Books about Children's Books 2000

Compiled by Sheila Ray.

This survey does not claim to be comprehensive. The listing below includes titles not specifically mentioned in the essay. The date of publication is given for those books not published in 1999. I have included books that are not distributed in the UK and in these cases I have given as much information as possible, including a contact address, to assist in their purchase.

• Kate Agnew, An Interview with Michelle Magorian. (Telling Tales).
  60 pages. 0 7497 3863 4. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Brian Alderson, Just So Pictures: Illustrated Versions of Just So Stories for Little Children, reprinted from Children's Literature 20 (1992).
  28 pages. Five Owl Books, £5 from the publisher, 28 Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4AS.
  
  
• Brian Alderson & Pat Garrett, The Religious Tract Society as a Publisher of Children's Books: Exhibition Catalogue.
  36 pages. 0955-4289. Children's Books History Society, £5 from CBHS, 25 Field Way, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 0QN.
  
  
• Holly Anderson & Morag Styles, editors, Teaching Through Texts: Promoting Literacy through Popular and Literary Texts in the Primary Classroom. 2000.
  169 pages. 0 415 20306 6 (hardback); 0 415 20307 4 (paperback). Routledge, £45; £14.99.
  
  
• Rosemary Auchmuty, A World of Women: Growing Up in Girls' School Stories.
  221 pages. 0 7043 4538 2. Women's Press, £8.99.
  
  
• Grant Bage, Narrative Matters: Teaching and Learning History.
  177 pages. 0 7507 0980 4 (hardback); 0 7507 0979 0 (paperback). Falmer Press, £50; £15.99.
  
  
• Phyllis Settecase Barton, Sambo: A Publishing History, Checklist and Price Guide for The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1899-1999: Centennial Collector's Guide.
  Pictus Orbis Press, $75. Pictus Orbis Press, PO Box 787, Sun City, CA 92586, USA.
  
  
• Enid Bassom & others, editors, Beatrix Potter as Writer and Illustrator. (Beatrix Potter Studies VIII).
  96 pages. 1 869980 15 8. Beatrix Potter Society, £8.50 (UK); £10 (overseas).
  
  
• Elizabeth Battrick, Beatrix Potter: The Unknown Years.
  32 pages. 0 7232 46084. Armitt Library and Museum Centre, £4.
  
  
• L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Kansas Centennial Edition.
  187 pages. 0 7006 0985 7. University Press of Kansas, £18.50. Distributed in the UK by Eurospan, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU.
  
  
• Sandra L. Beckett, editor, Transcending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults. (Children's Literature and Culture).
  286 pages. 0 8153 3359 5. Garland, £34. Distributed in the UK by Taylor & Francis, Rancine Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG24 8PR.
  
  
• Quentin Blake & John Cassidy, Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered.
  106 pages. 1 57054 320 8. Klutz, £12.22.
  
  
• David Bleakley, C.S. Lewis at Home in Ireland: A Centenary Biography. 1998.
  203 pages. 0 9535512 02. Strandtown Press, £9.99.
  
  
• Joan Bodger, How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books. First published 1965.
  241 pages. 0 7710 1118 0. McClelland & Stewart, Can$29.99. McClelland & Stewart Inc., 481 University Avenue, Suite 900, Toronto, Canada M5G 2E9, recommend ordering from Canada's largest internet bookseller, <ChaptersGlobe.com>.
  
  
• Peter Branston & Mark Provis, Children and Parents Reading—Parents and the Literacy Hour: A Teacher's Guide.
  136 pages. 1 85346 557 7. David Fulton Publishers, £13.
  
  
• Angela Brown and others, FOCS 10th Anniversary: Queen's College, Cambridge.
  46 pages. Friends of the Chalet School, circulated gratis with FOCS 46. FOCS, 4 Rock Terrace, Coleford, Bath, Somerset BA3 5NF.
  
  
• Anthony Buckeridge, While I Remember.
  96 pages. 0 9521482 1 8. David Schutte, £8.99. £9.99, including postage and packing, from publisher, 119 Sussex Road, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4LB.
  
  
• Mary Cadogan & Norman Wright, compilers, Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury, with a foreword by Helen Cresswell and a personal memoir from Gillian Baverstock.
  370 pages. 0 340 76513 5. Hodder Children's Books, £25.
  
  
• Joanna Carey, An Interview with Michael Morpurgo. (Telling Tales).
  60 pages. 0 7497 3866 9. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Humphrey Carpenter & Mari Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Paperback edition; first published 1983.
  587 pages. 0 19 860228 6. Oxford University Press, £14.99.
  
  
• James Carter, Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk About the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing.
  266 pages. 0 415 19416 4 (hardback); 0 415 19417 2 (paperback). Routledge, £40; £12.99.
  
  
• Nancy Lee Cecil & Patricia L. Roberts, Families in Children's Literature: A Resource Guide, grades 4-8.
  148 pages. 1 56308 313 2. Libraries Unlimited, Teachers Ideas Press, £17.50. Published in the US in 1998. Distributed in the UK by Eurospan, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU.
  
  
• Anne Chisholm, Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Paperback edition, first published 1998.
  336 pages. 0 330 36747 1. Pan, £7.99.
  
  
• Beverly Lyon Clark & Margaret R. Higgonet, editors, Girls, Boys, Books, Toys: Gender in Children's Literature and Culture.
  296 pages. 0 8018 6053 9. Johns Hopkins University Press, £35. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4319, USA.
  
  
• Valerie Coghlan & others, Library File: Making a Success of the School Library.
  107 pages. 0 94603 736 1. Library Association of Ireland, £10 (sterling) from Fingal Library Headquarters, Fingal County Council, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland.
  
  
• Wendy Cooling, An Interview with Jenny Nimmo. (Telling Tales).
  60 pages. 0 7497 3862 6. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Wendy Cooling, compiler, Books to Enjoy: 6 to 8.
  32 pages. 0 900641 93 2. School Library Association, £5 (£4 to members).
  
  
• Wendy Cooling, compiler, Books to Enjoy with Boys in Mind.
  28 pages. 0 900641 96 7. School Library Association, £5 (£4 to members).
  
  
• F.J. Harvey Darton, Children's Books in England. 3rd edition, revised by Brian Alderson.
  416 pages. 0 7123 4606 6. The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, £30.
  
  
• Lovat Dickson, Wilderness Man: The Strange Story of Grey Owl.
  304 pages. 0 671 02274 1. Simon & Schuster Pocket Books, £6.99.
  
  
• Sally Dore, editor, Elinor Brent-Dyer and Music, incorporating The Chalet School Songbook.
  76 pages. Friends of the Chalet School, £2.50 from FOCS, 4 Rock Terrace, Coleford, Bath, Somerset BA3 5NF.
  
  
• Mary Jane Drummond, Comparisons in Early Years Education: History, Fact and Fiction. (CREPE Occasional Papers).
  24 pages. 1 901065 80 4. University of Warwick, Centre for Research in Elementary and Primary Education, £5.
  
  
• Robert Dunbar, editor, Secret Lands: The World of Patricia Lynch. 1998.
  174 pages. 0 86278 575 8. O'Brien Press, £8.99.
  
  
• Julia Eccleshare, An Interview with Gillian Cross. (Telling Tales).
  59 pages. 0 7497 3864 2. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Anne Fine, Anne Fine Interviewed by Herself. (Telling Tales).
  60 pages. 0 7497 3865 0. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Lindsey Fraser, An Interview with Theresa Breslin. (Telling Tales).
  60 pages. 0 7497 3867 7. Mammoth, £1.99.
  
  
• Lindsey Fraser, compiler, Great Books for Boys.
  21 pages. 0 09 940419 2. Random House Children's Books, gratis.
  
  
• Susan Hancock with Jenny Kendrick & Kimberley Reynolds, Young People's Reading at the End of the Century: Focus on Pupils with Special Educational Needs. (BNB Research Fund Report 93).
  23 pages. 0264 2972. British Library, £12.
  
  
• Susan Hancock with Pat Pinsent & Ishtla Singh, Young People's Reading at the End of the Century: Focus on Ethnic Minority Pupils. (BNB Research Fund Report 94).
  51 pages. 0264 2972. British Library, £16.
  
  
• Christina Hardyment, editor, Ransome on Blue Water Sailing.
  122 pages. Amazon Publications, by subscription. Information from The Arthur Ransome Society, Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL.
  
  
• John Heelis, The Tale of Mrs. William Heelis—Beatrix Potter. Revised edition.
  110 pages. 0 75092 125 0. Sutton Publishing, £7.99
  
  
• Norah Irvin & Lesley Cooper, editors, Who Next ...? A Guide to Children's Authors.
  170 pages. 1 901786 17 X. Library & Information Statistics Unit (LISU), £11.99. Publications Section, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU.
  
  
• Jane Johnson, My Dear Noel: The Story of a letter from Beatrix Potter.
  32 pages. 0 7500 2847 5. Macdonald Young Books, £9.99.
  
  
• Louise Jordan, How to Write for Children and Get Published. Paperback edition, first published 1998.
  240 pages. 0 7449 1702 4. Piatkus, £9.99.
  
  
• Elizabeth Lennox Keyser, editor, Children's Literature 27.
  288 pages. 0 300 07775 0 (hardback); 0 300 07776 9 (paperback). Yale University Press, £35; £14.95.
  
  
• Gillian Lathey, The Impossible Legacy: Identity and Purpose in Autobiographical Children's Literature Set in the Third Reich and the Second World War.
  258 pages. 3 906760 80 4. Peter Lang, £25. May be ordered from the publisher at Jupiterstrasse 15, Postfach 277, CH-3000, Bern 15, Switzerland.
  Available on the internet from Amazon, but in case of difficulty write to Gillian Lathey at the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature, University of Surrey Roehampton, Digby Stuart College, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PH.
  
  
• Ann Lazim, Patience Macgregor & Clare Kelly, Finding Yourself in a Book: An Annotated List of Books that Reflect the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Children in Southwark Primary Schools.
  33 pages. 1 872267 21 1. Centre for Language in Primary Education, £7.50.
  
  
• Karoline Leach, In the Shadow of the Dream Child: A New Understanding of Lewis Carroll.
  294 pages. 0 7206 1044 3. Peter Owen, £17.50.
  
  
• Peter Lloyd & others, editors, The Literacy Hour and Language Knowledge: Developing Literacy through Fiction and Poetry.
  102 pages. 1 85346 578 X. David Fulton, £14.
  
  
• Andrew Lycett, Rudyard Kipling.
  659 pages. 0 297 81907 0. Weidenfeld, £25.
  
  
• Helen McClelland, What Was the Secret? An Extravagant Survey of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. (New Chalet Club Journal Supplement 5).
  32 pages. 1366-3860. Distributed with the New Chalet Club Journal 18. Information from Joy Wotton, 14 Marina Court, Alfred Street, London E3 2BH.
  
  
• James Holt McGavran, editor, Literature and the Child: Romantic Continuations, Postmodern Contestations.
  269 pages. 0 87745 690 9. University of Iowa Press, $32.95. University of Iowa Press, 100 Kuhl House, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA.
  
  
• Leslie McGrath, A Handbook to the Osborne Collection.
  24 pages. 0955-4289. Children's Books History Society. Distributed with CBHS Newsletter 65, 1999. Information from the Secretary, 25 Field Way, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 0QN.
  
  
• Elaine Mensh & Harry Mensh, Black, White and Huckleberry Finn: Reimaging the American Dream.
  167 pages. 0 8173 0995 0. University of Alabama Press, £22.50. Distributed in the UK by Eurospan, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU.
  
  
• Guy Merchant & Huw Thomas, editors, Picture Books for the Literacy Hour: Activities for Primary Teachers.
  133 pages. 1 85346 627 1. David Fulton, £15.
  
  
• Ian Michael, Literature in School: A Guide to the Early Sources 1700 to 1830.
  72 pages. 0 952234 3 7. Textbook Colloquium, £6 from Dr C.A. Stray, Department of Classics, University of Wales, Swansea SA2 8PP.
  
  
• L.M. Montgomery, The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume 4, 1929-1935. 1998.
  439 pages. 019 541381 4. Oxford University Press (Canada), £30.
  
  
• Elsie J. Oxenham, Ribbie's Book: Give My Love to the Stars.
  152 pages. Elsie J. Oxenham Appreciation Society, £7.50 from Gillian Jackson, 49 Apple Orchard, Prestbury, Cheltenham GL52 3EH.
  
  
• Joseph Pearce, Tolkien: A Celebration.
  176 pages. 0 00 628120 6. HarperCollins, £7.99.
  
  
• Sara Pendergast & Tom Pendergast, editors, The St. James Guide to Children's Writers. 5th edition of Twentieth-Century Children's Writers.
  1406 pages. 1 55862 369 8. St. James Press, £87.30.
  
  
• Pat Pinsent, editor, Pop Fiction: Proceedings from the 5th Annual British IBBY/MA Children's Literature Conference at the Roehampton Institute London. (National Centre for Research in Children's Literature Papers 5).
  181 pages. 1 902743 14 8. NCRL, £12.50.
  
  
• Chris Powling, Quentin Blake. (Tell Me About Writers and Illustrators).
  24 pages. 0 237 51971 2. Evans, £7.99.
  
  
• Alison Prince, Hans Christian Andersen: The Fan Dancer. 1998.
  401 pages. 0 74900 346 4. Allison & Busby, £19.99.
  
  
• Jane Quinby, Beatrix Potter: A Bibliographical Check List. First published 1954.
  124 pages. 0 906460 06 9. Ian Hodgkins & Co., £29.50.
  
  
• Suzanne Rahn, The Wizard of Oz: Shaping an Imaginary World. (Twayne's Masterworks Series 167.)
  160 pages. 0 8057 8623 6. Twayne/Prentice Hall, £17.95. Contact The Gale Group, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535, USA.
  
  
• Harry Ricketts, The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling. 1998.
  500 pages. 0 7011 3744 4. Chatto & Windus, £25.
  
  
• Heather Scutter, Displaced Fictions: Contemporary Australian Fiction for Teenagers and Young Adults.
  330 pages. 0 522 84813 3. Melbourne University Press, Aus.$29.95.
  
  
• Brian Sibley & Alison Sage, A Treasury of Narnia: The Story of C.S. Lewis and His Chronicles of Narnia, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
  128 pages. 0 00 185716 9. HarperCollins, £16.99.
  
  
• Ellen Handler Spitz, Inside Picture Books.
  224 pages. 0 300 07602 9. Yale University Press, £16.95.
  
  
• Brian Stewart & Tony Summerfield, The Enid Blyton Dossier.
  96 pages. 1 899441 70 0. Hawk Books, £21.
  
  
• Rosemary Stones, A Multicultural Guide to Children's Books 0 to 16+. 3rd revised edition.
  68 pages. 1 871566 05 3. Books for Keeps and The Reading and Language Centre, Reading, £7.50.
  
  
• Jennifer Taylor, Writing Children's Books that Sell.
  192 pages. 0 7090 5918 3. Robert Hale, £12.99.
  
  
• Nicholas Tucker, editor, School Stories from Bunter to Buckeridge: Papers from the Conference held at Digby Stuart College, Roehampton Institute London, on 2 May, 1998. (National Centre for Research in Children's Literature Papers 4).
  126 pages. 1 902743 01 9. NCRCL, £10.
  
  
• Tomi Ungerer, Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis. 1998.
  224 pages. 1 57098 163 9. Roberts Rinehart, £19.95. Distributed in the UK by Airlift Book Company, 8 The Arena, Mollison Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 7NJ.
  
  
• Marian Werner, Near Sawrey: An Illustrated Map with Descriptive Text.
  14 pages. 1 869980 16 6. Beatrix Potter Society, £8.50 (UK); £9.50 (overseas).
  
  
• Donna R. White, Dancing with Dragons: Ursula Le Guin and the Critics. (Literacy Criticism in Perspective).
  144 pages. 1 57113 034 9. Camden House, £45 from Camden House, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF.
  
  
• Young Book Trust, The Children's Book Handbook 1999.
  60 pages. 0 85353 478 0. Young Book Trust, £6.50.