938), Giant Otto (1936, re-done as Otto in Africa, 1961).
  - Edward Ardizonne, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936)
  - Naomi Averill, Choochee (1937) and Whistling-Two-Teeth and the Forty-Nine Buffalos (1939)
  - Dr. Seuss, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938)
  - Margaret Wise Brown, Bumble Bugs and Elephants, illus. Clement Hurd (1938)
  - Margaret Wise Brown, The Noisy Book, illus. Leonard Weisgard (1939)
  - James Daughterty, Andy and the Lion (1938)
  - Marie Hall Ets, The Story of a Baby (1939)
  - Hardie Gramatky, Little Toot (1939)
- 1940s
  - Margaret Wise Brown, A Child's Good Night Book, illus. Jean Charlot (1943)
  - Margaret Wise Brown, Two Little Trains, illus. Jean Charlot (1943)
  - Esther Averill, The Cat Club (1944)
  - Gertrude Crampton, Tootle, illus. Tibor Gergely (1946)
  - Marie Hall Ets, Oley the Sea Monster (1947), Little Old Automobile (1948)
  - Charles Shaw, The Guess Book (1941)
  - Marcia Brown, Stone Soup (1947)
- 1950s
  - Marcia Brown, Dick Whittington and His Cat (1950), Puss in Boots (1952)
  - Roger Duvoisin, Petunia (1950)
  - Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who! (1954), On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
  - Taro Yashima, Crow Boy (1955)
  - Remy Charlip, Where Is Everybody? (1957)
  - Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham, Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)
  - Ann Rand, Sparkle and Spin, illus. Paul Rand (1957)
  - Tomi Ungerer, Crictor (1958)
- 1960s
  - Bernard Waber, The House on East 88th Street (1962)
  - Don Freeman, Dandelion (1964), Corduroy (1968)
  - Russell Hoban, Bedtime for Frances, illus. Garth Williams (1960)
  - Russell Hoban, A Baby Sister for Frances, illus. Lillian Hoban (1964)
  - Russell Hoban, Bread and Jam for Frances, illus. Lillian Hoban (1964)
  - Remy Charlip, Fortunately (1964)
  - Ellen Raskin, Nothing Ever Happens on My Block (1966)
  - Bill Peet, Chester the Worldly Pig (1965), Kermit the Hermit (1965)
- 1970s
  - Bill Peet, The Wump World (1970)
  - Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad series (1970-79)
  - William Pène DuBois, Bear Circus (1971)
  - William Steig, Amos and Boris (1972)
  - Tomie de Paola, Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs (1973)
  - Daniel Pinkwater, The Big Orange Splot (1977)
  - Mitsumasa Anno, Anno's Journey(1977)
  - Rosemary Wells, Max and Ruby books (1979-?)
- 1980s
  - Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express (1985), The Z Was Zapped (1987)
  - Ann Jonas, The Trek (1985)
  - William Joyce, George Shrinks (1985)
  - Aliki, How a Book Is Made (1986)
  - John Steptoe, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (1987)
  - Lois Elhert, Color Zoo (1989)
- 1990s
  - David Macaulay, Black and White (1990)
  - Maurice Sendak, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy (1993)
  - Sandra Boynton, Snoozers: 7 Short Stories for Lively Little Kids (1997)
  - Carolivia Herron, Nappy Hair, illus. Joe Cepeda (1997)
  - Julius Lester, Sam and the Tigers, illus. Jerry Pinkney (1996)
  - Paul O. Zelinsky, Rapunzel (1997)
  - Nina Crews, You Are Here (1998)
  - Peter Sís, Tibet Through the Red Box (1998)
  - David McPhail, Mole Music (1999)
  - David Wiesner, Sector 7 (1999)

This is by no means an exhaustive list. It is merely a starting point.

		You should also consult relevant databases (such as The Literature Resource Center, MLA Database, Lexis-Nexis, InfoTrack, and others), Hale Library's catalogue, and my collection of Children's Literature links.


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