Booktalk.
Harper Row, 1985, 1st printing Am; 184 pp. Reference essays, hardback. Occasional writing on Literature and Children.
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The Signal Selection of Children's Books 1987.
Stroud, Glous. UK; The Thimble Press, 1989, heavy tan card covers; 5.75x9"; 86 pages including Children's Books About Books and index. This copy "With Compliments to Children's Literature New England Cambridge/August 1989" from the publishers pasted. Reference book lists, softcover. The yearly picks of an extraordinary journal of children's literature.....
Country Neighborhood.
Macmillan, 1944, stated 1st, sd; wartime paper; 181 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Coatsworth's autobiographical book about her farm.
Folklore from Africa to the United States.
DC: Library of Congress, 1976; Yellow and black cloth in African design. 161 pp. Reference history, hardback. An annotated bibliography of 190 African folklore books (40 from U.S.).
Out Goes She, Dublin Street Rhymes.
Dublin, the Dolman Press, 1963, 1st, "first published"; plain blue boards with tan spine, little brown 19th c, woodcut reproductions throughout; 5.5x8"; 42 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. Rough children's War Songs from the city streets and alleys, collected by the author. By an authority on children's games and toys, an.....
The Rise of Children's Book Reviewing in America 1865-1881.
London & New York: R. R. Bowker Co, 1968/1968 1st tp; mustard yellow cloth, 8vo; 452 pp. Reference history, hardback. The post-civil war period saw a rise in non-didactic children's books and illustration. Demonstrates that reviews of children's books arose during this period in the United States, with reviews of.....
Creating the Mosaic a celebration of Canadian Children's culture. (in English and Japanese)
Simon Fraser University, 1997 1st printing limited printing; trade paperback, 11.75x8.75; 145 pp. Reference history, softcover. A bilingual catalogue for a Japanese exhibit of Canadian children's books.
Creating the Mosaic a celebration of Canadian Children's culture. (in English and Japanese)
Simon Fraser University, 1997 1st printing limited printing; trade paperback, 11.75x8.75; 145 pp. Reference history, softcover. A bilingual catalogue for a Japanese exhibit of Canadian children's books.
Creating the Mosaic a celebration of Canadian Children's culture. (in English and Japanese)
Simon Fraser University, 1997 1st printing limited printing; trade paperback, 11.75x8.75; 145 pp. Reference history, softcover. A bilingual catalogue for a Japanese exhibit of Canadian children's books.
Memoirs of a Russian Lady.
Abrams, (1986) nap. 10.5x9.5; 158 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. Detailed watercolours of seasonal life on a late 19th c Russian estate, reproduced by Davydoff from memory in 1919 in Brittany for her grandchildren after the family had been forced to emigrate.
Tea with Walter de la Mare.
London: Faber & Faber, 1957, 1st; blue boards with white and gilt title on spine; in jacket with green titles against the photo of a leafy tree; 8vo; 127 pp. Reference biography, hardback. A record of visits between Dr. Brain and Walter de la Mare, late in the poet's life.....
Flowers of Delight.
Pantheon, 1965; 7.75x 10.5, 230 pp. Reference history, hardback. Culled from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 1, No 2, Fall 1977.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Fantasy and creativity in children's literature.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 1, No 2, Fall 1977.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Fantasy and creativity in children's literature.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 11, No 1. April 1987.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Literature of American minorities.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 11, No 2, Fall 1987.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Children's Literature and Popular Culture.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 14, No 2. Dec 1990.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Images of the family in children's books.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 15, No 1. June 1991.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Historical fiction and nonfiction for children.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 15, No 2, December 1991.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Beyond Sexism: Gender Issues in Children's Literature. Abridged: Kuznets/Hitty and Miss Hickory; Clark/Confederate Females; Judith Gero Hohn/George MacDonald's female characters; Rushdy/Charlotte's Web;Nikola-Lisa/Peter Rabbit.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 2, No 2. June 1978.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. The Adolescent Novel.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 4, No 2, Winter 1980-81.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Children and poetry.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 5, 1981.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Selection and criticism.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 6, 1982.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. Informational books for children.
The Border Bairn.
London: Hutchinson, 1979, 1st "first published"; dark blue boards with a painting of the farm, 8vo; 154 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. From her isolated farm in the Cheviot hills, the Border Bairn is growing up and going out in the larger world. Happy, funny, stories. Follows A Breath of Border.....
The Who's Who of Children's Literature.
New York: Schocken Books, 1971/1968, 3rd printing; blue covers, the illustrations/photos of the hardback printed on text paper; 380 pages including awards and bibliography. Reference biography, softcover. Many short, but very thorough and amusing, biographies of children's authors from Aesop to those established by the 1970's.