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| Selected Reference Books | |
| Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 R63 2007 |
| Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies | ETMC REF PS490 .M398 2004 |
| Children's Books and Their Creators | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 C5424 |
| Children's Literature Review | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 C5139 |
| The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature | ETMC REF PN1008.5 .C66 2001 |
| Ninth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 N58 2004 |
| St. James Guide to Children's Writers | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 T9 1999 |
| Something about the Author | ETMC REF PN451 .S6 |
| Twentieth-Century Children's Writers | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 K55 |
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| The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors | ETMC REF PS490 .D74 1997 |
| 100 More Popular Young Adult Authors | ETMC REF PS490 .D742 2002 |
| Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors v.1-3 | ETMC REF PS490 .C93 2005 |
| Best Books for Young Adults | ETMC REF PN1009.A1 C376 2007 |
| Encountering Enchantment: A Guide to Speculative Fiction for Teens | ETMC REF PN3435 .F53 2007 |
| St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers | ETMC REF PS490 .S8 1999 |
| Speaking for Ourselves: Autobiographical Sketches By Notable Authors Of Books For Young Adults | ETMC REF PS129 .S64 1990 |
| Speaking for Ourselves, Too | ETMC REF PS129 .S642 1993 |
| Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers | ETMC REF PS490 .T9 1994 |
| Writers for Young Adults (v. 1-3 and supplement) | ETMC REF PS490 .W75 1997 |
| Young Adult Writers | ETMC REF PS490.S8 1999 |
| General Collection | |
| The Art of Children's Picture Book : A Selective Reference Guide | Carrier Stacks PN1009.A1 M272 1995 |
| Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books: Writings on Their Lives and Works | Carrier Stacks PN1009.A1 H58 |
| Authors in the kitchen : recipes, stories, and more | Carrier Lib-Stacks TX652 .M365 2005 |
| Behind The Covers : Interviews with Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults | Carrier Stacks PN129 .R65 1985 |
| Behind The Covers, Interviews with Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults / Vol. II | Carrier Stacks PN129 .R652 |
| Bookpeople: A Multicultural Album | Carrier Stacks PN497 .M34 1992 |
| Books are by People: Interviews with 104 Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young Children | Carrier Stacks PN452 .H65 |
| Chicagoland Authors & Illustrators of Children's Literature | Carrier Stacks PS128 .J3 |
| Famous Children's Authors | ETMC 810.9282 Nor |
| Illustrated Childrens Books: Art and Design in Children's Picture Books: An Analysis of Caldecott Award-Winning Illustrations | Carrier Stacks Z1037.A2 L33 1986 |
| Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Children and Teenagers | Carrier Stacks PS153.H56 D39 1997 |
| Looking at Picture Books | Carrier Stacks PN147.5 .S74 1995 |
| More Books by More People; Interviews with Sixty-Five Authors of Books for Children | Carrier Stacks PN452 .H66 |
| The Pied Pipers : Interviews with the Influential Creators of Children's Literature | Carrier Stacks PR106 .W55 |
| A Sense of Story: Essays on Contemporary Writers for Children | Carrier Stacks PN1009.A1 T58 |
| Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing | Carrier Stacks PR990 .T35 1999 |
| The Undergraduate's Companion to Children's Writers and Their Web Sites | Carrier Stacks PS490 .S73 2004 |
| What Do Draculas Do?: Essays on Contemporary Writers of Fiction for Children and Young Adults | Carrier Stacks PS374.C454 R44 1990 |
| Write out of the Oven! : Letters and Recipes from Children's Authors | Carrier Stacks PS490 .W35 2005 |
| Writers on Writing for Young Adults: Exploring the Authors, the Genre, the Readers, the Issues, and the Critics of Young-Adult Literature | Carrier Stacks PN147.5 .W67 1991 |
| Juvenile Collection | |
| Author Talk : Conversations With Judy Blume | ETMC Juvenile 810.99282 M322a |
| Children's Book Illustration And Design | ETMC Juvenile 741.642 C971c |
| Meet the Authors and Illustrators, v. 2 : 60 Creators of Favorite Children's Books Talk about Their Work | ETMC 809.89282 Kov |
| Talking with Artists v. 1-3 | ETMC Juvenile 741.642 T146c |
| What Do Authors Do? | ETMC Juvenile 808.068 C554wh |
| What Do Illustrators Do? | ETMC Juvenile 741.642 C554w |
| Wings of an Artist: Children's Book Illustrators Talk about Their Art | ETMC Juvenile 741.642 C971w |
| Individual Authors and Illustrators | |
| 26 Fairmount Avenue (Tomie dePaola) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 D419t |
| The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (Sid Fleischman) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 F596a |
| Alma Flor Ada and You | Carrier Stacks PS3551.D22 Z464 2005 |
| Ann Rinald : Historian and Storyteller | Carrier Stacks PS3568.I467 Z78 2000 |
| The Art of Eric Carle |
Carrier Stacks N6537.C3443 A4 1996 |
| Bad Boy : A Memoir (Walter Dean Myers) | ETMC Juvenile 921 M996m |
| The Beet Fields: Memories Of A Sixteenth Summer (Gary Paulsen) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 P332b |
| Best Wishes (Cynthia Rylant) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 R994b |
| Bill Peet : An Autobiography | ETMC Juvenile 921 P375p Caldecott |
| A Bookworm Who Hatched (Verna Aardema) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 A111b |
| Boy: Tales of Childhood | ETMC Juvenile 921 D131 |
| The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew up to Become Dr. Seuss | ETMC Juvenile 813.52 K94b |
| Can You Imagine? (Patricia McKissack) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 M158c |
| Caroline Cooney: Faith and Fiction | Carrier Stacks PS3553.O578 Z63 2001 |
| A Dream Come True (Johanna Hurwitz) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 M158c |
| E. B. White | ETMC Juvenile 818 M973e |
| Fine Lines (Ruth Heller) | ETMC Juvenile 741.642 H477f |
| Firetalking (Patricia Polacco) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 P762f |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Garden | Carrier Stacks PS1216 .G47 2004 |
From Paper Airplanes to Outer Space (Seymour Simon) |
ETMC Juvenile 509.2 S596f |
| Gerald McDermott and You | Carrier Stacks PS3563.A273 Z86 2004 |
| A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir (Beverly Cleary) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 C623g |
| Graham Salisbury: Island Boy | Carrier Stacks PS3569.A45957 Z67 2005 |
| Great Ambitions : A Story of the Early Years of Charles Dickens | ETMC Juvenile 921 D548k 1966 |
| Growing Ideas (Jean Van Leeuwen) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 V259g |
| Hau Kola = Hello Friend (Paul Goble) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 G575h |
| Higher On The Door (James Stevenson) | ETMC Juvenile 741.6 S847h |
| How Angel Peterson Got His Name (Gary Paulsen) | ETMC Juvenile 813 P332h |
| How I Came to Be a Writer (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) | ETMC Juvenile 813.6 N333h |
| I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler (Ted Lewin) | ETMC Juvenile 796.812 L672i |
| If You Give an Author a Pencil (Laura Numeroff) | ETMC Juvenile 811.54 N971i |
| Jacqueline Briggs Martin and You | Carrier Stacks PS3563.A7242 Z76 2006 |
| Jacqueline Woodson: The Real Thing |
Carrier StacksPS3573.O64524 Z87 2003 |
| Jim Aylesworth and You | Carrier Stacks PS3551.Y53 Z468 2005 |
| Judy Blume | ETMC Memorial 813.54 T762j |
| Judy Blume's Story | ETMC Juvenile 921 B658l |
| Karen Hesse | Carrier Stacks PS3558.E797867 Z84 2005 |
| Katherine Paterson | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 K62k |
Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid(Jerry Spinelli) |
ETMC Juvenile 813.54 S757k |
| A Letter from Phoenix Farm (Jane Yolen) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 Y54l |
| Looking Back: A Book of Memories (Lois Lowry) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 L921l |
| The Lost Garden ( Laurence Yep) | ETMC Juvenile 921 Y47 |
| Ludwig Bemelmans | Carrier Stacks PS3503.E475 Z65 1996 |
| Mark Twain | ETMC Juvenile 818 S553m |
| My Own Two Feet: A Memoir (Beverly Cleary) | Carrier Stacks PS3553.L3914 Z47 1995 |
| Making a Difference in the World (Lynne Cherry) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 C522m |
| Mildred Taylor | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 M277m |
| My Mysterious World (Margaret Mahy) | ETMC Juvenile 823 M216m |
| My Writing Day (David A. Adler ) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 A237m |
| Nature! Wild and Wonderful (Laurence Pringle) | ETMC Juvenile 808 P957n |
| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (Anita Lobel) | ETMC Juvenile 940.5318 L797n |
| Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World | Carrier Stacks PS3563.A982 Z85 2000 |
| Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss : Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel | Carrier Stacks PS3513.E2 Z79 1997 |
| On the Wing of a White Bird (Tomie dePaola) | Carrier Stacks PS3554.E11474 Z57 2005 |
| Once upon a Time (Eve Bunting) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 B942o |
| One Man Show (Frank Asch) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 A812o |
| Orson Scott Card: Writer of the Terrible Choice | Carrier Stacks PS3553.A655 Z88 2003 |
| The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen | ETMC Juvenile 839.8 Y54p |
| The Pigman & Me (Paul Zindel) | ETMC Juvenile 812 Z77p |
| Playing with Words (James Howe) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 H856p |
| Presenting Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Carrier Stacks PS3564.A9 Z87 1997 |
| Sarah Dessen: From Burritos to Box Office | Carrier Stacks PS3554.E8455 Z55 2005 |
| Self-Portrait, Trina Schart Hyman | ETMC Juvenile 921 H996 |
| Seeing the Circle (Joseph Bruchac) | ETMC Juvenile 818 B887s |
| A Sign (George Ella Lyon) | ETMC Juvenile 921 L991s |
| A Storyteller's Story (Rafe Martin) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 M382s |
| Surprising Myself (Jean Fritz) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 F919s |
| Talking to Faith Ringgold | ETMC Juvenile 709 R581t |
| Tell Me a Story (Jonathan London) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 L847t |
| Thoughts, Pictures, and Words (Karla Kuskin) | ETMC Juvenile 818 K97t |
| Under My Nose (Lois Ehlert) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 E33u |
| Under The Royal Palms : A Childhood In Cuba | ETMC Juvenile 921 A191a |
| Very Truly Yours, Charles L. Dodgson, Alias Lewis Carroll | Carrier Stacks PR4612 .B35 1987 |
| Virginia Euwer Wolff: Capturing the Music of Young Voices | Carrier Stacks PS3573.O5613 Z86 2003 |
| What's So Scary about R.L. Stine? | Carrier Stacks PS3569.T4837 Z74 1998 |
| A Wordful Child (George Ella Lyon) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 L991w |
| The Writing Bug (Lee Bennett Hopkins) | ETMC Juvenile 813.54 H794w |
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