University of Alabama Libraries, Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books

Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books

Biographical Sources

Title	REF Call Number
100 Most Popular Children's Authors	PS 490.M39 1999
100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors & Illustrators	PS 490 M395 2000
A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books	Z 1037 .L715 2006
Authors & Artists for Young Adults	PS 490.A98
Authors of Books for Young People, 3rd ed	PN 497.A97 1990
Best in Children's Nonfiction: Reading Writing , and Teaching	Z 1037.A2 B47 2001
Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books: a Biographical Dictionary, 2nd ed.	Z 1037 R63 1999
Black Books Galore! Guide to African-American Children's Books	Z 1361.N39 R33 1998
Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English	PR 990.C36 2001
Children's Authors and Illustrators: an Index to Biographical Dictionaries	Z 1037.A1 L2x
Children's Literature: A Guide to Information Sources	Z 1037.D35 1998
Contemporary Authors	Z 1224. C59
Contemporary Illustrators of Children's Books (1930 reprint)	NC 965.M58 1973
Fifth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators	PN 1009.A1 S3936 1983
Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators	PN 1009.A1 F6 1978
Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945	NC 965.M59
Illustrators of Children's Books 1946-1956	NC 965.V5
Illustrators of Children's Books 1957-1966	NC 965 .K54
Illustrators of Children's Books 1967-1976	NC 965.I44
More Junior Authors	PN 1009. A1 F8 1963
Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1956-1965	Z 1035.A2 K5 1965
Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1966-1975	Z 1035. A2 N8 1979
Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners: bibliographies and resource material through 1991	Z 1037.A2 B76 1992
Newbery Medal Books	Z 1035.A13 M5 1957
Seventh Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators	PN 1009.A1 S3936 1996
Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators	PN 1009.A1 S3936 1989
Something About the Author (1971-present)	PN 451.S6
Something About the Author-Autobiography Series (1986-present)	PN 497.S66
Treasury of Children's Book Illustrators	NC 965.M49x
Twentieth Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed	PN 1009.A1 T9 1989
Wings of an Artist: Children's Book Illustrators Talk	NC 965.W56 1999
Writers for Children: Critical Studies of Major Authors Since the 17th Century	PN 1009.A1 W73 1988
Writers for Young Adults: Biographies Master Index	Z 1037.A1 W74
Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children (to 1960)	PN 4511.Y4

NOTE: All titles are available in the Reference section of McLure Library unless otherwise noted.

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General Bibliographic Resources

International Who's Who in Education	REF CT 105.E2 I5 1991x
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Bibliography	REF CT 103.M27
Webster's Biographical Dictionary	REF CT 103 .W4 1972

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School Library Collection:

McLure Library also maintains the School Library Collection, containing fiction and non-fiction materials for children. Materials in this collection can be found by browsing the catalog for items with SCH.LIB. call number designation. These materials are located on the basement level of McLure Library.

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Supplementary Curriculum Materials:

Beyond materials listed in the Library Catalog, McLure Library also carries the Kraus Curriculum Development Library. This collection is available on microfiche and is located next to the ERIC microfiche on the basement level of McLure Library. The curriculum guides in this collection were selected at Annual meetings of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (www.ascd.org).

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Electronic Bibliographic Resources:

Authors on the Web www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html
Collection of links to sites or biographical sketches about literary writers.

Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Features a listing of children's book authors and illustrators.

Biography.com www.biography.com
Magazine and TV channel site with celebrity features and clips of upcoming shows.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index www.lib.ua.edu/databases
BGMI is available on University of Alabama Library website (www.lib.ua.edu/databases) Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes various editions of over 700 biographical reference sources, both current and retrospective, that cover historical as well as contemporary figures from all fields of endeavor.

Children's Books: About childrensbooks.about.com
Magazine and TV channel site with celebrity features and clips of upcoming shows.

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