#AUTHOR LENT, BLAIR (1930- ) A1518 BADER, BARBARA. "The Japanese Advent and Blair Lent." In American Picturebooks, pp. 443-58. Discusses Japanese influence on the American picture book after World War II, particularly in the work of Blair Lent. A1519 LENT, BLAIR. "Artist at Work: Cardboard Cuts." Horn Book 41 (August 1965):408-12. Describes the technique and ways in which he uses it. A1520 SLEATOR, WILLIAM. "An Illustrator Talks." Publishers Weekly 195 (17 February 1969):126-28. Lent discusses his art, his techniques, and his ideas on illustration in this article based on a series of conversations. #AUTHOR LESTER, JULIUS (1939- ) A1521 GELLER, EVELYN. "Aesthetics, Morality, and the Two Cultures." SLJ 17 (October 1970):97-100. (Reprinted in MacCann, Black Americans, pp. 36-38.) Discusses the differing responses of black and white critics to William Armstrong's Sounder and Julius Lester's Black Folktales. A1522 -----. "Julius Lester: Newbery Runner-Up." Library Journal 94 (15 May 1969):2070-71. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 275-79.) Interviews Lester following his selection as Newbery runner-up for To Be a Slave, exploring his motives, approach, and background. A1523 LESTER, JULIUS, and WOODS, GEORGE. "Black and White: An Exchange." In MacCann, Black American, pp. 28-35. (Reprinted from the NYTBR, 24 May 1970.) An exchange of letters between Lester and George Woods, the New York Times children's book editor, concerning Lester's To Be a Slave and Black Folktales, and differing critical responses of blacks and whites to these books and others. #AUTHOR LEWIS, C[LIVE] S[TAPLES] (1898-1963) A1524 AYMARD, ELIANE. "On C.S. Lewis and the Narnian Chronicles." Cal iban 5 (1968):129-45. Reports on an interview with Walter Hooper, Lewis's secretary and close friend. Concentrates on Lewis's use of Christian allegory. A1525 BAKKE, JEANNETTE A. "The Lion, the Lamb and the Children: Christian Childhood Education through the Chronicles of Narnia." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1975, 366 pp., DA 76:4021A. Explores the use of myth in the Chronicles of Narnia as a basis for children's Christian education. A1526 BECKER, JOAN QUALL. "Patterns of Guilt and Grace in the Devel opment and Function of Character in C.S. Lewis's Romances." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1981, 289 pp., DA 42:2361A. Examines "the achievements and failures of Lewis in his develop ment and use of characterization found in his imaginative fiction by considering his methods as well as his apparent aims." Discusses Narnia as well as Lewis's fiction for adults. A1527 BLOUNT, MARGARET. "Fallen and Redeemed: Animals in the Nov els of C.S. Lewis." In Animal Land, pp. 284-306. Characterizes Narnia as the most memorable of Edens shared equally by humans and animals. A1528 CHRISTOPHER, JOE R., and OSTLING, JOAN K., comps. C.S. Lewis: An Annotated Checklist of Writings About Him and His Works. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1974, 389 pp. Includes sections on Narnia, on pp. 99-116, and a very brief section entitled "Children's Literature," pp. 218-19. Annotated listings of reviews of individual volumes of Narnia are listed separately. A1529 COMO, JAMES. "Mediating Illusions: Three Studies of Narnia." Chil dren's Literature 10 (1982):163-68. Reviews several recent books of Lewis scholarship. A1530 GOUGH, JOHN. "C.S. Lewis and the Problem of David Holbrook." CLE, n.s. 8, no. 2 (Summer 1977):51-62. A rebuttal of Holbrook's attack on the Narnia chronicles in CLE, o.s., no. 10. Claims "Holbrook's article is not merely idiosyncratic, it is bad scholarship, false information, and so internally contradictory as to verge now and then on incoherence." A1531 GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. C.S. Lewis. London: Bodley Head, 1963, 49 pp. Defends Lewis's children's books against critics' attacks, maintain ing that they "will live to take their permanent place among the great works of children's literature" because of "the whole cast of the author's mind, which has gone into their making." A1532 HIGGINS, JAMES E. "A Letter from C.S. Lewis." Horn Book 42 (October 1966):533-39. Higgins comments upon a letter from Lewis in which Lewis comments upon various questions relating to the Narnia books. A1533 HOLBROOK, DAVID. "The Problem of C.S. Lewis." CLE, o.s., no. 10 (March 1973):3-25. (Extract in Fox, Writers, Critics, and Children, pp. 116-24.) "Under cover of his apparent religious intentions and his mask of benignity, C.S. Lewis conveys to his readers a powerful unconscious message that the world is full of malignancy; that one must be con tinually alert, that aggression is glorious, exciting and fully justified; that tenderness, cowardice and reticence are weak; that one may easily be assured as to one's righteousness; that magic works--and these messages are sometimes conveyed with undertones of a sadistic- sexual kind, or with powerful phantasies rooted in hate." See article in rebuttal by Gough, above, and Holbrook's reply in CLE, n.s. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1978):50-51. Holbrook's interpretation was also criti cized by Betty Levin in a letter in CLE, o.s., no. 17 (Summer 1975):99-101. A1534 HOLLINDALE, P. "The Image of the Beast: C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia." Use of English 28 (Spring 1977):16-21. Attempts to explain the sense of unease that many adults feel about the series. Concludes that "The Narnia books reveal a start lingly immature and vindictive sensibility." A1535 HOOPER, Fr. WALTER. "Narnia: The Author, The Critics, and the Tale." Children's Literature 3 (1974):12-22. (Reprinted in The Longing for a Form: Essays on the Fiction of C.S. Lewis, edited by Peter Schakel [Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1977].) Describes the background of the Narnia tales and discussions with Lewis about the books. Answers objections critics such as Holbrook have made to the books and maintains that the key to their power and success is in their "meaning." A1536 -----. Past Watchful Dragons: The Narnian Chronicles of C.S. Lewis. New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1979, 140 pp. A detailed account of the Narnia books by Lewis's biographer and former secretary. Includes Lewis's own "Outline of Narnian History, So Far As It Is Known," reminiscences by Lewis's illustrator, Pauline Baynes, and Hooper's own interpretations of the books. Earlier versions of the essays in this book include "Past Watchful Dragons: The Fairy Tales of C.S. Lewis" and Hooper's article in Children's Literature 3 (1974). A1537 HUTTON, M. "Writers for Children 3: C.S. Lewis." School Librarian and School Library Review 12 (July 1964):124-32. Summarizes a number of critical points of view concerning Lewis and includes a brief bibliography. A1538 KARKAINEN, PAUL. Narnia Explored. Old Tappan, N.J.: F.H. Revell, 1979, 192 pp. "The purpose of Narnia Explored is to ferret out of the Narnia tales the principal themes, particularly those which reflect Lewis's Christian viewpoint . . . [and] to encourage the reader to look at the world as Lewis did; as a place that is rich with meaning and filled with the rumor of God's presence." Provides a book by book analy sis. A1539 KEEFE, CAROLYN. "Narnia Tales: A Refracting of Pictures." ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Service, 1978, 18 pp., ED 176 347. Argues that the principles that Lewis felt made the fairy tale a suitable medium in which to express himself, also make the Narnia tales suitable for oral interpretation. A1540 LEWIS, C.S. "Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said." NYTBR, 18 November 1956, Children's Book sec., 3 p. Lewis says he wrote fairy tales because "the Fairy Tale seemed the ideal form for the stuff I had to say." A1541 LIVELY, PENELOPE. "The Wrath of God: An Opinion of the Narnia Books." Use of English 20, no. 2 (Winter 1968):126-29. Accuses Lewis of writing at rather than for children and argues that the moral and message of the books, "and hence much of the content, is distasteful and alarming." A1542 MONTGOMERY, JOHN W. "The Chronicles of Narnia and the Adoles cent Reader." In Religious Education 54 (September 1959):418-28. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 280-96.) Analyzes the principles as literature in terms of the Aristotelian categories of plot and character, then analyzes their allegory, their appeal to adolescents, and their value. Includes extensive references. A1543 MOORMAN, CHARLES. "`Now Entertain Conjecture of a Time'--The Fictive Worlds of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien." In Hillegras, Mark R., ed., Shadows of the Imagination. Carbondale: University of Southern Illinois, 1969, 170 pp. Compares and contrasts Lewis's world of Narnia with J.R.R. Tol kien's Middle Earth. A1544 POSKANZER, SUSAN C. "Thoughts on C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia." LA 53 (May 1976):523-26. Suggests that Lewis's ability to weave childhood thoughts and rituals into his plots is one key to his success. The children characters are very real; the adults one-dimensional. The language is surprisingly contemporary, and he makes skillful use of several literary devices. A1545 QUINN, DENNIS B. "The Narnia Books of C.S. Lewis: Fantastic or Wonderful?" Children's Literature 12 (1984):105-21. Traces the history of definitions of fantasy and then attempts to distinguish between "the wonderful" and "the fantastic" in the Chro nicles of Narnia. Points out Lewis's Neoplatonism and his lack of skill as a storyteller (contrasting him with Edgar Rice Burroughs), and also points out the weakness in Lewis's characterization. Con cludes that fantasy such as Lewis's is "harmful to the imagination" in its avoidance of reality. Instead of learning to see enchantment in an actual wood, the child is taught that "there are no wonders in the wood," but only in the mind. A1546 RIGSBEE, SALLY. "Fantasy Places and Imaginative Belief: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Princess and the Goblin." ChLAQ 8, no. 1 (Spring 1983):10-11. Compares the role of imaginative belief and fantasy places in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and George MacDonald`s The Princess and the Goblin. A1547 SAMMONS, MARTHA C. A Guide through Narnia. Wheaton, Ill.: H. Shaw, 1979, 164 pp. "The purpose of this books is to tell you something about the creator of the seven Narnia books, how he came to write them, to summarize the history of Narnia, and then to talk about what the Pevensie children learn during their adventures, and their meaning to the readers of these chronicles." Includes an index of names and places. A1548 SCHAKEL, PETER J. Reading with the Heart: The Way Into Narnia. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979, 154 pp. Provides a close reading of the Narnia chronicles, paying special attention to Christian motifs. A1549 SMITH, LILLIAN H. "News from Narnia." Canadian Library Associa tion Bulletin 15 (July 1958):36-37. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, pp. 170-75, and Horn Book 39 [October 1963]:470-73.) Provides insights into Lewis's work, although the article contains much synopsis: "The fresh and vigorous winds of his imagination carry his readers exuberantly through strange and wild adventures that, half consciously, they come to recognize are those of a spiritual journey toward the heart of reality." A1550 WATSON, JAMES DARRELL. "A Reader's Guide to C.S. Lewis: His Fiction." Ed.D. dissertation, East Texas State University, 1981, 135 pp., DA 42:2692A. Examines the controlling religious imagery of Lewis's fiction: salvation from supernatural evil. A1551 WALKER, JEANNE MURRAY. "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as Rite of Passage." CLE, n.s. 16, no. 3 (Autumn 1985):177-88. Analyzes the novel as a written rite of passage constructed spe cifically for Lewis's goddaughter. #AUTHOR LIGGETT, THOMAS (1918- ) A1552 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 34-36. Analyzes Pigeon Fly Home in terms of its themes of rejection and physical disability. #AUTHOR LINDGREN, ASTRID (1907- ) A1553 BAMBERGER, RICHARD. "Astrid Lindgren and a New Kind of Books for Children." Bookbird 5, no. 3 (1967):3-12. Provides an extensive analysis of key elements of Lindgren's work: her juxtaposition of imagination and reality, her humor, and her creative originality. A1554 -----. "Astrid Lindgren on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday." Bookbird 15, no. 2 (1977):17-21. Summarizes the outstanding characteristics of Lindgren's work including her juxtaposition of reality and fantasy. A1555 COTT, JONATHAN. "Profiles: The Astonishment of Being." New Yorker, 28 February 1983, pp. 46-63. (Also in Pipers, pp. 137-58.) Views Pippi Longstocking as, among other things, related to legendary and mythological heroes, a female Emile, and a Reichian "child of the future." Includes an interview with Lindgren, biograph ical background, and discussions of The Children of the Noisy Vil lage and The Brothers Lionheart. A1556 HAGLIDEN, STEN. "Astrid Lindgren, the Swedish Writer of Chil dren's Books." Junior Bookshelf 23 (July 1959):113-21. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 297-301.) A brief summary and slender analysis of Lindgren's early works. A1557 HOFFELD, LAURA. "Pippi Longstocking: The Comedy of the Natural Girl." L&U 1, no. 1 (1977):47-55. Suggests that Pippi's appetite for enjoyment of life is the key to the reader's pleasure and shock. A1558 HURLIMANN, BETTINA. Three Centuries, pp. 81-83. Describes Pippi as "a figure to strike terror to grown-ups." Unlike Peter Pan, who is a "child eternal," Pippi is a kind of "super child." A1559 LINDGREN, ASTRID. "Pippi Can Lift a Horse: The Importance of Children's Books." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 40 (Summer 1983):188-201. Reflects upon the importance of children's books, discusses her goals in writing, and shares the responses of children and critics to her books. A1560 LINDGREN, ASTRID, and VON ZWEIGBERGK, EVA. "The Road to Sunnanang." Bookbird 9, no. 1 (1971):37-55. Discusses Pippi, the fairy tales, Mio My Son, and Lindgren's portrayal of lonely children. Bibliography on pp. 42-55. A1561 SLAYTON, RALPH. "The Love Story of Astrid Lindgren." Scandinav ian Review 63, no. 4 (December 1975):44-53. Analyzes Lindgren's warm and loving portrayals of lonely chil dren. Concludes with an extensive discussion of The Brothers Lion heart and the controversies surrounding its handling of evil. A1562 UDAL, JOHN. "Richard Kennedy and Pippi Longstocking." Junior Bookshelf 42, no. 2 (April 1978):75-77. Reports on the interpretation of Pippi offered by illustrator Richard Kennedy. #AUTHOR LINDQUIST, WILLIS (1908- ) A1563 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 157-60. Analyzes themes of death and loss in Burma Boy. #AUTHOR LINDSAY, NORMAN (1879-1969) A1564 ROE, MARJORIE. "A Magic Pudding from Australia." Bookbird 6, no. 3 (1968):28-33. Praises The Magic Pudding for its humor and its use of animals to satirize the "typical Australian." #AUTHOR LINDSAY, VACHEL (1879-1931) A1565 Elementary English Review 9 (May 1932):115-31. Special issue. Includes the following critical articles among other brief accounts and reminiscences: Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Vachel Lindsay," pp. 115, describes Lindsay as a "triumphant combi nation of the troubadour and the evangelist." Frederic G. Melcher's "Vachel Lindsay in the Schools," pp. 117-19, tells of Lindsay's interactions with high-school audiences. Hazelton Spencer's, "Lindsay and the Child's Approach to Art," pp. 120-21, 127, 131, maintains that Lindsay believed that poetry should be heard, not seen, and should be perpetuated through audiences of children. Argues that Lindsay's poems depict American history and geography and help children see beauty in daily surroundings. Finally, on pp. 129, 131, Witter Bynner is critical of Lindsay's attempts to separate himself into one part for children and another for adults. "He thereby left behind him the whole Lindsay who should have remained a heaven-sent child through all vicissitudes." A1566 WHITNEY, BLAIR. "`Shoes of Song and Wings of Rhyme': Vachel Lindsay's Poetry for Children." Children's Literature 2 (1973):142-47. Calls him "one of the best children's poets of this century." Although his poetry may lack a coherent philosophy" it abounds in musicality. #AUTHOR LINEVSKI, A. A1567 "An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone: The 1975 Batchelder Award." TON 31 (June 1975):384-90. Includes an article by Maria Polushkin, translator of Linevski's book, about the book's background and plot. #AUTHOR LINGARD, JOAN (1932- ) A1568 JAMES, DAVID. "Joan Lingard: Values in the Marketplace." CLE, o.s, no. 2 (Summer 1976):86-95. Discusses Lingard's children's stories about the strife in Northern Ireland. "Her novels reveal, in a way that children can grasp, the very roots of bigotry and prejudice and their ensuing violence." A1569 MARRIOTT, STUART. "`Me Mum She Says It's Bigotry': Children's Responses to The Twelfth Day of July." CLE, n.s. 16, no. 1 (Spring 1985):53-61. Reports on responses of children in Northern Ireland to Joan Lingard's novel. #AUTHOR LIONNI, LEO (1910- ) A1570 AGREE, ROSE. "Lionni's Artichokes: An Interview." WLB 44 (May 1970):947-50. (Reprinted in White, Children's Literature, pp. 25-30.) Lionni discusses his life and work in this interview, relates various books to various stages in his life, describes children's reactions to Little Blue and Little Yellow, and discusses his views on art and children's book illustration. A1571 ARNOLD, LINDA. "Leo Lionni: Modern Fabulist." LA 53 (Septem ber 1976):704-8. Analyzes Lionni's tales as fables. A1572 BADER, BARBARA. "Leo Lionni." In American Picturebooks, pp. 525-30. Analyzes the ways in which Lionni uses the devices, techniques, and insights of design to tell a story. A1573 COHN, ANNABELLE SIMON. "Leo Lionni, Artist and Philosopher." Children's Literature 2 (1973):123-29. Lionni's "stories are didactic both in word and image, and the cumulative corpus makes a significant statement about Lionni's thought." Discusses influences and the development of his art and thought. A1574 KUSKIN, KARLA. "Three By Lionni." NYTBR, 2 May 1976, Chil dren's Book sec., pp. 28-30. Reviews A Color of His Own, In the Rabbit Garden, and Pezzet tino. See also "A Room of His Own," by Lionni in the same issue, pp. 30-32. A1575 LIONNI, LEO. "Before Images." Horn Book 60 (November-December 1984):727-34. Reflects upon his own creative processes and what he feels is the child's approach to words and images. A1576 -----. "Mrs. Sanborn, I Love You." Publishers Weekly 189 (11 July 1966):134-35. Reflects upon his attitudes toward his books, particularly his first, Little Blue and Little Yellow. A1577 -----. "My Books for Children." WLB 39 (October 1964):142-45. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 302-7.) Discusses the aims and techniques of his children's books. "The protagonist of my books is often an individual who is, because of special circumstances, an outcast, a rebel, a victim, or a hero. His story ends happily because of his intelligence (the inchworm), his vitality and resourcefulness (Swimmy), his goodness (Tico), or simply because his will and patience turn the law of averages to his advan tage." #AUTHOR LIPSYTE, ROBERT (1938- ) A1578 DONELSON, KENNETH. "One Fat Summer as Adventure-Romance." In Literature for Today's Young Adults, pp. 207-9. A1579 FELDMAN, SARI. "Up the Stairs Alone: Robert Lipsyte on Writing for Young Adults." TON 39 (Winter 1983):198-202. An overview of Lipsyte's background and his books, with in- depth discussion of several titles. Includes a bibliography of his books. A1580 SIMMONS, JOHN S. "Lipsyte's Contender: Another Look at the Junior Novel." EE 49 (January 1972):116-19. Feels the novel deserves the attention of the teacher of literature to early adolescents because it follows several significant traditions in the junior novel and also incorporates more recent techniques and themes. #AUTHOR LITTLE, JEAN (1932- ) A1581 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, 132-34. Analyzes the theme of loss through death in Home from Far. A1582 ROSS, CATHERINE. "An Interview with Jean Little." CCL 34 (1984):6-22. Little discusses her work and literary influences. Her own account of her friendship with Rosemary Sutcliff, "A Long Distance Friendship," follows, pp. 23-30. A1583 ZOLA, MEGUIDO. "Profile: Jean Little." LA 58 (January 1981):86-92. Little discusses her life and work; includes an annotated bibliog raphy of Little's novels. #AUTHOR "Little Red Riding Hood" A1584 BURNS, LEE. "Red Riding Hood." Children's Literature 1 (1972):30-36. Analyzes the symbolism of numerous versions of "Little Red Rid ing Hood," dwelling on its darkness, violence and eroticism. A1585 GRANT, AGNES. "A Canadian Fairy Tale: What Is It?" CCL 22 (1981):27-35. Provides a Native American perspective on "Little Red Riding Hood" in response to Nodelman's "Little Red Riding Hood as a Cana dian Fairy Tale," CCL 20 (1980). A1586 HANKS, CAROLE, and HANKS, T.D., Jr. "Perrault's "Little Red Rid ing Hood": Victims of Revision." Children's Literature 7 (1978):68-77. Outlines changes in the story between the Perrault version and the Grimm version from which most American retellings have come, arguing that the American and Grimm versions have revised away the sex and death, metaphors for the maturing process. A1587 HANNABUSS, C. STUART. "The Moral of the Story." Times Educa tional Supplement, 7 June 1974, p. 51. Examines various versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" and reflects upon the moral messages they convey. A1588 MAVROGENES, NANCY A., and CUMMINS, JOAN S. "What Ever Happened to Little Red Riding Hood? A Study of a Nursery Tale and Its Language." ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Ser vice, 17 pp., ED 132 576. (Shorter version in Horn Book 55 [June 1979]:344-49, and reprinted in Barron, Jump Over the Moon, pp. 305-9.) Explores the origins of the Perrault and Grimm versions of the tale and examines some of its more recent variants. The ERIC article contains supplemental information on readability and language charac teristics. A1589 NODELMAN, PERRY. "`Little Red Riding Hood' as a Canadian Fairy Tale." CCL 20 (1980):17-27. Reports on his experiment to have a group of students write the tale as they remembered it. Concludes that "Little Red Riding Hood" "still maintains the qualities of the oral tradition it sprang from." A1590 -----. "Little Red Riding Hood Rides Again--and Again and Again and Again." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 5 (1978):70-77. Traces versions (and changes in attitudes they reflect), of Little Red Riding Hood over the centuries from Perrault's "Le Petit Chap eron Rouge" in Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe of 1697, and the Grimms' "Rotkappchen" from Kinder und Hausmarchen in 1812, through contemporary versions found in popular editions. Includes a bibliography. A1591 TUCKER, NICHOLAS. The Child and the Book, pp. 88-92. Summarizes some of the many psychoanalytic interpretations of the tale, then analyzes it in terms of the psychological process of "splitting between good and the bad." A1592 ZOHAR, SHAVIT. "The Notion of Childhood and the Child as Implied Reader (Test Case: `Little Red Riding Hood')." Journal of Research and Development in Education 16, no. 3 (Spring 1983):60-67. Examines how versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" written in different centuries illustrate "how the character of texts for children have changed as society's views of children and of education have evolved." #AUTHOR LIVELY, PENELOPE (1933- ) A1593 ABBS, PETER. "Penelope Lively, Children's Fiction and the Failure of Adult Culture." CLE, o.s., no. 18 (Fall 1975):118-24. Argues that children's literature, alone, in modern times "seems capable of forging the imagery of integration and transformation." Discusses Lively's work in these terms. A1594 ARMSTRONG, JUDITH. "Ghosts as Rhetorical Devices in Children's Fiction: The Literary Use of the Ghost as in The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively." CLE, n.s. 9, no. 2 (Summer 1978):59-66. Considers the use of the ghost as a literary device to allow the exploration of "what is," "what has been," and "what might have been," particularly in The Ghost of Thomas Kempe. A1595 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 226-29. Links Lively with Gillian Avery and William Mayne as writers of a kind of historical fiction "off the main road." Briefly discusses The House in Norham Gardens, The Driftway, and Going Back. A1596 LIVELY, PENELOPE. "Bones in the Sand." Horn Book 57 (December 1981):641-51. Discusses time, past experience, and history, and their part in her writing. A1597 -----. "Children and the Art of Memory." Horn Book 54 (February 1978):17-23; (April 1978):197-203. Explores her goals in writing for children, her attempt "to intro duce to children the art of memory so that they can observe its possibilities and effects and wonder about them, as I do myself." A1598 -----. "The Ghost of Thomas Kempe." Junior Bookshelf 38, no. 3 (June 1974):143-45. Describes the origins of Thomas Kempe's ghost and how she created the story. A1599 REES, DAVID. "Time Present and Time Past: Penelope Lively." In Marble in the Water, pp. 185-98. (Another version in Horn Book 51 [February 1975]:17-25. Reprinted in Heins, Crosscurrents, pp. 342-48.) Analyzes Lively's juxtaposition of time present and time past, traces her development as a writer, and describes her as one of the most interesting authors of children's books to have emerged in the 1970s. A1600 SMITH, LOUISA A. "Layers of Language in Lively's The Ghost of Thomas Kempe." ChLAQ 10 (Fall 1985):114-16. Points out how Lively "evokes historical periods by means of the linguistic trappings of various times." A1601 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. A Sounding, pp. 125-38. Analyzes her ability to manipulate time scales and her deep feel ing for the people and landscapes of England. Books discussed include The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, The House in Norham Gar dens, and A Stitch in Time. #AUTHOR LOBATO, JOSE BENTO MONTEIRO (1882-1952) A1602 BARROS, MARIA DIRCE DO VAL. "Monteiro Lobato and the Renewal of Children's Literature in Brazil." Ph.D. dissertation, Tulane University, 1982, 142 pp., DA 43:704A. Establishes a set of criteria for evaluating children's books and applies these criteria to Lobato's books for children. Concludes that Lobato's works were "a direct response to a need to lead the devel opment and writing of children's literature in Brazil down new div erse and relevant paths." A1603 HAYDEN, ROSE LEE. "The Children's Literature of Jose Bento Mon teiro Lobato of Brazil: A Pedagogy for Progress." Michigan State University, 1974, 333 pp., DA 35:3297A. Examines Lobato's thirty-nine works and seven adaptations for the children of Brazil. #AUTHOR LOBEL, ARNOLD (1933- ) A1604 LOBEL, ARNOLD. "Caldecott Medal Acceptance." Horn Book 57 (August 1981):400-404. Tells how he came to write Fables. Biographical sketch by wife Anita follows, pp. 405-10. A1605 -----. "A Good Picture Book Should. . . ." In Hearne, Celebrating Children's Books, pp. 73-80. Explains why he creates picture books and what makes some bet ter than others--the "subjective involvement" of the author. Uses his Uncle Elephant as his example. A1606 NATOV, RONI, and DE LUCA, GERALDINE. "An Interview with Arnold Lobel." L&U 1, no. 1 (1977):72-97. Lobel discusses his work, especially the Frog and Toad stories. A1607 ROLLIN, LUCY. "The Astonished Witness Disclosed: An Interview with Arnold Lobel." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 4 (Winter 1984):191-97. Lobel discusses his work in an interview. #AUTHOR LOFTING, HUGH (1886-1947) A1608 BLISHEN, EDWARD. Hugh Lofting. London: Bodley Head, 1968, 61 pp. (Bound with Geoffrey Trease by Margaret Meek and J.M. Barrie by Roger Lancelyn Green.) Provides biographical background and an extensive analysis of the Doctor Dolittle books, with briefer comments on Lofting's other children's books and his illustrations. A1609 CHAMBERS, DEWEY W. "How Now, Dr. Dolittle?" EE 45 (April 1968):437-39, 445. Explores ways to approach the racist incidents in The Story of Dr. Dolittle in a classroom setting. A1610 FISH, HELEN DEAN. "Doctor Dolittle: His Life and Work." Horn Book 24 (September 1948):339-46. A brief account of Dr. Dolittle's life and work and also of Hugh Lofting's. "Doctor Dolittle lives, as truly as any man whose portrait has been painted, and his `work' is, in its way, as important as that of any prelate or potentate." A1611 "John Dolittle, M.D." TLS, 23 November 1951, p. vii. Singles out the key ingredients of the Dr. Dolittle books' appeal: an engaging central character, storytelling ability, and imaginative and truthful interpretation of animals. A1612 SCHLEGELMILCH, WOLFGANG. "From Fairy Tale to Children's Novel." Bookbird 8, no. 4 (1970):14-21. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 265-71.) Maintains that Lofting found the final style of the Dolittle books with the second book, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. The first, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, was written in fairy-tale style, while the later books were truly children's novels. Close analysis reveals the stylistic differences in the first and later books. A1613 SCHMIDT, NANCY. Children's Fiction About Africa, pp. 175-78. Argues that Lofting not only perpetrates the standard stereotypes, he also makes "Africans appear foolish and simpleminded in a way that differs from that of other authors." His stories "have never been right or inevitable to Africans. Nor are they to Euroamericans who share in the changed intellectual climate of postindependence Africa." A1614 SHENK, DOROTHY C. "Hugh Lofting: Creator of Dr. Dolittle." EE 32 (April 1955):201-8. Cites nine reasons for the popularity of the Dolittle books. A1615 SUHL, ISABELLE. "The `Real' Doctor Dolittle." IRBC 2, nos. 1-2 (1969). (Reprinted in MacCann, Black American, pp. 78-88.) Points out many examples of racial stereotypes and prejudices in the Doctor Dolittle books. #AUTHOR LONDON, CAROLYN (1918- ) A1616 SCHMIDT, NANCY. Children's Fiction About Africa, pp. 82-83. Discusses London's treatment of Africa and Africans. #AUTHOR LONDON, JACK (1876-1916) A1617 LACHTMAN, HOWARD. "Criticism of Jack London: A Selected Checklist." Modern Fiction Studies 22, no. 1 (1976):107-25. Includes general studies on London, articles on selected individual works, and a bibliography. A review article by Sam Baskett, pp. 101-5, examines two recent studies. A1618 OWENBY, RAY WILSON. Jack London: Essays in Criticism. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Peregrine Smith, 1978, 126 pp. A1619 SHERMAN, JOAN. Jack London: A Reference Guide. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977, 323 pp. An annotated bibliography of works by and about London. The introduction includes a survey of London's critical reputation, 1900-1976. A1620 TAVERNIER-COURBIN, JACQUELINE, ed. Critical Essays on Jack London. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1983, 298 pp. Reprints a number of important critical essays on London and publishes several for the first time. Includes an update of Sherman's 1977 bibliography. A1621 WARD, SUSAN. "Jack London as a Children's Writer." Children's Lit erature 5 (1976):92-103. Examines London's numerous stories written for children's maga zines between 1899 and 1907. A1622 WILCOX, EARL J., comp. The Call of the Wild: A Casebook with Text, Background Sources, Reviews, Critical Essays and Bibliography. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1980, 254 pp. Critical essays include "Jack London" by Earle Labor, and several articles from the Jack London Newsletter. #AUTHOR LOVELACE, MAUD H. (1892-1960) A1623 BEARDWOOD, VALERIE. "Betsy-Tacy Stories--Books to Grow On." EE 36 (November 1959):465-70. Examines the appeal of the Betsy-Tacy books. #AUTHOR LOW, JOSEPH (1911- ) A1624 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 346-50. Traces Low's contributions to the art of the picture book. #AUTHOR LOWREY, JANETTE SEBRING (1892- ) A1625 JOHNSTON, LEAH CARTER. "A Texas Author." Horn Book 23 (Jan uary 1947):56-61. A brief biographical and literary survey, with special praise for The Lavender Cat. Includes a bibliography of Lowrey's works. #AUTHOR LUNN, JANET (1928- ) A1626 JONES, RAYMOND E. "Border Crossing: Janet Lunn's The Root Cel lar." ChLAQ 10, no. 1 (Spring 1985):43-44. Points out that the book handles themes of national and adolescent identity and "sets up deliberate parallels to The Secret Garden." #AUTHOR LYNCH, PATRICIA (1898-1972) A1627 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 182-84. Writes "the richest and most heart-warming of family stories." "She has never bettered The Grey Goose of Kilnevin in fantasy and Fiddler's Quest in homely adventure." A1628 DEEVY, TERESA. "Patricia Lynch--A Study." Junior Bookshelf 17 (March 1949):17-27. Finds the outstanding quality of Lynch's work lies in her "power of enjoyment. She leads her readers into a wider space." A1629 GRAHAM, ELEANOR. "Patricia Lynch--An Appreciation." Junior Bookshelf 7 (March 1943):2-6. Includes a brief statement by Lynch about her background and the origins of her stories. #AUTHOR "Mabinogion" A1630 EVANS, W.D. EMRYS. "The Welsh Mabinogion: Tellings and Retel lings." CLE n.s. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1978):17-33. Compares a number of interpretations, including Evangeline Wal ton's Prince of Annwn, The Children of Llyr, The Song of Rhian non, and The Island of the Mighty, Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, and Alan Garner's Owl Service. A1631 HERMAN, JOHN. "Recommended: Evangeline Walton." English Jour nal 74 (April 1985):75-76. Praises Walton's retellings of the four branches of the Welsh epic, Mabinogion: Prince of Annwn, The Children of Llyr, The Song of Rhiannon, and The Virgin and the Swine (also published as The Island of the Mighty). A1632 ZAHORSKI, KENNETH J., and BOYER, ROBERT H. Lloyd Alex ander, Evangeline Walton Ensley, and Kenneth Morris: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1981, 291 pp. For each of these three authors, linked by their use of the Mabi nogion in their fantasy writings, there is a biocritical introduction and annotated listings of primary and secondary sources. #AUTHOR MACAULAY, DAVID (1946- ) A1633 AMMON, RICHARD. "Profile: David Macaulay." LA 59 (April 1982):374-78. Reports on a visit to Macaulay and carefully traces his develop ment as an artist. Includes a bibliography of Macaulay's books. A1634 HOARE, GEOFFREY. "The Work of David Macaulay." CLE, n.s. 8, no. 1 (Spring 1977):12-20. A critical assessment of Macaulay's drawings and texts, suggesting areas that might have been improved. A1635 STOTT, JON C. "Architectural Structures and Social Values in the Non-fiction of David Macaulay." ChLAQ 8, no. 1 (Spring 1983):15-17. Explores the ways in which Macaulay, in each of six books, communicates his "own interpretation of the nature and value of the interrelationship between the various constructions and the socio- cultural beliefs of their builders." McCLOSKEY, ROBERT (1914- ) A1636 ARCHER, MARGUERITE P. "Robert McCloskey, Student of Human Nature." EE 35 (May 1958):287-96. Analyzes the success of McCloskey's stories, especially those involving Homer Price. A1637 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 154-57. Discusses Lentil as the "All-American small-town boy," not very different from McCloskey himself. Also discusses Make Way for Ducklings and Blueberries for Sal. Feels One Morning in Maine and Time of Wonder express more adults' feelings than children's. A1638 DUFF, ANNIS. "Robert McCloskey: Man, Author, Artist, All-of-a- Piece." Catholic Library World 45 (March 1974):382-83. Sees McCloskey's integrity as a person, an author, and an artist as the key to his success with children. A1639 GUGLER, ERIC, and DAUGHERTY, JAMES. "Comment." Horn Book 19 (November-December 1943):424-26. "What a universal and delightful brat, this Homer Price!" writes Gugler. Daugherty praises the drawings: "The way these boys fit into their pants, wear their shirts, and the way the folds of their clothes pull with every movement is all there to intensify vivid humor and real character." A1640 HARBAGE, MARY. "Robert McCloskey: He Doesn't Forget." EE 31 (May 1954):251-59. Describes McCloskey's work and the sources of his writings. A1641 LARRICK, NANCY. "Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings." EE 37 (March 1960):143-48. Describes the work that went into the writing and design of the book. Explores McCloskey's protest against the overwhelming mecha nization of society. A1642 McCLOSKEY, ROBERT. "The Caldecott Medal Acceptance." Horn Book 4 (July-August 1942):277-82. Tells how the idea for Make Way for Ducklings originated and how he did the drawings. A1643 MAY, JILL P. "How to Sell Doughnuts: Media & Children's Litera ture." LA 56 (April 1979):375-79. Reviews Homer Price and two films based on it. A1644 PAINTER, HELEN. "Robert McCloskey: Master of Humorous Real ism." EE 45 (February 1968):145-58. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 308-26.) A biographical and critical survey, discussing works beginning with Lentil through Burt Dow. Extensive references. A1645 SAWYER, RUTH. "Robert McCloskey: Good Craftsman and Fine Art ist." Publishers Weekly 141 (27 June 1942):2348-50. A brief biocritical overview. McCORD, DAVID (1897- ) A1646 LARSON, MARILYN HEERS. "David McCord: Poetry for the Young." ChLAQ 5, no. 2 (Summer 1980):22-24. Provides an overview of McCord's poetry for the young. A1647 LIVINGSTON, MYRA COHN. "David McCord: The Singer, the Song, and the Sung." Horn Book 55 (February 1979):25-39. High praise for McCord with many of his poems and snatches of them included as evidence of his ability to assimilate the past, to give it a unique voice, and to capture his own childhood experience in a way that today's children understand. McDERMOTT, GERALD (1940- ) A1648 DOOLEY, PATRICIA. "Gerald McDermott." ChLAQ 3, no. 4 (Winter 1979):1-4. McDermott's work "remains controversial for the best of reasons: it is original, thoughtful, and makes few concessions to common children's book conventions." A1649 McDERMOTT, GERALD. "On the Rainbow Trail." Horn Book 51 (April 1975):123-31. Tells of his background and of the making of Arrow to the Sun. This same issue includes his Caldecott Award acceptance speech for the book, pp. 349-54, and a biographical sketch by Priscilla Moulton, pp. 355-58. A1650 STEVENS, CAROL. "Gerald McDermott: Animating Myth and Legend." Print 27 (November 1973):36-41. A biocritical overview. A1651 WHITE, DAVID E. "Profile: Gerald McDermott." LA 59 (March 1982):273-79. In an interview McDermott discusses his background, the course of his career, and major influences--including that of the uncon scious--on his work. MacDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905) A1652 AUDEN, W.H. "Afterword." Horn Book 43 (April 1967):176-77. (Also in Meek, The Cool Web, pp. 103-5, in Auden's Forewords and Afterwords [New York: Random House, 1973], pp. 268-73.) Analyzes MacDonald as a master of "Dream Literature." A1653 CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. "George MacDonald and the Tender Grandmother." In Secret Gardens, pp. 70-85. Examines MacDonald's work in relationship to that of Kingsley and Carroll, finding religious questioning and disillusionment, and unusual sexual preoccupations. A1654 DOUGLASS, JANE. "Dealings with the Fairies." Horn Book 37 (August 1961):327-35. An appreciative introduction to MacDonald, summarizing the appraisals of past critics. A1655 FABEN, ALINE SIDNEY. "Folklore in the Fantasies and Romances of George MacDonald." Ph.D. dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978, 200 pp., DA 39:294A. Finds that the "mythopoeic" strength of MacDonald's work comes from his use of the folklore of his native Scotland and the "imagery and structure borrowed from folklore by literary tradition," as represented by the Bible, Dante, Spenser, Bunyan, Wordsworth, and E.T.A. Hoffman. A1656 HEIN, ROLLAND. The Harmony Within: The Spiritual vision of George MacDonald. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdman's Christian Uni versity Press, 1962, 163 pp. Provides a highly religious interpretation of MacDonald's fantasies for children, pp. 29-53. A1657 HUTTON, M. "Writers for Children: 4. George MacDonald." School Librarian 12, no. 3 (December 1964):244-54. Summarizes a number of critical points of view on MacDonald's work for children. Includes bibliographies. A1658 JENKINS, SUE. "Love, Loss, and Seeking: Maternal Deprivaiton and the Quest." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 2 (Summer 1984):73-84. Examines the influence of early loss of their mothers on the overall tone, attitudes, and assumptions in the fantasies of George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. A1659 LOCHHEAD, MARION. The Renaissance of Wonder in Children's Lit erature. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977, 169 pp. Traces MacDonald's use and interpretation of traditional fairy lore, particularly that of Scotland, and his influence on later writers of fantasy and their use of fairy lore, including E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, John Masefield and Walter De la Mare, James Stephens and Patricia Lynch in Ireland, and especially C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Chapter 3, "Magic Journeys," pp. 18-35, concentrates on the fairy tales for children: At The Back of the North Wind, The Golden Key, The Princess and the Goblin, and The Princess and Curdie. Chapter 5, "George MacDonald and Hans Christian Andersen," points out similarities between the two in their handling of materials borrowed from the past. Chapter 7, "An Edwardian Successor," is devoted to E. Nesbit's fantasies, chapters 10-11, pp. 82-100, to C.S. Lewis's Narnia series, and chapters 12-14, pp. 101-25, to Tolkien. The final chapters briefly discuss a number of recent writers of fantasy including Susan Cooper, Alan Garner, and Ursula K. Le Guin. A1660 MacDONALD, GEORGE. "Signal Reprints: The Fantastic Imagination." Signal 16 (January 1975):26-32. MacDonald reveals his attitudes toward fairy tales and to his own "broken music." A1661 McGILLIS, RODERICK. "Language and Secret Knowledge in At the Back of the North Wind." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 7 (1980):120-27. Explores the meaning of poetry and the nature of fantasy, reality, and truth in MacDonald's work. A1662 PIERSON, CLAYTON JOY. "Toward Spiritual Fulfillment: A Study of the Fantasy World of George MacDonald." Ph.D. dissertation, Uni versity of Maryland, 1978, 287 pp., DA 39:6148A. Sees MacDonald's work as unified by "the journey which leads to spiritual fulfillment." Analyzes the themes and symbols that he utilizes to communicate his "emphatic Christian world-view." A1663 REIS, RICHARD H. George MacDonald. Twayne's English Authors Series, no. 119. New York: Twayne, 1972, 161 pp. Attempts to understand MacDonald's place in literature by examining his life, his philosophical ideas, his attempts to teach through his writings, and his "ventures into the the unpopular sym bolism for which he will be remembered." A1664 SADLER, GLENN EDWARD. "An Unpublished Children's Story by George MacDonald." Children's Literature 2 (1973):18-34. Includes a three-page introduction to the story "The Little Girl that Had No Tongue," which is also printed. A1665 WILLARD, NANCY. "Goddess in the Belfry." Parabola 6, no. 3 (Sum mer 1981):90-94. Explores MacDonald's mixture of pagan and Christian mysteries in a single figure of a "goddess," called different names in his various books. A1666 -----. "The Nonsense of Angels: George MacDonald At the Back of the North Wind." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Associa tion 5 (1978):106-12. (Reprinted in May, Children and Their Litera ture, pp. 34-40.) Claims that MacDonald hides truth under a veil of nonsense in his riddles, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and dreams. A1667 WILSON, ANITA C. Review of Rolland Hein's The Harmony Within: The Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald. ChLAQ 9, no. 1 (Spring 1984):40. Concentrates on Hein's handling of MacDonald's works for chil dren. "Hein's study provides both a good introduction to MacDonald and insights of interest to those well acquainted with MacDonald's work." McFARLANE, LESLIE (1902-77) [Wrote the first twenty-six Hardy Boys books and three of the Dana Girls series under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon] A1668 McFARLANE, LESLIE. Ghost of the Hardy Boys. Agincourt, Ontario: Methuen, 1976, 211 pp. McFarlane's autobiography provides insights into the workings of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. A1669 PALMER, DAVID. "A Last Talk with Leslie McFarlane." CCL 11 (1978):5-17. In an interview McFarlane discusses his literary career, especially his writing of the first Hardy Boys as Franklin W. Dixon. "A Selected McFarlane Bibliography" follows, pp. 18-19. See also "Robin Hood in the Arctic," by David Palmer, pp. 59-62, which primarily discusses Methuen's publication of adaptations of McFarlane's maga zine stories from the 1920s and 1930s. McGINLEY, PHYLLIS (1905- ) A1670 WAGNER, LINDA W. Phyllis McGinley. Twayne's United States Authors Series, no. 170. New York: Twayne, 1971, 128 pp. This biocritical study discusses McGinley's poems and stories for children on pages 68-74, 82-87, and 109-10. Includes bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. #AUTHOR MACKEN, WALTER (1915-67) A1671 ENGLAND, A.W. "Writers for Children: Walter Macken." Use of English 26 (Autumn 1974):44-49. Discusses the themes, style, and techniques in God Made Sunday, The Island of the Great Yellow Ox, and The Flight of the Doves. McKINLEY, ROBIN (1952- ) A1672 MEEK, MARGARET. "Happily Ever After." TLS, 25 November 1983, p. 1212. Reviews Beauty, a modern derivative of Madame de Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast. McLEAN, ALLAN CAMPBELL (1922- ) A1673 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 114-20. In an interview McLean discusses his background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of his works. MacPHERSON, MARGARET (1908- ) A1674 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 121-26. In an interview MacPherson discusses her background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of her works. McNEILL, JANET (1907- ) A1675 MOSS, ELAINE. "`Go On! Go On!': Janet McNeill and The Battle of St. George Without." Signal 6 (September 1971):96-101. A biocritical overview. Mad Magazine A1676 CASKEY, JEFFERSON. "Mad Deserves Attention." LA 52 (November- December 1975):1157-58. Argues that Mad is "a highly sophisticated satiric commentary on virtually all phases of American culture," and deserves more serious attention. A1677 SPENCER, THOMAS E. "Alfred E. Neuman: Who Is He?" Reading Improvement 13 (Summer 1976):103-4. Analyzes the character and role of Mad's Alfred E. Neuman. #AUTHOR MAJOR, KEVIN (1949- ) A1678 JONES, RAYMOND E. "Local Color, Universal Problems: The Novels of Kevin Major." ChLAQ 10 (Fall 1985):140-41. Praises Major's novels of adolescent life in "the outports of Newfoundland." #AUTHOR MALKUS, ALIDA SIMS (1899- ) A1679 DAVIS, MARY M. "Caravans to Santa Fe, Raquel of the Ranch Coun try and The Dragon Fly of Zuni." Horn Book 5 (May 1929):47-51. Reviews the three books, concluding that Caravans "lacks life," Raquel does not make one "feel the tingle of the free life of the saddle," and the Dragon Fly lags and is bogged down in detail. More swift action and less description is urged. A1680 MALKUS, ALIDA SIMS. "Two Thousand Miles of Background." Horn Book 5 (February 1929):38-46. Describes her experiences in the Southwest, mainly in New Mex ico, which provide the background for her books. A1681 -----. "Who Can Tell It Best?" Horn Book 5 (August 1929):41-46. In part a response to Mary Davis's review of her books in the previous issue; defends her techniques as accurately representing the cultures she describes. #AUTHOR MANNING, ROSEMARY (1911- ) A1682 MOSS, ELAINE. "Rosemary Manning's Arripay: Variation on a Theme." Signal 2 (May 1970):31-35. Praises Manning's combination of readability and quality. #AUTHOR MANNING, RUSS (1929- ) A1683 HOLTSMARK, ERLING B. "Magnus, Robot-Fighter: The Future Looks at the Past." Journal of Popular Culture 12, no. 4 (Spring 1979):691-701. Explores classical undercurrents (going back to the Greeks) of the comic strip Magnus, Robot Fighter. #AUTHOR MARK, JAN (1943- ) A1684 HUNT, PETER. "Whatever Happened to Jan Mark?" Signal 31 (Janu ary 1980):11-19. Traces changes in Mark's style from Thunder and Lightnings (1976) through Divide and Rule (1979). A1685 MARCH-PENNY, ROBBIE. "I Don't Want to Learn Things, I'd Just Rather Find Out." CLE, n.s. 10, no. 1 (Spring 1979):18-24. Analyzes Thunder and Lightnings and suggests critical approaches suitable for classroom use. A1686 REES, DAVID. "No Such Thing as Fairness--Jan Mark." In Painted Desert, pp. 62-74. (Originally published in School Librarian, September 1981, in slightly different form.) Analyzes Thunder and Lightnings and traces Mark's development as a writer, pointing out strengths and weaknesses in subsequent books. Disagrees with Peter Hunt's assessment in "Whatever Hap pened to Jan Mark?" (see above) that Mark has gone steadily down hill. A1687 WHITEHEAD, WINIFRED. "Jan Mark." Use of English 33 (Spring 1982):32-39. Provides detailed discussions of Mark's books to date. Sees the first four as concerned with "the problem of the isolated individual, stubbornly battling his own way against odds and in some measure bringing down upon himself his own consequent pain and retribu tion." #AUTHOR MARSHAK, SAMUEL (1887-1964) A1688 BERMAN, DINA. "Samuel Marshak's Verses for Children: A Com puter Aided Analysis." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1966, 276 pp., DA 28:0222A. Analyzes and describes the characteristics of Marshak's children's poetry, especially vocabulary and grammatical structure. A1689 MORTON, MIRIAM. "`A Great Literature for Little Folk': Samuel Marshak, 1887-1964." Horn Book 42 (June 1966):335-44. An overview of Marshak's contribution to Soviet children's litera ture. MARTIN, BILL, Jr. (1916- ) A1690 LARRICK, NANCY. "Profile: Bill Martin, Jr." LA 59 (May 1982):490-94. Although there is little criticism here, Larrick presents a lively portrait of Martin and the mind and motivation behind his many books. #AUTHOR MARTIN, DAVID (1915- ) A1691 FACTOR, JUNE. "David Martin's Writing for Children." Overland 79 (April 1980):47-54. Follows Martin's development as a children's writer, noting the cultural and social values that underlie his work, and tracing the increasing skill and complexity of his writing. A1692 McVITTY, WALTER. "David Martin: Alienation and Belonging." In Innocence and Experience, pp. 163-95. Provides an extensive analysis of David Martin's works for chil dren, which are seen as "essentially preoccupied with love, struggle, and a sorrowful awareness of man's unfortunate capacity for inhuma nity towards man." Includes a biographical sketch, comments by Martin, and a bibliography of his books. A1693 MARTIN, DAVID. "Books for and About Louts." Overland 65 (1976):63-67. Reflects on the difficulty or impossibility of writing for children truly honest books which take into account difficult social and moral issues. #AUTHOR MARUKI, TOSHI (1912- ) A1694 STUDIER-CHANG, CATHERINE. "Point of View: Hiroshima No Pika--for Mature Audiences." Advocate 3, no. 3 (Spring 1984):158, 166-70. Studier-Chang argues that the book is not suitable for children; but Hiroko Sasaki, representing a Japanese perspective, disagrees, pp. 159-64. Children's comments follow, pp. 172-76. Marvel Comics A1695 MacDONALD, ANDREW, and MacDONALD, VIRGINIA. "Solid American: The Metamorphosis of Captain America." Journal of Pop ular Culture 10, no. 1 (Summer 1976):249-55. "Captain America, the star-spangled superhero from the hallowed halls of Marveldom, has undergone a metamorphosis that parallels America's movement from the super-patriotic Forties to the disillu sioned present." A1696 PALUMBO, DONALD. "The Marvel Comics Group's Spider-Man is an Existentialist Super-Hero; or `Life Has No Meaning without My Lat est Marvel!'" Journal of Popular Culture 17, no. 2 (Fall 1983):67-81. Analyzes Spider-Man as an existentialist hero. #AUTHOR MASEFIELD, JOHN (1878-1967) A1697 FISHER, MARGERY. John Masefield. London: Bodley Head, 1963, 66 pp. A biocritical overview, emphasizing Masefield's books for chil dren. Includes a bibliography of books by Masefield that are of interest to children and young people. A1698 HOLLINDALE, PETER. "John Masefield." CLE, o.s., no. 23 (Winter 1976):187-95. Reevaluates Masefield as a children's writer and storyteller and discusses the influence of some of his works on more recent chil dren's writers. Highly praises The Midnight Folk and Box of Delights. #AUTHOR MAVRINA, TATYANA (1902- ) A1699 TURKOV, ANDREI. "Tatyana Mavrina--Fairy Tale, Native Country, Beauty." Bookbird 13, no. 2 (1976):7-9. Reflects upon the art of the Soviet winner of the 1976 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. #AUTHOR MAYER-SKUMANZ, LENE (1939- ) A1700 MERGILI, TRUDI. "Lene Mayer-Skumanz--A Profile of An Award- Winning Austrian Author." Bookbird 3 (1981):24-28. A brief biocritical overview of this winner of the two major Austrian prizes for juvenile literature in 1981 and 1982. #AUTHOR MAYNE, WILLIAM (1928- ) A1701 ALDERSON, BRIAN. "On the Littoral: William Mayne's The Jersey Shore." Children's Literature Review 3, no. 5 (October 1973):133-35. Feels that with this book Mayne has crossed the edge and written a book "where the complexity of experience requires more than childish resources for its appreciation." A1702 BLISHEN, EDWARD. "Writers for Children 2: William Mayne." Use of English 20 (Winter 1968):99-103. (Reprinted in Butts, Good Writers, pp. 79-85.) Praises Mayne's understanding and portrayal of children and his recognition of their use of language, their awareness of the senses, and their interest in his themes of bold constructions and disasters. A1703 HEINS, PAUL. "Off the Beaten Path." Horn Book 49 (December 1973):580-81. The Jersey Shore tells "a mere wisp of a story," straying like Alan Garner, but in another direction, from the "beaten path of children's fiction." A1704 -----. Review. Horn Book 47 (February 1971):40. Examines Ravensgill, and praises Mayne's style. A1705 HUNT, PETER. "The Mayne Game: An Experiment." Signal 28 (Jan uary 1979):9-25. Reports on an attempt to shed light on conflicting opinions on Mayne's work by giving his books to a group of postgraduate stu dents in English to evaluate. Raises important questions about the definitions and criticism of children's literature. Hunt also illumi nates Mayne's distinguishing characteristics and the disagreements about his work. A1706 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 12-15, 228-31, 253-57. Groups Mayne with Gillian Avery and Penelope Lively as a writer of "historical fiction off the main road." Sees Mayne as addressing himself "to the point at which past and present, individual biography and historical movement may be caught in intersection." Discusses No More School, pp. 12-15, Jersey Shore, pp. 230-31, and Earthfasts, pp. 253-57. Judges Earthfasts to be classic and praises Mayne's plain, vivid prose. A1707 MAYNE, WILLIAM. "A Discussion with William Mayne." CLE, o.s., no. 2 (July 1970):48-55. A tense and enigmatic interview, perhaps revealing in that Mayne reflects so little about himself and his work. "My public expression is what I write, and I don't see that `I' am relevant." A1708 MOON, KENNETH. "Don't Tell It: Show It: The Force of Metaphor in A Game of Dark." School Librarian 31, no. 46 (December 1983):319-27. Examines the powerful use of metaphor in the book, which he compares with Penelope Lively's The Driftway and Philippa Pearce's A Dog So Small. A1709 SARLAND, CHARLES. "Chorister Quartet." Signal 18 (September 1975):107-13. (Reprinted in Signal Approach, pp. 217-24.) Examines the style of the four Cathedral Choir School books: A Swarm In May, Cathedral Wednesday, Words and Music, and Choris ters' Cake. A1710 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 130-42. Defends Mayne against charges that he's a children's writer only for adults. "If a book opens windows in the imagination of only one child, it justifies its existence." Feels that his tendency to shy away from the passions is the cause of his failure; nevertheless, admires his style and skill. A1711 -----. A Sounding, pp. 139-52. Updates and revises the earlier essay in Sense of Story. Feels Mayne grows closer to dealing with emotion and deep feeling in Ravensgill, A Game of Dark (which he is not sure is for children), and The Jersey Shore. A1712 WALKER, ALISTAIR. "Landscape as Metaphor in the Novels of Wil liam Mayne." CLE, n.s. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1980):31-42. Centers on "the way in which Mayne uses landscape as part of the rhetoric of his fiction." #AUTHOR MEANS, FLORENCE CRANNELL (1891-1980) A1713 ANDREWS, SIRI. "Florence Crannell Means." Horn Book 22 (January- February):15-30. Although there is little real criticism here, the article is a thorough summary of Means's work to date, linking her books to her background and methods of working. A1714 CROSSON, WILHELMINA M. "Florence Crannell Means." EER 17 (December 1940):321-24, 26. Summarizes several of Means's books from the perspective of cross-cultural understanding. A1715 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 48-52. Analyzes Shuttered Windows in terms of its them of rejection. A1716 MEANS, FLORENCE CRANNELL. "Mosaic." Horn Book 16 (January- February 1940):35-40. Describes the background of several of her regional and ethnic books: her experiences among the Navajo, the Chinese, and the Gul lahs on the South Carolina coast. A1717 PEASE, HOWARD. "Without Evasion: Some Reflections After Reading Mrs. Means' The Moved Outers." Horn Book 21 (January-February 1945):9-17. Classes Means with Doris Gates and John R. Tunis as an author who is not afraid to take up a modern problem and think it through without evasion. Reflects on the relocation of Japanese-Americans to concentration camps during World War II. #AUTHOR MEGGENDORFER, LOTHAR (1847-1925) A1718 The Publishing Archive of Lothar Meggendorfer: Original Drawings, Hand-Colored Lithographs and Production Files for His Children's Book Illustrations. Appreciation by Maurice Sendak. New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1975, 32 pp. Includes an introduction by Justin G. Schiller and Sendak's "Appreciation," which argues that Meggendorfer turned the toy book into a work of art. #AUTHOR MEIGS, CORNELIA (1884-1973) A1719 MURDOCH, CLARISSA. "Cornelia Meigs: Chronicler of the Sea." EER 5 (May 1928):148-49, 153. This early appraisal points out that Meigs makes history come alive, writes truthfully and entertainingly, demonstrates her love of her country, and establishes atmosphere and appeals to her readers' imaginations. A1720 SAUER, JULIA L. "The Books of Cornelia Meigs." Horn Book 20 (September-October 1944):347-55. An appreciative summary of Meig's work to date that praises her craftsmanship and broad conceptions. A biographical account by Doris Patee follows, pp. 356-62. #AUTHOR MELTZER, MILTON (1915- ) A1721 DE LUCA, GERALDINE, AND NATOV, RONI. "An Interview with Milton Meltzer." L&U 4, no. 1 (Summer 1980):95-107. This prolific author of biographies and histories for children and adults tells how he became interested in this type of writing. Also discusses his goals and techniques in the Women of America series, which he edited, and several other works. A1722 MELTZER, MILTON. "Who's Neutral?" CLE, o.s., no. 14 (1974):24-36. Shares experiences from his own background that led to the writ ing of his many books on minorities. Describes the research and writing of several of his books, and defends his "biased" approach to history. A1723 TCHEN, JOHN. Review. IRBC 12, no. 1 (1981):17. Although Tchen's response to The Chinese Americans was largely favorable he objected to some oversimplifications. A1724 WEEDMON, JUDITH. "A Step Aside from Self: The Work of Milton Meltzer." ChLAQ 10, no. 1 (Spring 1985):41-42. Provides an overview of Meltzer's career as an author of books of history, biography, and sociology for young people. #AUTHOR MERRIAM, EVE (1916- ) A1725 SLOAN, GLENNA. "Profile: Eve Merriam." LA 58 (November- December 1981):957-64. In an interview Merriam discusses her life, her opinions on poetry for children, and her own work. #AUTHOR MIKOLAYCAK, CHARLES (1937- ) A1726 MIKOLAYCAK, CHARLES. "The Artist at Work: The Challenge of the Picture Book." Horn Book 62 (March 1986):167-73. Discusses his approach to illustration. A1727 WHITE, DAVID E. "Profile: Charles Mikolaycak." LA 58 (October 1981):850-57. A biocritical overview. #AUTHOR MIERS, EARL SCHENK (1910-72) A1728 "The Old South Rises Again." IRBC 10, no. 8 (1980):10-14. A highly critical review of The How and Why History of the Civil War. #AUTHOR MILHOUS, KATHERINE (1894-1977) A1729 FIELD, CAROLYN. "A Second Look: Through These Arches: The Story of Independence Hall." Horn Book 52 (June 1976):310-11. Comments on Milhous's purpose in writing the book. A1730 MILHOUS, KATHERINE. "The Egg Tree and How It Grew." Horn Book 27 (July-August 1951):219-28. Tells the story behind The Egg Tree and describes the controv ersy that followed its publication. A1731 TEMPLIN, ELAINE. "Enjoying Festivals with Katherine Milhous." EE 34 (November 1957):435-43. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 327-39.) Discusses biographical influences on Milhous's work, her love of festivals, her desire to create with her hands, and her standard that good art must have an intangible, undefinable force that is felt rather than seen. Includes a bibliography of Milhous's books and of articles about her. #AUTHOR MILLAR, H.R. (1869-1939) A1732 SMITH, LOUISA A. "The Magician's Conjuror: E. Nesbit's Illustrator, H.R. Millar." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 9 (1982):130-36. Explores the contributions of Nesbit and Millar to each other's art. #AUTHOR MILLENDER, DHARATHULA H. (1920- ) A1733 GRAMBS, JEAN DRESDEN. "Crispus Attucks, Boy of Valor: A Book Review." Harvard Educational Review 38 (Summer 1968):605-11. (Reprinted in MacCann, Black American, pp. 124-34.) Criticizes Millender's treatment of Attucks on historical grounds. #AUTHOR MILNE, A.A. (1882-1956) A1734 CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. "A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh: Fare- well to the Enchanted Places." In Secret Gardens, pp. 188-209. Paraphrases Milne's theme as "children may be Arcadians in their physical appearance, but the Arcadia they inhabit is not an ideal world of fine feelings, not a dream-come-true land at all. It is distinguished by the naked selfishness of its inhabitants." A1735 COCK, GEOFFREY. "A.A. Milne: Sources of His Creativity." Ameri can Imago 34 (1977):313-26. Provides a psychoanalytic interpretation of elements in Milne's life and work, particularly in his children's books. A1736 CREWS, FREDERICK C. The Pooh Perplex. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963, 150 pp. Uses Winnie the Pooh, "one of the greatest books ever written," as the basis for a spoof on literary criticism. Contains articles written by such familiar academics as Harvey C. Window, Duns C. Penwiper, and Simon Lacerous. Provides insights into Pooh and techniques of literary criticism. A1737 CROUCH, MARCUS. "Pooh Lives--O.K.?" Junior Bookshelf (October 1976). (Reprinted in Bookbird 15, no. 2 [1977]:14-16.) Analyzes Milne's craftsmanship. "Each chapter can be taken entirely seriously--in critical terms--as a short story." A1738 FARJEON, ELEANOR. "A.A. Milne." Junior Bookshelf 20, no. 2 (March 1956):51-59. Praises Milne's ability to find the right word and capture the personalities of the nursery toys. A1739 GUNDERSON, ETHEL A., and GUNDERSON, AGNES G. "A.A. Milne and Today's Seven-Year-Olds." EE 39 (May 1962):408-11. Explains why Milne's poems appeal to children. A1740 HARING-SMITH, TORI. A.A. Milne: A Critical Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1982, 344 pp. Includes an introductory essay, "Milne's Reception by the Critics," pp. xvii-xxv, and lists of Milne's writings, including his work for children and their reviews, writings about Milne and his work, articles on Pooh, and a section on the writings of members of Milne's family. A1741 HOLMSTRUM, JOHN. "Whisper Who Dares." New Statesman 12 (November 1965):752. Reviews the collected Pooh books upon their republication. A1742 LURIE, ALISON. "Back to Pooh Corner." Children's Literature 2 (1973):11-17. Mentions the difficulties of attempting serious criticism of Pooh since Crews's The Pooh Perplex, nevertheless discusses biographical links, themes, and the hidden messages that seemed to have a partic ular appeal to the young adult of the 1970s. A1743 -----. "Now We Are Fifty." NYTBR, 14 November 1976, Children's Book sec., pp. 27. Finds that Milne's work has "universal appeal to any child any where who finds himself, like most children, at a social disadvantage in the adult world." A1744 NOVAK, BARBARA. "Milne's Poems: Form and Content." EE 34 (October 1957):355-61. Suggests that Milne's lyrical, whimsical, and intimate poetry relies on content and formal structure. A1745 PHIFER, KENNETH W. "A Bear of Very Little Brain: A Commen tary on the Pooh Saga." Religious Humanism 13 (Winter 1979):32-38. Analyzes Pooh as embodying the "four characteristics of a reli gious person: worship, acceptance, love, and quest." A1746 SALE, ROGER. Fairy Tales, pp. 15-18. Finds he no longer enjoys Milne as he once did, and is offended by Milne's snobbery. A1747 SINGER, DOROTHY G. "Piglet; Pooh and Piaget." Psychology Today 6 (June 1972):70-74, 96. Shows how Milne has unconsciously depicted the world exactly as Jean Piaget says a preoperational child would see it. A1748 STERCK, KENNETH. "The Real Christopher Robin: An Appreciation of A.A. Milne's Children's Verse." CLE 37, n.s. 11, no. 2 (Summer 1980):52-61. Uses knowledge of the Milne family to interpret Milne's verse. A1749 SWANN, THOMAS B. A.A. Milne. Twayne's English Author Series, no. 113. New York: Twayne, 1971, 153 pp. Devotes four chapters of the book, which mainly concentrates on Milne's writings for adults, to his juveniles. These, Swann agrees, are his best work. Includes a bibliography. A1750 TREMPER, ELLEN. "Istigorating Winnie the Pooh." L&U 1, no. 1 (1977):33-46. Argues that Milne's "exquisitely side-splitting humor is available almost exclusively to the grown-ups reading to the children." A1751 VON SCHWEINITZ, ELEANOR. "Pooh without Milne." Children's Book News 2, no. 1 (January-February 1967):5-8. Analyzes recent adaptations of the Pooh books. A1752 WOODS, GEORGE A. "Winnie Was Not Pooh-Poohed." NYTBR, 2 June 1968, pp. 7, 28. Reports on responses of his children, ranging in age from nine teen to three, to Winnie the Pooh. #AUTHOR MITCHELL, LUCY SPRAGUE (1878-1967) A1753 BLOS, JOAN W. "Form and Content in Children's Books: A Critical Tribute to Lucy Sprague Mitchell." CLE, n.s. 8, no. 1 (Spring 1977):39-46. Proposes that "Mrs. Mitchell's foremost contribution to children's literature was not her stories themselves but rather the naming and identification of a new and legitimate genre: realistic fiction for the pre-school child." Further discusses the relationship between form and content, fantasy and art. A1754 MAHONY, BERTHA E. Review of Another Here and Now Story Book. Horn Book 13 (May 1937):164-66. "These experimental stories have rhythm, pattern, and form. While in content they deal with familiar things, they treat of them significantly and, as the age advances, they lead away to wider horizons." Preceding article, pp. 158-63, by Mary Phelps and Mar garet Wise Brown, provides a portrait of Mitchell and a bibliography of her books. A1755 MITCHELL, LUCY SPRAGUE. Introduction to Here and Now Story Book, pp. 1-72. New York: Dutton, 1921, 360 pp. Mitchell expresses her "here and now" philosophy, telling how the content of the stories originated and describing the kinds of stories suitable for different age groups of young children. She argues against giving folk and fairy tales to young children, on pp. 32-42. Beginning on p. 46 she pays special attention to the forms suitable for young children. #AUTHOR MITCHELL, W.O. (1914- ) A1756 RICOU, LAURENCE. "Notes on Language and Learning in Who Has Seen the Wind?" CCL 10 (1977-78):3-17. Provides a detailed analysis of Mitchell's 1947 novel, focusing on his portrayal of the child's point of view. #AUTHOR MIZUMURA, KAZUE A1757 BENEDUCE, ANN, and MIZUMURA, KAZUE. "Bridges of Sights and Sounds from Other Cultures." In Children's Books International 1: Proceedings and Book Catalog. Boston: Boston Public Library, 1976, pp. 1-6. Beneduce and Mizumura discuss the work of Mizumura, a Japa nese artist-poet and illustrator. #AUTHOR MONJO, F[ERDINAND] N[ICHOLAS] III (1924- ) A1758 MONJO, FERDINAND. "Great Men, Melodies, Experiments, Plots, Pre dictability, and Surprises." Horn Book 51 (October 1975):433-41. Discusses his own books in this exploration of the nature of biography for children. A1759 -----. "Human Saints." CLE, o.s., no. 22 (Autumn 1976):121-24. This "iconoclastic biographer" explains his approach, his attempt "to give us back our heroes and heroines, divested of their spurious Calvinistic sainthood, but reinvested in warm flesh tints of their indisputable humanity." #AUTHOR MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (1874-1942) A1760 BOLGER, FRANCIS W.P. The Years Before "Anne": The Early Career of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Charlottestown, P.E.I: Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation, 1975, 229 pp. Based on Montgomery's letters, scrapbooks, and her autobiograph ical "The Alpine Path" (from Everywoman's World (June through November 1917), this biography of Montgomery's early life illumi nates her work. A1761 Canadian Children's Literature 1, no. 3 (Autumn 1975). Special issue. Articles include Elizabeth Waterston's "Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874-1942," pp. 9-26, a survey of her life and work; Mary Rubio's "Satire, Realism, and Imagination in Anne of Green Gables," pp. 27-36, which compares the book to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; and Gillian Thomas's "The Decline of Anne: Matron vs. Child," pp. 37-41. In "Canadian Writers: Lucy Maud and Emily Byrd," pp. 42-49, Ann S. Cowan looks at the Emily books. In "`Queer Children': L.M. Montgomery's Heroines," pp. 50-59, Muriel Whitaker examines the question of what makes Mont gomery's heroines so memorable. In "The Land of Lost Content: The Use of Fantasy in L.M. Montgomery's Novels," pp. 60-70, Jane Cowan Fredeman examines the tension between fantasy and reality in the books. And finally, Jean Little, in "But What About Jane?," pp. 71-81, divides Montgomery's children into four types: Stock chil dren, Non-Children, Exaggerated Children, and Real Children. A1762 FRAZER, F.M. "Scarcely an End." Canadian Literature 63 (Winter 1975):89-92. Reviews Montgomery's posthumously published collection of short stories, The Road to Yesterday. A1763 FRYATT, NORMA R. "A Second Look: Emily of the New Moon." Horn Book 62 (March 1986):174-75. Concludes that, despite its weaknesses, "Emily of the New Moon is in many ways still an ideal story for girls." A1764 GILLEN, MOLLIE. The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery. Don Mills, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1975, 200 pp. Primarily biographical, but provides background for her books and tells of the writing and critical reception of Anne of Green Gables. A1765 KATSURA, YUKO. "Red-haired Anne in Japan." CCL 34 (1984):57-60. Discusses the popular success and appeal of Anne of Green Gables in Japan since its first translation into Japanese in 1952. A1766 SOLT, MARILYN. "The Uses of Setting in Anne of Green Gables." ChLAQ 9, no. 4 (Winter 1984-85):179-80, 198. Suggests that one reason for the longstanding popularity of the book is "Montgomery's superb use of setting." A1767 TAUSKEY, THOMAS E. "L.M. Montgomery and `The Alpine Path, so hard, so steep.'" CCL 30 (1983):5-20. Re-examines the Emily books and evaluates the way the author has transmuted her remembered past "into powerful and puzzling forms." A1768 WILLIS, LESLEY. "The Bogus Ugly Duckling: Anne Shirley Unmasked." Dalhousie Review 56, no. 2 (Summer 1976):247-51. Argues that much of the appeal of Anne of Green Gables "con sists in its catering to a desire for wish-fulfillment and, on the part of the older reader, nostalgia for a sentimentally-envisioned past; and these desires are catered to largely through the use, or misuse, of myth and fairy tale, which are so distorted that only their pleasant associations remain." A1769 WILMSHURST, REA. "L.M. Montgomery's Short Stories: A Prelimi nary Bibliography." CCL 29 (1983):25-34. Lists in chronological order the titles of 560 stories by Montgom ery, and their place of publication, if known. One of Montgomery's stories, "Anna's Love Letters," is reprinted on pages 35-41. #AUTHOR MONTRESOR, BENI (1926- ) A1770 MONTRESOR, BENI. "Caldecott Award Acceptance." Horn Book 41 (August 1965):368-74. Tells of his background and influences on his work. Biographical sketch by Velma V. Varner follows, pp. 374-79. #AUTHOR MOORE, CLEMENT C. (1779-1863) A1771 MacDONALD, Ruth K. "Santa Claus in America: The Influence of The Night Before Christmas." ChLAQ 8, no. 3 (Fall 1983):4-6. Explores the origins of the famous poem and its influences on Christmas traditions and the image of Santa Claus. #AUTHOR MORDVINOFF, NICHOLAS (1911- ) A1772 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 333-38. Traces Mordvinoff's contributions to the art of the picture book. #AUTHOR MOWAT, FARLEY (1921- ) A1773 CARVER, JOSEPH E. "Farley Mowat, An Author for All Ages." British Columbia Library Quarterly 32, no. 4 (April 1969):10-18. Defends Mowat's work against criticisms and analyzes his appeal for both children and adults. A1774 LUCAS, ALEC. "Farley Mowat: Writer for Young People." CCL 5&6 (1976):40-51. A thoughtful analysis of Mowat's children's books; concludes that his success depends not only on his prowess as a storyteller, but also on his seriousness of purpose and his views "that contribute much of the intensity that makes his children's books far superior to the general run in our literature." #AUTHOR MUKERJI, DHAN GOPAL (1890-1936) A1775 MUKERJI, DHAN GOPAL. "Fruits from the Living Tree: Introduc tion to Bunny, Hound and Clown." Horn Book 13 (July-August 1936):206-10. Describes his aims and goals in writing Hindu tales for American children. A1776 SEEGER, ELIZABETH. "Dhan Mukerji and His Books." Horn Book 13 (July-August 1937):199-205. A tribute to and brief summary of Mukerji's life and children's books. Includes a bibliography. #AUTHOR MUNARI, BRUNO (1907- ) A1777 CIMIMO, MARIA. "The Picture Books of Bruno Munari." New York Public Library Bulletin 60 (November-December 1956):585-88. Analyzes the unity and diversity in Munari's picture books. #AUTHOR NAGIBIN, JURIJ (1920- ) A1778 COCHRUM, E. "Jurij Nagibin's Short Stories: Themes and Literary Criticism." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 1977, 235 pp., DA 39:313A. Chapter 3 of this study of the Soviet writer concentrates on his children's stories, especially those written during his most mature period, 1965-74. #AUTHOR NAKATANI, CHIYOKO (1930- ) A1779 MOSS, ELAINE. "Chiyoko Nakatani." Signal 12 (September 1973):135-39. In an interview Nakatani discusses her life and work. #AUTHOR NEEDHAM, VIOLET (1876-1965) A1780 SALWAY, LANCE E. "Survival of the Fittest." Children's Book News 4, no. 1 (January-February 1969):5-7. Examines reasons for the enduring popularity of Needham's books. A1781 WRIGHT, HILARY. "Violet Needham: The Last of the Victorians." Junior Bookshelf 47, no. 5 (October 1983):191-95. Calls for a reassessment of the work of this forgotten twentieth- century children's author. Includes a bibliography of Needham's full-length works. NESBIT, E. [Edith Nesbit Bland] (1858-1924) A1782 ALEXANDER, LLOYD. "A Second Look: Five Children and It." Horn Book 61 (May 1985):354-55. Praises Nesbit's wit and wisdom and calls the book "one of the most gloriously funny stories written for any age." A1783 ARMSTRONG, DENNIS LEE. "E. Nesbit: An Entrance to The Magic City." Ph.D. dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1974, 300 pp., DA 35:7897A. Considers Nesbit's work in terms of "first the narrative form which presents and holds it together, and second the interplay and testing of social and literary fictions within that world as well as the interplay between her created world and the `real' world inhabited by Nesbit and her reader." A1784 BELL, ANTHEA. E. Nesbit. New York: Walck; London: Bodley Head, 1964, 83 pp. Provides biographical background and traces Nesbit's career as a writer, concentrating on her Bastable stories and fantasies. Includes brief plot summaries of her children's books and a bibliography of their British and American editions. A1785 BUCKLEY, MARY F. "Words of Power: Language and Reality in the Fantasy Novels of E. Nesbit and P.L. Travers." Ed.D. dissertation, East Texas State University, 1977, 143 pp., DA 38:6686A. Examines the relationship of reality and language as perceived by children and by E. Nesbit and P.L. Travers. Concentrates on a selec tion of Nesbit's magic books and the four major Mary Poppins books by Travers. A1786 CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. "E. Nesbit: A Victorian in Disguise." In Secret Gardens, pp. 126-37. Questions Nesbit's reputation as a great children's writer, suggest ing she was, rather, an expert copier and a writer easy to copy. Sees her as popularizing and adapting Kenneth Grahame's view of childhood. A1787 CROUCH, MARCUS. "E. Nesbit in Kent." Junior Bookshelf 19 (Janu ary 1955):11-12. Traces the geographical influences in Nesbit's work. A1788 -----. The Nesbit Tradition, p. 16. Maintains, "No writer for children today is free of debt to this remarkable woman . . . she managed to create prototypes of many of the basic patterns in modern children's fiction." Explains why he has chosen her as the starting point for his book on recent British children's literature. A1789 CROXSON, MARY. "The Emancipated Child in the Novels of E. Nes bit." Signal 14 (May 1974):51-64. Sees Nesbit as one of the more powerful agents for change in children's lot at the beginning of the twentieth century. Examines the freedom of the children in her novels. A1790 ELLIS, ALEC. "E. Nesbit and the Poor." Junior Bookshelf 38, no. 2 (April 1974):73-79. Examines Nesbit's portrayal of poverty and her related political beliefs. A1791 FROMM, GLORIA G. "E. Nesbit and the Happy Moralist." Journal of Modern Literature 11 (March 1984):45-65. Relates Nesbit's art to her life and describes her strange mix of fiction and reality in "The Book of Beasts" (a story in The Book of Dragons) and The Enchanted Castle. A1792 HAND, NIGEL. "The Other E. Nesbit." Use of English 26 (Winter 1974):108-16. Argues that Nesbit's best books are House of Arden and Hard ing's Luck, which are little known and unavailable in paperback, but reflect her Fabian socialist views. A1793 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 113-17. Sees The Railway Children in terms of altruism and "the best of liberal values" of Victorian society and praises the "light, bright, and brisk" tone. A1794 Junior Bookshelf 22, no. 4 (October 1958). Special issue. Includes Noel Streatfeild's "The Nesbit Influence," Roger Lancelyn Green's "E. Nesbit: Treasure-Seeker," and Marcus Crouch's "The Nesbit Tradition." Also includes a note on Nesbit's illustrators, pp. 199-201. Vol. 6 (December 1958):321-22, contains "A Further Note on Illustrators of E. Nesbit," by Roger L. Green. A1795 KRENSKY, STEPHEN. "A Second Look: The Story of the Treasure Seekers." Horn Book 54 (June 1978):310-12. Argues that Nesbit's characters may be the key to the survival of her books. A1796 LANSNER, HELEN. "The Genius of E. Nesbit." EE 43 (January 1966):53-55. An appreciative introduction to Nesbit's work. A1797 "Magic and the Magician." Horn Book 34 (October 1958):347-73. A special section on Nesbit on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Includes articles by Edward Eager, a personal recollection by Mavis Strange, a description by Eleanor Graham, of two of Nesbit's child hood homes, and a selection from Noel Streatfeild's biography. A1798 MANLOVE, COLIN. "Fantasy As Witty Conceit: E. Nesbit." Mosaic 10, no. 2 (Winter 1977):109-30. Sees Nesbit's work as fanciful rather than imaginative, as lacking "deeply felt spiritual meaning," but nevertheless reaching "a high point of wit and ingenuity," displaying "zest for life," and combining opposites with a "variety, skill and comic potential unequalled before her or since." A1799 SMITH, BARBARA. "The Expression of Social Values in the Writing of E. Nesbit." Children's Literature 3 (1974):153-64. Discusses the ways in which Nesbit's Fabian-Socialist views are expressed in her children's books. This issue also contains Joan Evans de Alonso's personal reminiscence, "E. Nesbit's Well Hall, 1915-1921: A Memoir." A1800 STREATFEILD, NOEL. Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and Her Children's Books. London: Abelard-Schuman, 1958, 160 pp. Explores Nesbit's childhood for the roots of her books, and examines ten of her books in depth. #AUTHOR NEVILLE, EMILY (1919- ) A1801 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 152-55. Analyzes the themes of loss and death in It's Like This, Cat. A1802 NEVILLE, EMILY CHENEY, "Optimism: Is It Possible in This World?" In Robinson, M., Readings in Children's Literature, pp. 271-93. Expresses her views on children's literature in this speech given at an Australian seminar. Compares Australian and American chil dren's books and values, and discusses the origins of her Garden of Broken Glass. #AUTHOR NEWBERRY, CLARE TURLAY (1903-70) A1803 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 241-46. Discusses Herbert and the Lion in its various incarnations, and Newberry's cat books. #AUTHOR NEWFELD, FRANK (1928- ) A1804 GHAN, LINDA. "Interview with Frank Newfeld." CCL 17 (1980):3-19. The Canadian illustrator discusses his work in this lengthy inter view. #AUTHOR NICHOLS, RUTH (1948- ) A1805 "Ruth Nichols: An Interview." ChLAQ 2, no. 2 (Summer 1977):2-4. Discusses her approach to writing. A1806 STORE, R.E. "Ruth Nichols: An Outstanding Canadian Author." Orana 14 (November 1978):134-36. A1807 STOTT, JON. "An Interview with Ruth Nichols." CCL 12 (1978):5-19. Nichols discusses her life and her work in an interview. See also Robert MacDonald's review of her Song of the Pearl in this same issue, pp. 47-49. #AUTHOR NICHOLSON, NORMAN (1914- ) A1808 HAY, PHILLIP, and WYANN-JONES, ANGHARAD. "An Interview with Norman Nicholson." Signal 43 (January 1984):19-32. The poet discusses poetry, his own and that of others, with two children. #AUTHOR NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1872-1949) A1809 LANES, SELMA G. "A Second Look: Clever Bill." Horn Book 53 (December 1977):694-96. Analyzes the enduring, simple charm of the book. #AUTHOR NORDHOFF, CHARLES (1877-1947), and HALL, JAMES N. (1887-1951) A1810 CORYELL, HUBERT, and CORYELL, HUBERT, Jr. Reviews of Fal cons of France. Horn Book 6 (February 1930):63-71. Highly favorable pair of detailed reviews by father and son. NORTON, ANDRE [Alice Mary Norton] (1912- ) A1811 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 54-55. High praise for Norton, for her ability to create atmosphere, and for her skill as a teller of tales. A1812 FISHER, MARGERY. "Writers for Children: 8. Andre Norton." School Librarian 15 (July 1967):146-50. A critical survey of Norton's "space-operas." Schlobin calls this article "The best of the critical discussions of Norton's fiction." A1813 HENSLEY, CHARLOTTA. "Andre Norton's Science Fiction and Fan tasy, 1950-1979: An Introduction to the Topics of Philosophical Reflection, Imaginary Voyages and Future Prediction in Selected Books for Young Readers." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colo rado at Boulder, 1980, 240 pp., DA 41:3580A. Provides an introductory, chronological overview of three major topics appearing in Norton's science fiction and fantasy for younger readers since 1950. A1814 McGHAN, BARRY. "Andre Norton: Why Has She Been Neglected?" Riverside Quarterly 4 (January 1970):128-31. Explores major elements of Norton's writing as well as the ques tion of why she has been neglected. Letters in response from Sam Moskowitz and Sandra Miesel in June 1970, pp. 221-22. A1815 SCHLOBIN, ROGER C. Andre Norton: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980, 68 pp. The introduction to this bibliography provides a biographical and critical overview. The bibliography includes all of Norton's writings and an extensively annotated listing of "Criticism, Biography and Selected Reviews," pp. 35-51. A1816 SMITH, KAREN PATRICIA. "Claiming a Place in the Universe: The Portrayal of Minorities in Seven Works by Andre Norton." TON 42 (Winter 1986):165-72. Explores Norton's use of realistic minority characters in "unusual and out-of-the-ordinary circumstances." A1817 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 143-53. Describes Norton's science fiction as "space opera." Discusses the "Star" books and her "hard, dry, somewhat impersonal style," praising her ability to tell "strong, fast-moving stories." A1818 WOLF, VIRGINIA L. "Andre Norton: Feminist Pied Piper in SF." ChLAQ 10, no. 2 (Summer 1985):66-70. Suggests that in Norton's novels since 1970, she has lured her readers to a feminist point of view. #AUTHOR NORTON, MARY (1903- ) A1819 DAVENPORT, JULIA. "The Narrative Framework of The Borrowers: Mary Norton and Emily Bront‰." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 2 (Summer 1983):75-79. Finds parallels in the story-within-a-story technique used by Bronte in Wuthering Heights and by Norton in The Borrowers. A1820 HAND, NIGEL. "Mary Norton and The Borrowers." CLE, o.s., no. 7 (March 1972):38-55. Contends that Norton is one of the two or three most satisfying and rewarding writers for children of the last twenty years. A1821 -----. "Mary Norton, Fred Inglis, and the World We Have Lost." In Butts, Good Writers, pp. 86-93. Argues that "the creative imagination" is a central preoccupation of Mary Norton. Feels Inglis's analysis of Norton's theme as one of retreat from the world is inaccurate because she uses "reaching into the past" as "a creative process wherein grow values with which the present and the future can be met." A1822 HARBAGE, MARY. "The Borrowers at Home and Afield." EE 33 (February 1956):67-75. Reviews The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield. A1823 OLSON, BARBARA V. "Mary Norton and The Borrowers." EE 47 (February 1970):185-89. A biocritical overview. A1824 STOTT, JON C. "Anatomy of a Masterpiece: The Borrowers." LA 53 (May 1976):538-44. Selects "seeing" as a unifying element in The Borrowers and analyzes the way in which it gives the novel its central meaning. O'BRIEN, ROBERT [Robert Leslie Conly] (1918-73) A1825 BOULANGER, SUSAN. "A Second Look: The Silver Crown." Horn Book 61 (January 1985):95-99. Provides a careful examination of the book's themes and struc ture. A1826 HENKE, JAMES T. "Growing Up as Epic Adventure: The Biblical Collage in Z for Zachariah." CLE, n.s. l3, no. 2 (Summer 1982):87-94. Analyzes the heroine's struggle for growth and survival in a mythic setting as enhanced by biblical allusions. "O'Brien's heroine is an emblem of man's epic quest for growth, freedom, and renewal." A1827 MORSE, BRIAN. "The Novels of Robert C. O'Brien." Signal 40 (Janu ary 1983):30-35. Analyzes O'Brien's books, all written in his mature years: The Silver Crown (1968), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), Z for Zachariah (1974), and an adult book, A Report from Group 17 (1972). #AUTHOR O'DELL, SCOTT (1903- ) A1828 JOHNSON, WALTER H. "A Stepping Stone to Melville." English Journal 73 (April 1984):69-70. Finds parallels between Melville's The Encantados and O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins; also finds other Melville influences in O'Dell's work. A1829 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 146-48. Analyzes The Island of the Blue Dolphins in terms of its theme of loss and death. A1830 McCORMICK, EDITH. "Scott O'Dell: Immortal Writer." American Libraries 4 (June 1973):356-57. In an interview O'Dell discusses his development as a writer and his responses to the many writers who have influenced him--from Willa Cather to Dante. Also talks about his beliefs and his goals in writing. A1831 NODELMAN, PERRY. "A Second Look: Sing Down the Moon." Horn Book 60 (February 1984):94-98. Considers the book "a small masterpiece of dogmatic understate ment that never confuses painful conflict with good, clear fun." It is "very strange and very familiar --both at the same time." A1832 O'DELL, SCOTT. "Acceptance Speech: Hans Christian Andersen Award." Horn Book 48 (October 1972):441-43. (Reprinted in White, Children's Literature, pp. 110-12.) Gives background of The Dark Canoe, derived from his reading of Moby-Dick. A1833 -----. "David: An Adventure with Memory and Words." Psychology Today 18 (January 1968):40-43, 70. Reflects upon his writing and children's literature. Describes the origins of Island of the Blue Dolphins. A1834 -----. "Newbery Award Acceptance." Horn Book 37 (August 1961):311-16. O'Dell describes experiences in his own life which he was able to incorporate in The Island of the Blue Dolphins. A biographical note by Maud Hart Lovelace follows, pp. 316-19. A1835 -----. "The Tribulations of a Trilogy." Horn Book 58 (April 1982):137-44. Tells of writing The Captive and The Feathered Serpent. A1836 PALOMARES, UVALDO. Review. IRBC 5, nos. 7-8 (1974):17. Faults Child of Fire for misrepresenting "crucial elements of Chicano existence" and projecting "inaccurate images of La Raza." A1837 STEWIG, JOHN. "A Literary and Linguistic Analysis of Scott O'Dell's The Captive." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Language Arts in the Elementary School, April 1981. ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Service, 19 pp., ED 200 993. Examines O'Dell's literary style and characterization in terms of his ability to engage even the reluctant reader. A1838 STOTT, JON C. "Narrative Technique and Meaning in Island of the Blue Dolphins." EE 52 (April 1975):442-46. Provides a detailed analysis of O'Dell's narrative techniques. A1839 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 154-62. Discusses Island of the Blue Dolphins as a Robinsonade. "Among all the Newbery winners there are few better books." Also discusses King's Fifth, Black Pearl, and Dark Canoe. Calls O'Dell "a natural heavyweight." A1840 WALD, RHOADA. "Realism in Children's Literature." LA 52 (October 1975):938-41, 949. Describes the nature of realistic writing for children, using Island of the Blue Dolphins as her example. A1841 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 171-81. O'Dell discusses his life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR OLSEN, IB SPANG (1935- ) A1842 JENSEN, VIRGINIA ALLEN. "Ib Spang Olsen." Bookbird 10, no. 2 (1972):5-10. A profile of the Andersen Award-winning Danish author- illustrator. A1843 OLSEN, IB SPANG. "A Meeting with Ib Spang Olsen." In Koefoed, Children's Literature and the Child, pp. 58-61. Discusses issues in creating children's books from his own per spective. "I have been carefully trying to say what children want to hear me to say." #AUTHOR OTIS, JAMES (1848-1912) A1844 JULEUS, NELS. "A Second Look: Toby Tyler: or Ten Weeks with a Circus." Horn Book 57 (February 1981):83-87. Emphasizes the illustrations of various editions of the book. #AUTHOR O'NEAL, ZIBBY [ELIZABETH] (1934- ) A1845 O'NEAL, ZIBBY. "Writing for Adolescents: Pleasures and Problems." ALAN Review 11, no. 2 (Winter 1984):1-2. Discusses why she writes for young adults. OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramee] (1839-1908) A1846 CHANG, CHARITY. "`The Nurnberg Stove' as an Artistic Fairy Tale." Children's Literature 5 (1976):148-56. Provides a detailed critical analysis of this story from Bimbi, a collection of nine of Ouida's stories first published in 1882. #AUTHOR OXENBURY, HELEN (1938- ) A1847 OXENBURY, HELEN. "Drawing for Children." Junior Bookshelf 34, no. 4 (August 1970):199-201. Brief comments upon her working habits and beliefs about chil dren's books. OXENHAM, ELSIE [E.J. Dunkerley] (d. 1960) A1848 CADOGAN, MARY, and CRAIG, PATRICIA. "Camp Fire and Coun try Dance." In You're A Brick, pp. 159-77. Discusses the Camp Fire and Abbey Girls series of Oxenham and others. #AUTHOR PARRISH, ANNE (1888-1957) A1849 DAVIS, LAVINIA R. "Anne Parrish as a Writer of Children's Books." Horn Book 36 (January 1960):62-67. Primarily a personal reminiscence containing some critical insights. A1850 MAHONY, BERTHA E. "The Honey Heart of Earth: In The Books of Anne and Dillwyn Parrish." Horn Book 7 (February 1931):61-67. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 4-7.) Discusses and praises Knee-High to a Grasshopper, Dream Coach, and Floating Island. A1851 MILLER, BERTHA MAHONY. "Anne Parrish's Memorable Nonsense Story." Horn Book 27 (1951):20-22. Highly praises the Story of Appleby Capple with its nonsense and alphabet fun. PATERSON, BANJO [Andrew Barton Paterson] (1864-1941) A1852 ANDERSON, BARBARA POSTON. "Banjo Paterson's Poetry: A Pic ture Book Perspective." Orana 17 (May 1981):53-56. Surveys picture books based on Banjo Paterson's poetry, including "Waltzing Matilda." #AUTHOR PATERSON, KATHERINE (1932- ) A1853 BAGNALL, NORMA. "Terabithia: Bridge to a Better World." LA 56 (April 1979):429-31. Analyzes Paterson's use of language and dialect, especially Jesse's changing speech patterns. A1854 BELL, ANTHEA. "A Case of Commitment." Signal 38 (May 1982):73-81. Examines Paterson's books in terms of her Christian commitment. A1855 GOFORTH, CAROLINE R. "The Role of the Island in Jacob Have I Loved." ChLAQ 9, no. 4 (Winter 1984-85):176-78. Explores the influence of place on character and theme "by examining Rass Island in light of Jung's associations--as refuge, as limitation, and as region of danger." A1856 HEINS, PAUL. Review of Jacob Have I Loved. Horn Book 56 (December 1980):622-23. Calls it "a story that courageously sounds emotional depths." A1857 HUSE, NANCY. "Katherine Paterson's Ultimate Realism." ChLAQ 9, no. 3 (Fall 1984):99-101. Explores Paterson's difficult-to-categorize combination of realism and ethical and religious meaning and power. A1858 JONES, LINDA T. "Profile: Katherine Paterson." LA 58 (February 1981):189-96. In an interview, Paterson answers questions about her life and work. Includes a bibliography of her books. A1859 McGAVRAN, JAMES HOLT, Jr. "Bathrobes and Bibles, Waves and Words in Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved." CLE, n.s. 17, no. 1 (Spring 1986):3-15. Questions the necessity of Paterson's ending with her heroine's acceptance of "quietistic and blatantly antifeminist womanhood." A1860 MICHAELS, WENDY. "Service, Sublimation and Sacrifice in Three Novels by Katherine Paterson." Orana 20 (May 1984):91-92. Questions Paterson's traditional, subservient, sacrificing female role models. A1861 PATERSON, KATHERINE. The Gates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing Books for Children. New York: Elsevier/Nelson, 1981, 127 pp. A collection of Paterson's essays, speeches, and book reviews from the Washington Post Book World. They are revealing of Pater son's attitudes and approach to writing and literature. Significant reviews include those of Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father, Sue Ellen Bridgers's All Together Now, Rosa Guy's The Disappear ance, Jill Paton Walsh's Children of the Fox, and Helen Cresswell's Absolute Zero A1862 -----. "Newbery Award Acceptance." Horn Book 54 (August 1978):361-67. Recounts the origins of Bridge to Terabithia. A biographical sketch by Virginia Buckley follows, pp. 368-71. A1863 -----. "Newbery Medal Acceptance." Horn Book 57 (August 1981):385-93. Tells of the background, origins and writing of Jacob Have I Loved. Biographical sketch by Gene Inyart Namovicz follows, pp. 394-99. A1864 -----. "Where Is Terabithia?" ChLAQ 9, no. 4 (Winter 1984-85):153-57. Reflects on the importance of place in literature and describes the origins of Terabithia. A1865 POWERS, DOUGLAS. "Of Time, and Place, and Person: The Great Gilly Hopkins and Problems of Story for Adopted Children." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 4 (Winter 1984):211-19. Compares Gilly, and Paterson's telling of her story, to real foster children and their stories. A1866 REES, DAVID. "Medals and Awards--Katherine Paterson." In Painted Desert, pp. 89-101. Considers Jacob Have I Loved by far her best book, "in back ground detail, imagery, characterization, [and] above all in the sureness of tone of voice and sheer writing ability." Traces her development as a writer. A1867 SMEDMAN, M. SARAH. "`A Good Oyster': Story and Meaning in Jacob Have I Loved." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 3 (Autumn 1983):180-87. Discusses Paterson's use of biblical motifs to depict Louise Bradshaw's character development. PATTEN, GILBERT [Burt L. Standish] (1866-1945) A1868 CUTLER, JOHN LEVI. Gilbert Patten and his Frank Merriwell Saga: A Study in Sub-Literary Fiction, 1896-1913. Orono, Maine: Univer sity of Maine Studies, 2d ser., no. 31, 1934, 123 pp. The first chapter traces the history of the dime novel in Amer ica, chapters 2-4 are devoted to Patten's biography, and chapter 5, pp. 84-110, concentrates on the Frank Merriwell books. A1869 HOLBROOK, STEWART H. "Frank Merriwell At Yale Again--And Again and Again." American Heritage 12 (June 1961):24-27, 78-81. Provides personal recollections of Patten and an overview and history of the Merriwell series. A1870 LEFFERTS, BARNEY. "The Return of Frank Merriwell." New York Times Magazine, 19 August 1956, pp. 23, 34. Explores reasons for the continuing popularity of the Merriwell stories. #AUTHOR PEAKE, MERVYN (1911-68) A1871 CROUCH, MARCUS. "Mervyn Peake 1911-1968: An Appreciation." Junior Bookshelf 32 (December 1968):346-49. An appreciative evaluation. Crouch believes Peake will be remembered not only for "The Gothic imagination, but also the fun, the uncloying tenderness and the wisdom of a great artist." A1872 PEAKE, MERVYN. "Introduction from The Drawings of Mervyn Peake." Signal 1 (January 1970):16-19. Expresses his personal views of creation, style, and the nature of criticism. #AUTHOR PEARCE, PHILIPPA (1920- ) A1873 BILLMAN, CAROL. "Young and Old Alike: The Place of Old Women in Two Recent Novels for Children." ChLAQ 8, no. 1 (Spring 1983):6-8, 31. Examines Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler in E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Mrs. Harriet Bartholomew in Philippa Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden as "notew orthy extension of the fictional convention of the elderly storyteller used by a number of nineteenth-century writers for children." A1874 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "Letter from England: Reaching through a Window." Horn Book 57 (April 1981):229-33. Sees Battle of Bubble and Squeak as "primarily about living together." A close analysis. A1875 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 198-200. Analyzes Pearce's books in terms of the theme of self-discovery. A1876 EVANS, DAVID. "The Making of The Children of the House." In Hunt, Further Approaches, pp. 51-60. Compares the original Brian Fairfax-Lucy manuscript upon which Pearce based the book, and Pearce's version. A1877 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 257-67. Concentrates on Tom's Midnight Garden, which he sees as a clas sic, and Children of the House. Compares Pearce's experiments with time to William Mayne's. He feels "there is fudging at the very heart" of Tom's Midnight Garden in the handling of time. Asks how was it that Hatty knew Tom when she was a girl and left him her skates? Feels Children of the House expresses the solidarity of children with each other against the world. A1878 JACKSON, BRIAN. "Philippa Pearce in the Golden Age of Children's Literature." Use of English 21 (Spring 1970):195-203, 207. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 314-24, and in Butts, Good Writers, pp. 94-103.) Analyzes Pearce's themes, style, and technique and places her work in the context of the new Golden Age of children's literature. A1879 PEARCE, PHILIPPA. "Writing a Book." Horn Book 43 (June 1967):317-22. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 182-87, and in Blishen, Thorny Paradise, pp. 140-45.) Describes how A Dog So Small grew on its own, and how she shaped it. A1880 PHILIP, NEIL. "Tom's Midnight Garden and the Vision of Eden." Sig nal 37 (January 1982):21-25. Examines the themes of Eden, innocence, and time in Tom's Midnight Garden. "The mystery at the heart of the text is that the relationship between Hattie and Tom is the same as that between author and reader." A1881 REES, DAVID. "Achieving One's Heart's Desires." In Marble in the Water, pp. 36-55. (Also in CLE, o.s., no. 4 [March 1971]:40-53, entitled "The Novels of Philippa Pearce.") Discusses Tom's Midnight Garden, which he admits is "the best of a certain kind of children's book," and Children of the House, which he sees as "a deliberate corrective to the view of the past suggested in Tom's Midnight Garden." Also discusses Minnow on the Say (U.S. version, Minnow Leads to Treasure) and A Dog So Small. A1882 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 163-71. Calls Tom's Midnight Garden the best children's book in twenty- five years. Also discusses Minnow on the Say, Dog So Small, and Children of the House. Praises Pearce's "profundity of thought and feeling" and her "joy that is just this side of sadness." A1883 WOLF, VIRGINIA L. "Belief in Tom's Midnight Garden." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 9 (1982):142-46. Explores the contribution of the novel's narrative technique to its credibility. The protagonist's point of view, the plot structure, and an evocative style assure the readers' participation in mysteries that are never explained. #AUTHOR PEASE, HOWARD (1894-1974) A1884 JENNINGS, SHIRLEY MAY. "A Study of the Creative Genesis of the Twenty-Two Published Children's Novels by Howard Pease." Ed.D. dissertation, University of the Pacific, 1969, 437 pp., DA 30:1528A. Analyzes the extent to which Pease's past experiences were incor porated into his novels and the extent to which he was influenced by external forces. A1885 JENNINGS, Mrs. SHIRLEY, and CHAMBERS, DEWEY. "The Real Tod Moran." EE 46 (April 1969):488-91. (Reprinted in White, Children's Literature, pp. 19-25.) Argues that Moran, hero of sixteen of Pease's books, is not only representative of the American junior literary hero, but is also very much a part of the life and personality of his creator. #AUTHOR PECK, RICHARD (1934- ) A1886 BLACKBURN, WILLIAM. "The Quest for Values in Contemporary Adolescent Fiction." ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Ser vice, 1982, 14 pp., ED 219 802. Compares Richard Peck's Are You in the House Alone? with J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and concludes that Barrie handles "the same tensions of maturity in more subtle and complex ways." A1887 HENKE, JAMES T. "The Death of the Mother: The Rebirth of the Son: Millie's Boy [by Robert Newton Peck] and Father Figure [by Richard Peck]." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 1 (Spring 1983):21-34. Points out that these apparently dissimilar works both treat the theme of the passage from adolescence to adulthood in an unusual way: by using the death of the mother to occasion the rebirth of the son. A1888 PECK, RICHARD. "Rape and the Teenage Victim." TON 34 (Winter 1978):173-77. Discusses reactions of the public to his book Are You in the House Alone?, in which a high-school junior is raped by one of her classmates. Peck also considers the decisions that were made in the process of writing. #AUTHOR PECK, ROBERT NEWTON (1928- ) A1889 DONELSON, KENNETH. Literature for Today's Young Adults, p. 294. Analyzes Papa in A Day No Pigs Would Die as a "quiet hero." A1890 HARTVIGSEN, M. KIP, and HARTVIGSEN, CHRISTEN BROG. "Haven Peck's Legacy in A Day No Pigs Would Die." English Jour nal 74 (April 1985):41-45. Analyzes the book's structure and theme, pointing out the "careful framing of incidents underscoring the cycle of life." A1891 HIPPS, G. MELVIN. "Male Initiation Rites in A Day No Pigs Would Die." Arizona English Bulletin 18, no. 3 (April 1976):161-63. Explores the ways in which Rob is initiated into manhood by "doing what's got to be done." #AUTHOR PEET, BILL (1915- ) A1892 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 209-10. Sees Peet as the most humane of cartoonists. #AUTHOR PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628-1703) A1893 HUBERT, RENEE RIESE. "Mother Goose in Rags and Riches." Journal of Popular Culture 5 (Summer 1971):148-61. Traces various illustrated versions of Perrault's tales by Seve, Chasselat, Staal, Grandville, and Dore to demonstrate the "incredible range of figurative interpretations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." A1894 LARUCCIA, VICTOR ANTHONY. "Progress, Perrault and Fairy Tales: Ideology and Semantics." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, San Diego, 1975, 208 pp., DA 36:3655A. Sees the relation of text to behavior "through the notion of double-bind," and applies "this notion to a reading of Perrault's "Little Red Riding Hood," where a paradox in the text, found through a structural analysis of the text, is put into the double context of the relation of tale to moral, and tale to illustration." #AUTHOR PETERSHAM, MAUD (1889-1971), and PETERSHAM, MISKA (1888-1960) A1895 BADER, BARBARA. "Maud and Miska Petersham." In American Pic turebooks, pp. 38-42. A brief overview of the Petershams' career and an analysis of their work. #AUTHOR PETERSON, LEN (1917- ) A1896 GHAN, LINDA. "Interview with Len Peterson." CCL 14 (1979):24-40. The Canadian playwright discusses his work including Almighty Voice, a children's play, and ideas about children's theater. PEYTON, KATHLEEN [Kathleen Heald; K.M. Peyton] (1929- ) A1897 BUTTS, DENNIS. "Writers for Children: K.M. Peyton." Use of English 23 (Spring 1972):195-202. (Reprinted in Butts, Good Writers, pp. 104-10, with an updating postscript, pp. 111-12.) Pays special attention to the Flambards trilogy, to Peyton's ability to provide "a serious and sustained view of both adolescence and historical movement." A1898 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 152-53, 177-79. Discusses Fly-By-Night on pages 152-53, calling it one of the best pony stories, and Flambards on pages 177-79, in the context of the family saga. Sees the latter as coming "perilously near" to popular romance, but saved by the author's "historical integrity." Also discusses Peyton in his chapter "School Stories." A1899 -----. "Streets Ahead In Experience." Junior Bookshelf 33 (June 1969):153-59. A brief critical overview that traces Peyton's developing skill and artistry. A1900 HIBBERD, DOMINIC. "The Flambards Trilogy: Objections to a Win ner." CLE, o.s., no. 8 (July 1972):5-15. (Reprinted in Fox, Writers, Critics and Children, pp. 125-37.) Attacks Peyton's plot, style, characterization, and themes. The books are enjoyable "interesting, readable, and decent," but not worthy of the praises heaped upon them. A reply from Colin Ray (see below) is also reprinted in Fox. A1901 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 221-24. Praises the Flambards trilogy's plot and style, yet feels that in terms of interpreting the past its "scheme can seem at times ingenu ous, at times even offensive." A1902 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 127-36. In an interview Kathleen Peyton discusses her background, phi losophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of her works. A1903 LOOKER, ANN. "Children's Writers: 1. K.M. Peyton." School Librar ian 25 (Summer 1977):223-28. A critical overview and introduction to Peyton's work, stressing her social and moral awareness, and her sensitivity and compassion. A1904 PEYTON, K.M. "On Not Writing a Proper Book." In Blishen Thorny Paradise, pp. 123-27. Peyton comments on her approach to writing. A1905 RAY, COLIN. "The Edge of the Cloud--A Reply to Dominic Hib berd." CLE, o.s., no. 9 (November 1972):5-6. Argues that "literary quality" is only one aspect to be considered in granting the Carnegie Medal: that "Its potential impact on the young reader, its ideas, its chance of being read, its individual aspects which make it stand out from all the rest are all relevant." For further comment see Nigel Hand's article "Criticism and the Children's Fiction Industry" (CLE, o.s., no. 12 [September 1973]:3-9.) A1906 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. "A Second Look: A Pattern of Roses." Horn Book 60 (June 1984):361-64. "The slender thread of fantasy is vital to the book and a source of much of its strength." Analyzes the book in terms of inner and outer story, calling it her best so far. A1907 -----. Sense of Story, pp. 172-81. Calls Flambards complete and rounded out and praises Peyton's "splendid heroines." A1908 -----. A Sounding, pp. 166-78. Revises and updates the essay published in Sense of Story. Discusses the Pennington and Ruth books. "She has extended her territory book by book. . . . And there is one vital moment that occurs sooner or later in the best of her novels and accounts for much of their depth and strengh: the moment of rejoicing at simply being here, to love and suffer and take what comes." A1909 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 263-76. Peyton discusses her life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR PHIPSON, JOAN (1912- ) A1910 McVITTY, WALTER. "Joan Phipson: Archetypal Australian Children's Books." In Innocence and Experience, pp. 37-65. Sees Phipson's work as epitomizing the growth and development of Australian children's literature from the 1950s through the 1970s, from "innocence" to "experience." Includes a brief biography of Phipson and a bibliography of her books. #AUTHOR PICARD, BARBARA LEONIE (1917- ) A1911 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 74-75. Considers Ransom for a Knight a "tour-de-force," admires her masterly portrait of Alys, and feels the book has worn well. A1912 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 137-45. In an interview, Barbara Picard discusses her background, philos ophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of her works. PIPER, WATTY [Mabel Caroline Bragg] (1870-1945) A1913 LINGEMAN, RICHARD. "The Little Engine That Could." NYTBR, 2 May 1976, Children's Book sec., p.49. Comments on the fiftieth anniversary of The Little Engine That Could. Finds it "more attuned to the folklore of childhood than the folklore of capitalism." A1914 ORD, PRISCILLA. "Watty Piper." In Cech, Dictionary of Literary Biography, pp. 276-81. Reveals that Watty Piper is a house name, and explores the long standing popularity of The Little Engine that Could. #AUTHOR PINCUS, HARRIET (1938- ) A1915 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 559-63. Discusses Pincus's illustrations for Sandburg's The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was In It and for Lore Segal's Tell Me a Mitzi. #AUTHOR POLITI, LEO (1908- ) A1916 LIVSEY, ROSEMARY. "Leo Politi, Friend of All." Horn Book 25 (March 1949):97-108. Primarily biographical, with some critical insights. A1917 POLITI, LEO. "Acceptance of the Caldecott Medal." Horn Book 26 (1950):269-71. Traces the backgrounds of his books and tells how he composes them. A brief biocritical portrait by Gladys English follows, pp. 272-75. A1918 TEMPLIN, ELAINE. "Leo Politi: Children's Historian." EE 33 (Octo ber 1956):323-31. Praises Politi's combining of old and new in his stories of early California history. Traces the development of his career. #AUTHOR POPE, ELIZABETH MARIE (1917- ) A1919 HEINS, ETHEL. "A Second Look: The Sherwood Ring." Horn Book 51 (December 1975):613. Praises Pope's imaginative linking of fantasy and history. #AUTHOR PORTER, GENE STRATTON (1863-1924) A1920 HAMBLEN, ABIGAIL ANN. "Laddie: Journal of an Indiana Thoreau." Journal of Popular Culture 4 (Summer 1970):85-89. Links Stratton-Porter's portrayals of nature with Henry David Thoreau's. A1921 IFKOVIC, EDWARD. "The Garden of the Lord: Gene Stratton-Porter and the Death of Evil in Eden." Journal of Popular Culture 8 (Spring 1975):757-66. Analyzes the ideal, escapist, Eden-like image of American life centered in the home and nature as presented by Stratton-Porter in Girl of the Limberlost, The Harvester, and Laddie. A1922 RICHARDS, BERTRAND F. Gene Stratton Porter. Boston: Twayne, 1980, 165 pp. Attempts to understand why Porter's books have such a broad appeal. Discusses both her fiction and her nature books, and predicts that eventually Porter "will be elevated to a secure place amoung the minor American authors." Includes an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. #AUTHOR POSTMA, LIDIA (1952- ) A1923 THIEL-SCHOONEBEEK, JOKE. "Lidia Postma--Fantasy is Atmo sphere." Bookbird 1 (1980):62-64. Discusses the balance between text and illustration. #AUTHOR POTTER, BEATRIX (1866-1943) A1924 ALDERSON, BRIAN. "The Tailor of Gloucester." Children's Book News 4, no. 6 (November-December 1969):309-12. Provides extensive comments on the publication of a facsimile of The Tailor of Gloucester and a trade version of the same book. A1925 ANDERSON, CELIA CATLETT. "The Ancient Lineage of Beatrix Pot ter's Mr. Tod." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 7 (1980):84-90. (Reprinted in Nodelman and May, Festschrift, pp. 45-47.) Traces the origins of Mr. Tod in traditional literature, ranging from Aesop to La Fontaine to Uncle Remus, and analyzes the ways in which Potter has adapted these traditions in Jemima Puddleduck and Mr. Tod. See also Linnea Hendrickson's comments, "Literary Criticism as a Source of Teaching Ideas," in ChLAQ 9, no 4 (Winter 1984-85):202. A1926 Beatrix Potter Society. Founded in 1980. It publishes a regular News letter. A1927 CAMPBELL, A.K.D. "The Stories of Beatrix Potter: A Suggested Order for Reading." CLE, o.s., no. 5 (July 1971):12-19. Classifies Potter's tales into three groups: suspense stories, comedies, and chronicles; and into age groups: for absolute beginners, for those with some experience, and for accomplished readers. Includes annotations on each tale. A1928 CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. "Beatrix Potter: The Ironist in Arcadia." In Secret Gardens, pp. 138-50. Argues that "when her books are looked at in the light of [her] journal they emerge as a linked, coherent body of writing, in which specific themes are developed and examined." Also suggests her "themes are close to the preoccupations" of other writers of her time, singling out especially escape to "Arcadia." A1929 Children's Literature Association Newsletter 2, no. 4 (Winter 1978):16pp. Special issue. Includes a review of The Art of Beatrix Potter, an annotated bibliography of Potter criticism, and a history of her writings. A1930 COTT, JONATHAN. "Peter Rabbit and Friends." NYTBR, 1 May 1977, Children's Book sec., pp. 25, 38. Reflects upon Potter's verbal precision and her use of drama and irony. Interspersed with the article are quotations from a number of famous writers on what Potter has meant to them. A1931 CROUCH, MARCUS. Beatrix Potter. London: Bodley Head, 1960, 62 pp. Surveys briefly Potter's life, the publishing history of her books, and their critical reception, pointing out numerous previous studies. A1932 GILPATRICK, NAOMI. "The Secret Life of Beatrix Potter." Natural History 81 (October 1972):38. Reproduces some of Potter's scientific drawings and tells how, after her rejection by the male scientific establishment, she turned to creating books for children. A1933 GODDEN, RUMER. "Beatrix Potter." Horn Book 42 (August 1966):390-98. An appreciative reflection on Potter's art and originality, and on her ability to endure and be loved by children. A1934 -----. "An Imaginary Correspondence." Horn Book 39 (August 1963):369-75. (Reprinted in Haviland, Children and Literature, pp. 133-39, and in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 62-69.) An imaginary correspondence between Potter and a Mr. V. Andal of De Base Publishing Company who wishes to publish a revised edi tion of her books for beginning readers. A1935 -----. The Tale of the Tales: The Beatrix Potter Ballet. London: Frederick Warne, 1971, 208 pp. A richly illustrated book outlining the making of the ballet and film The Tales of Beatrix Potter. A1936 GRAHAM, ELEANOR. "Beatrix Potter." Junior Bookshelf 3 (1939):171-75. Praises Potter's "sure contact" with the child, her warmhearted, even-tempered mothers, and her realism about the crueler aspects of life. A1937 GREENE, GRAHAM. "Beatrix Potter." In The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. New York: Viking Press, 1952. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 291-98, 2d ed., pp. 258-65.) A close analysis of Potter's style and development as a writer. Potter later attacked Greene's view that a tragedy at some point in her life had deepened her writing and "deprecated sharply `the Freu dian school' of criticism." A1938 HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK. "A Second Look: Peter Rabbit Redux." Horn Book 52 (October 1977):563-66. Comments on Potter's style and grasp of detail and the relation ship between picture and text. A1939 HODGES, MARGARET. "A Second Look: The Tailor of Gloucester." Horn Book 54 (December 1978):659-64. Background on creation and development of the tale that Potter considered her best work. A1940 HOUGH, RICHARD. "The Tailors of Gloucester." Signal 42 (Septem ber 1983):150-54. A comparison of three texts of The Tailor of Gloucester, the original holograph, the privately printed edition, and the trade edition, revealing the superiority of the lengthier privately printed edition. A1941 HURWITZ, JOHANNA. "Will the Real Peter Rabbit Please Stand Up?" Library Journal 94 (15 April 1969):1687-88. Compares the original Peter Rabbit with six mass-market imita tions. A1942 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 109-11. "The imagery of Beatrix Potter's world balances a colonized, accomplished horticulture and agriculture, and the stable but mysteri ous Nature which lies untamed beyond the garden wall. Everybody's daydream of a perfect holiday for children occurs in such a scene." Places Potter in the "great tradition" with Lewis Carrol, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Edith Nesbit, and Kenneth Grahame. A1943 Junior Bookshelf 30, no. 4 (August 1966). Special Issue. Contains two articles on Potter: Marcus Crouch's "A Long Apprenticeship," pp. 227-31, and Janice Dohm's "My Beatrix Potter," pp. 233-40, both of which reflect on the insights her jour nals provide. A1944 LANE, MARGARET. "The Art of Beatrix Potter." New Statesman and Nation, 8 January 1944, pp. 23-24. Calls Potter the great artist of the nursery, distinguished by her creative imagination. "She made and peopled a world, and brought it perfectly to life--which is what Dickens and Trollope did, on a different scale." A1945 -----. The Magic Years of Beatrix Potter. London: Frederick Warne, 1978, 216 pp. Lane here relies on Potter's drawings, paintings, books, journals, and "scattered fragments" to piece together a path of "happy self- discovery" of Potter's life and work. Includes many reproductions of Potter's art and manuscripts, and offers some critical analysis as well as many insights into the origins of the tales and their animal characters. A1946 -----. The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography. London: Frederick Warne, 1968, 173 pp. A revised version of the biography originally published in 1946. Provides good coverage of Potter's life and her development as an artist and writer. A1947 LINDNER, LESLIE. "The Beatrix Potter Centenary Exhibition, 1866-1966." TON 22 (June 1966):367-75. Describes the exhibition held at the National Book League in London in 1966, including details about many of the paintings, draw ings, and manuscripts displayed. A1948 LINDNER, LESLIE, and LINDNER, ENID. The Art of Beatrix Potter. London: Frederick Warne, 1955, 406 pp. This richly illustrated survey of Potter's art is divided into two parts, the first concentrating on her work as an artist, the second on her art in relation to her books. The second part includes reproduc tions of illustrations, sketches, and original drawings, published and unpublished, divided into the following categories: imagined happen ings in the animal world; early ideas for illustrated books; her books--preliminary sketches and finished work; miscellany; and a section of photographs of Hill Top and Sawry associated with Potter and her work. All of the illustrations are commented on by the Lindners. There is also an introductory appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore and an appendix listing various editions and translations of her books. A1949 MacDONALD, RUTH K. "Why This is Still 1893: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Beatrix Potter's Manipulations of Timelessness." ChLAQ 10, no. 4 (Winter 1986):185-87. Examines how Potter's revisions of Peter Rabbit "slow the narra tive down and contribute to a greater sense of locating the narrative in a flow of time," and "how the changes contribute to the longevity of Peter's popularity." A1950 MESSER, PERSIS B. "Beatrix Potter: Classic Novelist of the Nursery: A Bibliographic Essay." EE 45 (March 1968):325-33. Summarizes years of critical response to Potter's works and con cludes that "They are indeed classic novels in miniature." Includes extensive references. A1951 MILLER, BERTHA MAHONY. "Beatrix Potter and Her Nursery Clas sics." Horn Book 17 (May 1941):230-38. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 228-33.) Discusses the exactness of Potter's illustrations, relating them to their setting and children's responses. Also discusses The Fairy Caravan. A1952 NAUMANN, NANCY. "Beatrix Potter: Childhood Magic for Now and September." Learning 11, no. 1 (August 1982):32-34. A refreshing appraisal by a teacher newly discovering Potter. A1953 POTTER, BEATRIX. The History of the Tale of Peter Rabbit. Lon don: Frederick Warne, 1977, 63 pp. Includes a facsimile of Potter's first version of the tale in her letter to Noel Moore, and recounts the publishing history of the book. Includes reprints of correspondence between Potter and Fred erick Warne & Co., a reproduction of Potter's private printed edition, and postscript comments. A1954 -----. "`Roots' of the Peter Rabbit Tales." Horn Book 5 (May 1929):69-72. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 188-91.) Tells of early influences and how she came to write the Peter Rabbit stories. A1955 -----. "The Strength that Comes from the Hills." Horn Book 20 (March-April 1944):77. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 28-29.) Briefly tells about the origins of Peter Rabbit, Mr. McGregor, Squirrel Nutkin, and others. A1956 QUINBY, JANE. Beatrix Potter: A Bibliographical Check List. Lon don: Charles J. Sawyer, 1954, 121 pp. A descriptive bibliography of Potter's books. A1957 RAHN, SUZANNE. "Tailpiece: Tale of Two Bad Mice." Children's Literature 12 (1984):78-91. Suggests an interpretation of the tale based on political events of the time, Potter's known political convictions, and significant events in her private life during the time the tale was written. A1958 RICHARDSON, PATRICK. "Miss Potter and the Little Rubbish." New Society, 7 July 1966. (Reprinted in Tucker, Suitable for Children?, pp. 173-78.) Admits that the Potter books succeed as children's books, but dismisses "higher claims . . . for them as literature," such as those made by Grahame Green. A1959 SALE, ROGER. "Beatrix Potter." In Fairy Tales, pp. 82-83, 126-63. A detailed and admiring analysis of Potter's works. Peter Rabbit is discussed on pages 82-83, 139-41, Roly-Poly Pudding, pp. 150-52, Jemima Puddleduck, pp. 152-55, and Mr. Tod, "her last great book," pp. 155-63. A1960 SENDAK, MAURICE. "The Aliveness of Peter Rabbit." WLB 40 (December 1965):345-48. A spirited defense of Peter Rabbit, which, Sendak claims, "in its perfect tinyness transcends all arbitrary categories." Its vivid sense of life "is achieved through an imaginative synthesis of factual and fantastical components." Sendak analyzes several details in support of his thesis. A1961 SICROFF, SETH. "Prickles under the Frock." Children's Literature 2 (1973):105-9. A detailed analysis of Potter's prose style, her understated humor and word games, aphoristic sentence structure, and the ways in which her prose and pictures work together to "maintain a consistent literary world which exists between reality and fantasy, denying neither." A1962 STEVENS, ELIZABETH H. "A Visit to Mrs. Tiggywinkle." Horn Book 34 (April 1958):131-36. This first-person account of a visit to Potter perfectly captures her background and personality. One will never view Mrs. Tiggy winkle in quite the same way after reading this account. A1963 "The Tailor of Gloucester." TLS, 8 January 1944, p. 15. Explores key elements in Potter's success, noting especially the unself-consciousness of her books, their "plain honesty," and the fact that "they have a story to tell." A1964 TUCKER, NICHOLAS. The Child and the Book, pp. 57-66. Discusses Potter's attention to style, the genesis of her stories in her contacts with children, her basic plot of pursuit and prey, and her realistic treatment of animals and the harsher realities of life. A1965 YOSHIDA, SHIN-ICHI. "The World of Beatrix Potter As Seen Through the Eyes of a Japanese Visitor." International Library Review 5 (April 1973):225-28. Contends that "we cannot separate the climate and the scenery from the very essence of her books." Sees in them an appeal "to return to nature strongly but quietly." Describes Potter's settings as seen in her books and as they appear today. #AUTHOR PREUSSLER, OTFRIED (1923- ) A1966 PREUSSLER, OTFRIED. "My Partner and I." Bookbird 10, no. 4 (1972):22-23. Biographical note and bibliography, pp. 24-27. Andersen Award winner tells how he writes with his partner, "the little boy I once was myself." #AUTHOR PROVENSEN, ALICE (1918- ), and PROVENSEN, MARTIN (1916- ) A1967 "The Provensens: Book Artists for Children." Publishers Weekly 186 (13 July 1964):111-12. A brief account of the Provensen's background and techniques they have employed. #AUTHOR "PUSS'N BOOTS" A1968 ARBUTHNOT, MAY HILL. "Puss, the Perraults and a Lost Manu script." EE 46 (October 1969):715-21. In Arbuthnot's words, "A light-hearted tribute to one of my favorite fairy tales, its author or authors and to that charming long-lost manuscript of five of the Perrault Fairy Tales. . . ." PYLE, HOWARD (1853-1911 A1969 ABBOTT, CHARLES D. Howard Pyle: A Chronicle. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925, 249 pp. A basic source of information on Pyle. Includes chapters on his fairy tales and stories of the Middle Ages. A1970 MAY, JILL P., ed. "Howard Pyle Commemorative." ChLAQ 8, no. 2 (Summer 1983):9-34 Contents: "Introduction," by Jill P. May; "Howard Pyle's Manu scripts: The Delaware Art Museum," by Rowland Elzea; "Pyle's Robin Hood: Still Merry After All These Years," by John Cech; Howard Pyle's Book Illustrations for Children," by Patricia Dooley; "Pyle's Fairy Tales: Folklore Remade," by Jill P. May; "Pyle's Sweet, Thin, Clear Tune: The Garden Behind the Moon", by Perry Nodel man; "A Milestone of Historical Fiction for Children: Otto of the Silver Hand," by Malcolm Usrey; "The Purposiveness of Evil: A Note on Otto of the Silver Hand," by Jon Stott; "Winsome Period Pieces: The Poetry of Howard Pyle," by Alethea Helbig; and "The Man with the Golden Touch: The Pyle of the Biographers," by Sarah Smedman. A1971 NESBITT, ELIZABETH. Howard Pyle. New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1966, 72 pp. Includes a biographical sketch and discussion of his work as illustrator and writer. Includes a bibliography of his writings and illustrations and lists secondary sources. A1972 PITZ, HENRY C. Howard Pyle: Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1975, 248 pp. Chapter 6 concentrates on Pyle's children's books. Includes pri mary and secondary bibliographies, and numerous illustrations. #AUTHOR RACKHAM, ARTHUR (1867-1939) A1973 CROUCH, MARCUS S. "Arthur Rackham, 1867-1939." Junior Book shelf 31 (October 1967):297-302. Reflects upon Rackham's steady appeal and popularity. A1974 GETTINGS, FRED. Arthur Rackham. London: Studio Vista; New York: Macmillan, 1975, 192 pp. A critical and technical examination of Rackham's art. Includes discussions of early artistic influences, matters of technique and style, and comments on Rackham's imagination and some of his best illus trations. A1975 KAMENETSKY, CHRISTA. "Arthur Rackham and the Romantic Tra dition: The Question of Polarity and Ambiguity." Children's Litera ture 6 (1977):115-29. Explores Rackham's relationship to European romanticism and its influence on his subject choices and the ambiguities of his style. A1976 LANES, SELMA. "Rackham and Sendak: Childhood through Opposite Ends of the Telescope." In Down The Rabbit Hole, pp. 67-78. Contrasts the approaches of Rackham and Sendak to illustration. A1977 LARKIN, DAVID. Arthur Rackham 1867-1939. London: Pan Books, 1975, 9 pp. (40 leaves of plates). Examines Rackham as artist and illustrator. A1978 LAWSON, ROBERT. "The Genius of Arthur Rackham." Horn Book 16 (May 1940):147-54. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 55-59.) Praise for Rackham, written at the time of his death. A1979 McWHORTER, GEORGE. "Arthur Rackham: The Search Goes On." Horn Book 48 (February 1972):82-87. Increasing interest in collecting Rackham's work spurred this brief appreciation of his talent. A1980 MACY, GEORGE. "Arthur Rackham and The Wind in the Willows." Horn Book 16 (May 1940):153-58. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 50-54.) Tells the story of how Rackham finally got to illustrate Wind in the Willows. #AUTHOR RAND, PAUL (1914- ) A1981 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 338-42. Traces Rand's contributions to the art of the picture book. #AUTHOR RANSOME, ARTHUR (1884-1967) A1982 "Arthur Ransome: Charting the Course." TLS, 28 November 1963. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 310-15.) Praises Ransome's ability to hold interest through his narrative skill and his ability to depict characters, technicalities, settings, and reality. A1983 BROGAN, HUGH. The Life of Arthur Ransome. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984, 456 pp. Primarily biographical in emphasis, with some background on the writing of Swallows and Amazons and Ransome's other children's books. A1984 HUNT, PETER. "Ransome Revisited: A Structural and Developmental Approach." CLE, n.s. 12, no. 1 (Spring 1981):24-33. Argues that "critics and reviewers have been right about Ransome for the wrong reasons . . . he is a classic example of a `good' writer for children." Explores why this is so. A1985 INGLIS, FRED. "Class and Classic--The Greatness of Arthur Ransome." In Promise of Happiness, pp. 124-45. Chooses Ransome as an example of how "a gifted novelist, though starting inevitably from his or her class, criticizes the narrow limits of its horizon by showing in the creation of a narrative what it would be like truly to live up to the terms of its best values." Provides detailed analysis of We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, pp. 136-45. A1986 Junior Bookshelf 28, no. 1 (January 1964). Special issue devoted to Arthur Ransome. Includes "A Little Lower than the Angels: A Tribute to Arthur Ransome," by G. Bott; "`Those Ransome Kids': A Canadian View," by C. Duff Stewart; "Arthur Ransome--A Birthday Appreciation," by D. Lomas; "Arthur Ransome and a Treasure Chest for the Whole World," by R. Bam berger; and "Dr. Ransome in Sweden," by L.C. Persson. A1987 PEARSON, KIT. "A Second Look: Swallows and Amazons." Horn Book 59 (October 1983):601-5. Considers the theme of freedom and independence, and sees Titty as the real heroine or heart of the book. Analyzes its continuing appeal. A1988 READE, JUDY. "What Fun! What Fun! Characteristics of the Holiday Adventure Story!" School Librarian 32 (March 1984):5-12. Discusses the holiday adventure story as written by Arthur Ran some and William Mayne and compares them to lesser imitators. A1989 SHELLEY, HUGH. Arthur Ransome. New York: Walck, 1964, 72 pp. Provides an in-depth evaluation of Ransome's twelve children's books, which "are really twelve volumes of one major work." A1990 SMITH, LILLIAN. Unreluctant Years, pp. 138-41. Praises the well-constructed plot of Great Northern and analyzes "three distinct styles of writing": detailed description, dialogue, and creation of atmosphere. A1991 WOODROW, W.A. "Ransome in Retrospect." Junior Bookshelf 43 (June 1979):149-51. Discusses the defects critics have pointed out in Ransome's work and argues that they have their virtues. #AUTHOR "Rapunzel" A1992 CRAGO, HUGH, and CRAGO, MAUREEN. "The Untrained Eye? A Preschool Child Explores Felix Hoffman's Rapunzel." CLE, o.s., no. 22 (Autumn 1976):135-51. A detailed account of a preschool child's responses to repeated readings of the book. Concludes that "child and adult may not be as far apart in literary response as we have sometimes thought." #AUTHOR RASKIN, ELLEN (1928-84) A1993 BACH, ALICE. "Ellen Raskin: Some Clues about Her Life." Horn Book 61 (March 1985):162-67. Relates some elements in Raskin's life to her work. A1994 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 538-39. Briefly discusses the distinguishing characteristics of Raskin's picture books. A1995 HIEATT, CONSTANCE B. "The Mystery of Figgs and Phantoms." Children's Literature 13 (1983):128-38. Argues that Figgs and Phantoms, although it has received less praise and attention than The Westing Game, is "a work of consider ably greater depth and resonance." #AUTHOR RASMUSSEN, HALFDAN (1915- ) A1996 WANIEK, MARILYN NELSON, and ESPELAND, PAMELA LEE. "The Poetry of Halfdan Rasmussen." Children's Literature 10 (1982):77-82. A brief examination of Rasmussen's nonsense verses, with some translations for English-speaking children. #AUTHOR RAWLINGS, MARJORIE KINNAN (1896-1953) A1997 BELLMAN, SAMUEL I. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. New York: Twayne, 1974, 164 pp. Chapter 4 of this study concentrates on The Yearling. Sees Rawlings's portrayal of Jody as the key to the book's strong hold on the reader. "Because the author is so attached to him emotionally he is virtually an animus figure in the Jungian sense: a projection of the masculine configuration of a woman's interior personality." Includes bibliographies and indexes. A1998 -----. "Marjorie K. Rawlings' Existentialist Nightmare, The Yearling." Costerus 9 (1973):9-18. "Far from being a negligible `boy's book' as tradition holds, The Yearling is an existentialist nightmare. Embodying many of Mrs. Rawlings' experiences idealized in recollection, various of her attitudes and miseries, and her stoic Platonism, the story tells more than we can possibly take in--on a first reading. . . ." A1999 -----. "Writing Literature for Young People: Marjorie Kinnan Raw lings' `Secret River' of the Imagination." Costerus 9 (1973):19-27. Examines the way in which Rawlings worked to build a story. A2000 CECH, JOHN. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's The Secret River: A Fairy Tale, A Place, A Life." Southern Studies 19 (1977):29-38. Provides a detailed analysis of this neglected story, finding in it keys to Rawlings's personality and art. A2001 GALBRAITH, LACHLAN N. "`Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Secret River." EE 52 (April 1975):455-59. Analyzes this portrayal of an "innocent child in a world not yet corrupted by man" in hope that teachers will see in it an alternative to "relevance" and contemporary realism. A2002 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 148-52. Examines the themes of loss and death in The Yearling. A2003 McDONNELL, CHRISTINE. "A Second Look: The Yearling." Horn Book 53 (June 1977):344-45. Surprised to discover, as an adult, "a view so strong, bleak, but reassuring" in a book that has deeply affected so many children. A2004 SAFFY, EDNA L. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Yearling: A Study in the Rhetorical Effectiveness of the Novel." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, 1976, 177 pp., DA 37:3985A. Compares Rawlings's theory of composition "as evinced by her personal papers, lecture notes, scrap books, newspaper articles, and correspondence" with the results achieved in The Yearling. A2005 YORK, LAMAR. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Rivers." Southern Lit erary Journal 9 (Spring 1977):91-107. Explores Rawlings's use of the river to establish sense of place and as an instrument of rite of passage in The Yearling and her other books. #AUTHOR REANEY, JAMES (1926- ) A2006 CAMERON, RON. "Quintessential Reaney: Myth, Magic, and Local Color." CCL 8-9 (1977):98-104. A description and analysis of the four one-act plays in this Canadian writer's Apple Butter and Other Plays for Children. #AUTHOR REED, TALBOT BAINES (1852-93) A2007 BLISHEN, EDWARD. "The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's: A Reread ing." CLE, n.s. 12, no. 2 (Summer 1981):103-12. A reassessment of The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's, a classic school story that influenced the genre. A2008 PAXFORD, SANDRA. "The Happiest Days of Your Life." Junior Bookshelf 35, no. 3 (June 1971):153-56. Considers the characters "brilliantly drawn," the moral standards high, and the dialogue full of "genuine humour." #AUTHOR REES, DAVID (1936 - ) A2009 REES, DAVID. "On Katherine Paterson, Alexander Pope, Myself, and Some Others." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 3 (Autumn 1983):160-70. Uses Katherine Paterson's Gates of Excellence as a springboard for discussing his own sense of direction as a writer of children's books. #AUTHOR REEVES, JAMES (1909- ) A2010 BUTTS, DENNIS. "James Reeves: The Truthful Poet." Junior Book shelf 30 (December 1966):358-63. A brief critical overview of Reeves's poetry for children. Com pares him with Robert Louis Stevenson. A2011 ROBBINS, SIDNEY. "Interpreting in Sharing--James Reeves: The Cold Flame." CLE, o.s., no. 2 (July 1970):7-14. A close analysis of the themes of love and lust that intermingle in The Cold Flame, an adaptation of the Grimm tale "The Blue Flame". #AUTHOR REISS, JOHANNA (1932- ) A2012 POOLE, MARY F. "The Upstairs Room: Room for Controversy?" Library Journal 98 (15 December 1974):3725-26 and SLJ 20 (Decem ber 1974):67-68. Objects to the award-winning book's "objectionable language." Numerous letters in response to Poole's position, pro and con, appear in the 15 September issue. #AUTHOR RETTICH, MARGRET A2013 SCHWARCZ, JOSEPH H. "Explicit Artistry in Children's Books." In Ways of the Illustrator, pp. 188-91. Examines Rettich's The Voyage of the Jolly Boat as an example of "illustrators who create pictures that are consciously presented as art, and still within the children's grasp." #AUTHOR REY, H.A. (1898-1977) A2014 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 204-5, 247-50. Discusses the Curious George books on pages 204-5, and Rey's illustrations for Zolotow's The Park Book, and for Spotty and other books by Margaret Rey, on pages 247-50. #AUTHOR RICE, EDWARD A2015 ZIPES, JACK. "Marx and Engels without the Frills." L&U 4, no. 1 (Summer 1980):83-90. An in-depth discussion of Marx, Engels, and the Workers of the World, concluding that "this antidote to orthodox mythopoeic biogra phy is unfortunately in need of an antidote itself." #AUTHOR RICHARDS, LAURA E. (1850-1943) A2016 ALEXANDER, ANNE STOKES. "Laura E. Richards, 1850-1943: A Critical Biography." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1979, 407 pp., DA 40:2673A. An in-depth study of Richards's life and work. An introduction summarizes the main influences in her life and the themes of her work, parts 1 and 3 tell her life story, and part 2 considers her work by genre. A2017 McCORD, DAVID. "A Second Look: Tirra Lirra." Horn Book 55 (December 1979):690-94. A thoughtful reconsideration, pointing out the influences, strengths, and weaknesses of Tirra Lirra: Rhymes Old and New. #AUTHOR RICHARDSON, HENRY HANDEL [Ethel Florence (Lindesay) Richardson] (1870-1946. A2018 KUZNETS, LOIS. "The Story Hour: Some Thoughts About Fiction for Children and Young Adults." ChLAQ 8, no. 3 (Fall 1983):44-45. Compares the literary and film versions of the recently revived Australian classic The Getting of Wisdom, originally published in 1910. #AUTHOR RICHLER, MORDECAI (1931- ) A2019 NODELMAN, PERRY. "Jacob Two-Two and the Satisfactions of Para noia." CCL 15-16 (1980):31-37. Provides a detailed critical analysis of the book. A2020 PARR, JOHN. "Richler Rejuvenated." CCL 1, no. 3 (Autumn 1975):96-102. An in-depth review of Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang that expresses some reservations but concludes with praise. "For this is a compellingly presented tale, replete with comic detail and story-line inventiveness." A2021 RICHLER, MORDECAI. "Writing Jacob Two-Two." Canadian Litera ture 78 (Autumn 1978):6-8. Describes writing the book. #AUTHOR RICHTER, CONRAD (1890-1968) A2022 LA HOOD, MARVIN J. "The Light in the Forest: History as Fiction." English Journal 55 (March 1966):298-304. Argues that careful research, a nearly perfect story, and Richter's style contribute to the outstanding quality of this novel. #AUTHOR RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB (1849-1916) A2023 REVELL, PETER. "The Child-World." In James Whitcomb Riley. Twayne's United States Author Series. New York: Twayne Publish ers, 1970, pp. 74-86. Analyzes Riley's three volumes of children's verse--The Book of Joyous Children, Rhymes of Childhood, and A Child World--and the separately printed and often-anthologized "Little Orphan Annie." #AUTHOR RINGWOOD, GWEN PHARIS (1910- ) A2024 ANTHONY, GERALDINE. "The Magic Carpets of Gwen Pharis Ring wood." CCL 8-9 (1977):74-83. Discusses the merits of the prize-winning The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini. Includes a bibliography of other Ringwood plays. ROBERTS, CHARLES G.D., Sir (1860-1943) A2025 GOLD, JOSEPH. "The Precious Speck of Life." Canadian Literature 26 (Autumn 1965):22-32. Argues that Roberts's stories are an important body of Canadian literature and deserve more critical attention. A2026 HORNYANSKY, MICHAEL. "Roberts for Children." CCL 30 (1983):33-41. Reexamines three of Robert's books for children--Children of the Wild, The Heart of the Ancient Wood, and In the Morning of Time- -to see how much archness afflicts him, and how he overcomes it. A2027 McCORD, DAVID. "Introduction to a New Edition." Horn Book 48 (June 1972):255-58. Writes of Red Fox: "Just to read this book will make you ask yourself: Is man the true creature of dignity, courage, grace, and individual resourcefulness, or is it the better part of the wild populace which he is hastening, one by one, to its extinction?" A2028 MAGEE, WILLIAM H. "The Animal Story: A Challenge in Tech nique." In Egoff, Only Connect, pp. 221-32. Detailed discussion of Roberts's realistic animal stories in his books Earth's Enigmas and Kindred of the Wild as well as his precedents and influences. A2029 MURRAY, TIM. "Charles Roberts' Animal Stories." CCL 1, no. 2 (Summer 1975):23-37. Briefly reviews the history of criticism of Roberts's work, mainly centering on debates over his "realism." Then attempts to reveal the motive behind Roberts's stories and show that criticism directed at the level of realism is "critical nit-picking" and a waste of time. Separates the stories into three basic thematic types: stories of animals in the wild with almost no human intrusion, stories of "domestic" animals, and stories that focus on man in which he tries to analyze what makes man different from animals. #AUTHOR ROBERTS, ELIZABETH MADOX (1881-1941) A2030 SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. "A Tent of Green." Horn Book 38 (April 1962):137-40. An appreciative reflection on Roberts's poetry. #AUTHOR ROBERTS, THEODORE GOODRIDGE (1877-1953) A2031 THOMPSON, RAYMOND. "The Pattern of Romance in T.G. Roberts' The Red Feathers." CCL 12 (1978):20-25. Feels that modern critics have undervalued Roberts because they have failed to recognize his use of the elements of romance. #AUTHOR ROBINSON, JOAN (1910- ) A2032 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 208-10. Describes When Marnie Was There as "a most beautiful and sen sitive examination of a little girl and of the landscape which works too powerfully upon her." #AUTHOR ROBINSON, W[ILLIAM] HEATH (1872-1944) A2033 CROUCH, MARCUS. "The Practical Fantasist." Junior Bookshelf 36 (April 1972):81-86. A brief biocritical overview of the British illustrator. ROCKWOOD, ROY [Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym] A2034 PRAGER, ARTHUR. Rascals at Large, pp. 309-22. Prager discusses Rockwood's Bomba series at length. #AUTHOR RODARI, GIANNI (1920- ) A2035 BINDER, LUCIA. "Gianni Rodari--In Memory of the Renowned Ital ian Writer and Andersen Award Winner." Bookbird 3 (1980):28-30. A brief biocritical overview. A2036 POESIO, CARLA. "Gianni Rodari." Bookbird 6, no. 3 (1968):19-23. Views Rodari's use of the fantastic and wonderful "inserted into the frame of current reality." Includes a bibliography of Rodari's books and a listing of reviews. #AUTHOR RODCHENKO, ALEXANDER (1891-1956) A2037 SUMMER, SUSAN C., and ROMAN, GAIL H. "Cinematic Whimsey: Rodchenko's Photo-Illustrations For Autoanimals." Art Journal 41, no. 3 (Fall 1981):242-47. Includes a translation and analysis of Rodchenko and Sergei Mik hailovich Tretiakov's (1892-1939) Autoanimals (Samo z veri). ROHMER, SAX [Arthur Sarsfield Ward] (1883-1959) A2038 PRAGER, ARTHUR. "The Mark of Kali." In Rascals at Large, pp. 47-69. Vivid recollections and discussion of the appeal of the Fu Man chu stories. #AUTHOR ROJANKOVSKY, FEODOR (1891-1970) A2039 AVERILL, ESTHER. "Feodor Rojankovsky and `Les Peaux-Rouges.'" Horn Book 8 (February 1932):1. Reviews Rojankovsky's Daniel Boone, a portfolio of lithographs with text in both French and English editions. A2040 BADER, BARBARA. "Imported from France: The Domino Press, The Artists and Writers Guild, The First of Rojankovsky" and "Rojankov sky Concluded." In American Picturebooks, pp. 118-27, 295-301. Traces Rojankovsky's significance as an illustrator from his breakthrough with Daniel Boone through other French publications to the publications of the Artists and Writers Guild. In "Rojankovsky Concluded," comments on The Tall Book of Mother Goose, The Three Bears, I Play at the Beach, and other books. #AUTHOR ROOSE-EVANS, JAMES (1927- ) A2041 WRIGHT, JEAN. "The People and the Toys Behind the Odd and Else where Stories." Junior Bookshelf 41, no. 2 (April 1977):67-72. Examines the real-life origins of Roose-Evans's stories. #AUTHOR ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA (1830-1894) A2042 BELLAS, RALPH A. Christina Rossetti. Twayne's English Author Series, no. 201. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977, 139 pp. Includes chapters on Goblin Market and Sing-Song. A2043 EVANS, B. IFOR. "The Sources of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market." Modern Language Review 28, no. 2 (April 1933):156-65. Finds influences of Arabian Nights and Thomas Keightley's Fairy Mythology (1828) in Goblin Market. A2044 GARLITZ, BARBARA. "Christina Rossetti's Sing-Song and Nineteenth- Century Children's Poetry." PMLA 70, no. 3 (June 1955):539-43. Points out that critics have failed to note Sing-Song's kinship with the moral and sentimental children's literature of the time. A2045 MARY JOAN, Sister. "Christina Rossetti: Victorian Child's Poet." EE 44 (January 1967):24-28, 31. An appreciative evaluation of Rossetti's poems. Includes a bibli ography. A2046 WATSON, JEANIE. "`Men Sell Not Such in Any Town': Christina Rossetti's Goblin Fruit of Fairy Tale." Children's Literature 12 (1984):61-77. Contends that Goblin Market has been examined primarily in terms of its allegorical framework, and that only by viewing it "as a tale for children," based on an interweaving of the fairy tale and the moral tale, can the poem's true moral be understood. #AUTHOR ROUNDS, GLEN (1906- ) A2047 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 147-51. Traces Rounds's career as an author and illustrator, emphasizing his style of illustration. A2048 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 36-38. Examines the theme of rejection in The Blind Colt. #AUTHOR "Rumpelstiltskin" A2049 CLODD, EDWARD. "The Philosophy of Rumpelstiltskin." Folklore Journal 8 (1889):135-68. Provides a wide-ranging international comparison and exploration of the meanings of folktales of the "Rumpelstiltskin" pattern. A2050 NATOV, RONI. "The Dwarf Inside Us: A Reading of Rumpelstilt skin." L&U 1, no. 2 (Fall 1977):71-76. Interprets the tale as being about "the power of creative energy, what happens when it is not recognized, and why people fear it." A2051 PARRY, IDRIS. "Kafka, Rilke, and Rumpelstiltskin." In Animals of Silence. London: Oxford University Press, 1972, pp. 1-9. Links an interpretation of the tale to Rilke, and to Kafka's theories of the role of the artist in resolving contradictions. "The name is there, to be found and uttered." A2052 ROHEIM, GEZA. "Tom, Tit, Tot." Psychoanalytic Review 36, no. 4 (October 1949):365-69. Provides a psychoanalytic interpretation of the folktale variants "Tom, Tit, Tot" and "Rumpelstiltskin." #AUTHOR RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1900) A2053 FILSTRUP, JANE MERRILL. "Thirst for Enchanted Views in Ruskin's The King of the Golden River." Children's Literature 8 (1980):68-79. Compares Ruskin's tale with the original Grimm version, relating the differences to influences in Ruskin's life. #AUTHOR RUTGERS VAN DER LOEFF, AN (1910- ) A2054 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 78-80. Analyzes Avalanche in terms of its theme of entrapment. A2055 RUTGERS VAN DER LOEFF, AN. "A Sense of Audience-1." CLE, o.s., no. 5 (July 1971):5-11. (Reprinted in Fox, Writers, Critics, and Children, pp. 27-30.) Discusses the motivation for her writing: she wants to pass cer tain material on to children. Comments by Gillian Avery, Alec Lea, Joan G. Robinson, and Roy Brown follow in CLE, o.s., no. 6 (November 1971), on their own views of themselves as writers for children. S., SVEND OTTO [Svend Otto Sorenson] (1916- ) A2056 GORMSEN, J. "Interview with Svend Otto S. the Famous Danish Illus trator." Bookbird 17, no. 1 (1979):6-12. Svend Otto S. discusses his life and work in an interview. SAINT-EXUPRY, ANTOINE de (1900-1944) A2057 DODD, ANNE W. "The Little Prince: A Study for Seventh Grade in Interpretation of Literature." EE 46 (October 1969):772-76. Suggests techniques for interpreting the story. A2058 GAGNON, LAURENCE. "Webs of Concern: The Little Prince and Charlotte's Web." Children's Literature 2 (1973):61-66. (Reprinted in Butler, Sharing, pp. 442-46.) Applies aspects of Heidegger's philosophy to the interpretation of these two works. Both are seen as "about various personal struggles to live authentically." A2059 HIGGINS, JAMES E. "The Little Prince: A Legacy." EE 37 (Decem ber 1960):514-15, 572. Argues that the book is unique, that it poses problems for read ers of any age, that it respects the intelligence of even the youngest reader, and that it satirizes the belief that adults have a monopoly on wisdom. A2060 HURLIMANN, BETTINA. "The Little Prince from Outer Space: An Attempt to Describe Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Le Petit Prince." In Three Centuries, pp. 93-98. Discusses factors that "in spite of everything" make Le Petit Prince a children's book, and relates it to Saint-Exupery's personal experiences. A2061 MOONEY, PHILIP. "The Little Prince, A Story for Our Time." America 121 (20 December 1969):610-11, 614. Sees Christ extending love and peace in the Little Prince. St. Nicholas A2062 ERISMAN, FRED. "`There Was A Child Went Forth': A Study of St. Nicholas Magazine and Selected Children's Authors, 1890-1915." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1966, 347 pp., DA 27:1818. Analyzes contrasting pictures of the world, the real and the ideal, as presented in St. Nicholas Magazine (where both views coexist), and in the novels of Ralph Henry Barbour, Kate Douglas Wiggin, and L. Frank Baum (who makes a conscious, and futile, attempt to "reconcile the conflict of the real and the ideal"). A2063 -----. "The Utopia of St. Nicholas: The Present as Prologue." Children's Literature 5 (1976):66-73. Focuses on the middle-class values emphasized by St. Nicholas, its presentation of the "ideas of the past in the context of the present." A2064 FULLER, LAWRENCE B. "Mary Mapes Dodge and St. Nicholas: The Development of a Philosophy and Practice of Publishing for Young People." ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Service, Novem ber 1984, 39 pp., ED 251 847. Focuses on Dodge's development as a writer, the evolution of her philosophy of writing for children, her work as the editor of St. Nicholas, and her efforts to develop social and professional contacts with writers. A2065 HOGARTH, W.D. "A Window to America." Horn Book 25 (January 1949):59-62. An Englishman remembers the effect St. Nicholas had on him as a child during the years 1905-7, and how much it revealed to him about American life. A2066 KENNEDY, REGINA DOLAN. "St. Nicholas: A Literary Heritage." Catholic Library World 37 (1965):239-41. A concise history and overview of the magazine. A2067 LANES SELMA. "Who Killed St. Nicholas?" In Down the Rabbit Hole, pp. 17-29. Describes the way St. Nicholas reflected changes in American society. A2068 ROGGENBUCK, MARY JUNE. "St. Nicholas Magazine: A Study of the Impact and Historical Influence of the Editorship of Mary Mapes Dodge." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 1976, 434 pp., DA 37:6122A. Provides a critical overview of St. Nicholas during the Dodge years, 1873-1905, concentrating on the literary aspects and the impact of Dodge's editorship. A2069 SALER, ELIZABETH C., and CADY, EDWIN H. "The St. Nicholas and the Serious Artist." In Essays Mostly on Periodical Publishing in America. Edited by James Woodress. Durham, N.C.: Duke Univer sity Press, 1973, pp. 162-70. Examines the battle over realism among the writers and editors of St. Nicholas. A2070 STURGES, FLORENCE M. "The St. Nicholas Bequest." Horn Book 36 (October 1960):365-75. (Full version entitled "The Saint Nicholas Years," in Andrews, The Hewins Lectures, 1947-1962, pp. 267-95.) A brief history and critical overview, highlighting some of St. Nicholas's most famous writers. See also "The Challenge of Quality," by Eulalie Steinmetz Ross, p. 363, in this same issue. A2071 WRIGHT, CATHERINE M. "How St. Nicholas Got Rudyard Kipling and What Happened Then." Princeton University Library Chronicle 35 (Spring 1974):259-89. Based on an extensive correspondence between Kipling and Mary Mapes Dodge. #AUTHOR SALINGER, J.D. (1919- ) A2072 EDWARDS, JUNE. "Censorship in The Schools: What's Moral about The Catcher in the Rye?" English Journal 72 (April 1983):39-42. Points out the book's morality on the basis of "the teachings of Jesus, the documents of our democracy, [and] Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning." A2073 McNAMARA, EUGENE. "Holden as Novelist." English Journal 54 (March 1965):166-70. Examines Catcher in the Rye in terms of Holden's views of life, tradition, and art. A2074 MOORE, ROBERT P. "The World of Holden." English Journal 54 (March 1965):159-65. Analyzes Holden's character. A2075 NASH, MILDRED J. "Holden and Alice: Adolescent Travellers." English Journal 72 (March 1983):30-31. Finds similarities between Salinger's Holden Caulfield and Lewis Carroll's Alice. A2076 PICKERING, JOHN KENNETH. "J.D. Salinger: Portraits of Alien ation." Ph.D. dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1968, 347 pp., DA 30:3954A. Analyzes loneliness and alienation in Salinger's works. A2077 ROSEN, GERALD. "A Retrospective Look at Catcher in the Rye." American Quarterly 29 (Winter 1977):547-62. (Reprinted in Lenz, Young Adult Literature, pp. 86-100.) Analyzes the importance of Eastern thought and religion to Sal inger. Includes a bibliography on Salinger. #AUTHOR SALTEN, FELIX (1869-1945) A2078 FISHER, CLYDE. "Bambi: A Life in the Woods." Horn Book 3 (August 1928):58-59. This early review highly praises the book and its illustrations by Kurt Wiese. "Bambi will do much to turn men and boys from the shotgun to the camera and the notebook." SANCHEZ-SILVA, JOS MARIA (1911- ) A2079 HURLIMANN, BETTINA. Three Centuries, pp. 86-87. Provides a brief analysis of Marcelino. #AUTHOR SANDBERG, INGER (1930- ), and SANDBERG, LASSE (1924- ) A2080 SANDBERG, INGER. "A Meeting with Inger Sandberg." In Koefoed, Children's Literature, pp. 62-66. Discusses why she and Lasse have created the kinds of books they have and the way this Swedish husband-wife, author-illustrator team works. #AUTHOR SANDBURG, CARL (1878-1967) A2081 LYNN, JOANNE L. "Hyacinths and Biscuits in the Village of Liver and Onions: Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories." Children's Literature 8 (1980):118-32. In the Rootabaga Stories Sandburg overcomes the flaws of much of his writing for adults and "speaks truth clearly." The article touches on many of the elements of the stories, their folkloric and incantatory qualities, their Midwesterness, their incongruity, and the poet-child relationship. A2082 MASSEE, MAY. "Carl Sandburg as a Writer for Children." EER 5 (February 1928):40-42. Pleads for adult acceptance of Sandburg's children's stories for children, with their ridiculous exaggeration, their understanding of human nature, and their lack of moralizing. Praises Sandburg's wordplays and his feeling for language. #AUTHOR SAUER, JULIA L. (1891-1983) A2083 ELLEMAN, BARBARA. "A Second Look: Fog Magic." Horn Book 56 (October 1980):548-51. Provides a close examination of Fog Magic. A2084 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 72-73. Analyzes the theme of entrapment in The Light at Tern Rock. #AUTHOR SAUNDERS, MARGARET MARSHALL (1861-1947) A2085 McMULLEN, LORRAINE. "Marshall Saunders' Mid-Victorian Cinder ella; or, the Mating Game in Victorian Scotland." CCL 34 (1984):31-39. Traces the background and historical setting of one of Saunders's "rare ventures" away from animal protagonists: Esther de Warren: The Story of a Mid-Victorian Maiden. #AUTHOR SAVILLE, MALCOLM (1901-82) A2086 MANNING, ROSEMARY. "A Book is a Book is a Book." Signal 3 (September 1970):81-90. An appreciative overview. #AUTHOR SAWYER, RUTH (1880-1970) A2087 HAVILAND, VIRGINIA. Ruth Sawyer. New York: Walck, 1965, 78 pp. Provides biographical background and discusses Roller Skates, the Christmas stories, and Sawyer's storytelling. A2088 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 142-45. Analyzes death and loss in Roller Skates. A2089 OVERTON, JACQUELINE. "This Way to Christmas with Ruth Sawyer." Horn Book 20 (November-December 1944):447-60. Describes the background for the Christmas scenes in Roller Skates, The Year of Jubilo, This Way to Christmas (especially "The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap"), Tono Antonio, The Long Christmas, and The Christmas Anna Angel. Sawyer's story "This Is the Christ mas" is printed on pages 501-9 of this issue. A2090 SAWYER, RUTH. "Newbery Medal Award Acceptance Speech." Horn Book 13 (July-August 1937):251-56. Provides background and description of Roller Skates, particularly of the character Lucinda. A2091 SEGEL, ELIZABETH. "A Second Look: Roller Skates." Horn Book 55 (August 1979):454-58. The treatment of death in Roller Skates was shocking at the time but now seems surprisingly contemporary. Despite some mannerisms that tell its age, the story is still readable and engaging. A2092 SULLIVAN, SHEILA R. "Fairy Gold in a Storyteller's Yarn." EE 35 (December 1958):502-7. An enthusiastic introduction to Sawyer's books. #AUTHOR SCARRY, RICHARD M. (1919- ) A2093 KENNEDY, MOPSY STRANGE. Review. NYTBR, 14 November 1976, p. 44. Reviews Busiest People Ever and to a lesser extent Gyo Fuji kawa's Oh! What a Busy Day! Suggests that Mr. Frumble be sent to Fujikawa's world for "a restorative 24 hours." A2094 MOSS, ELAINE. "Richard Scarry." Signal 13 (January 1974):42-46. Sees similarities between Scarry and the traditional English comics with their combination of entertainment and instruction. Scarry's banner, "Books are Fun!," summarizes his approach. A2095 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Piper, pp. 64-76. Richard Scarry discusses his life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR SCHMIDT, ANNIE A2096 HARMSEL, HENRIETTA TEN. "Annie M.G. Schmidt: Dutch Chil dren's Poet." Children's Literature 11 (1983):135-44. This introduction to Schmidt's poems by their translator compares them to the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. #AUTHOR SCHULZ, CHARLES (1922- ) A2097 BERGER, ARTHUR A. "Peanuts: An American Pastoral." Journal of Popular Culture 3, no. 1 (Summer 1969):1-8. Describes his meeting with Schulz, links the man to the comic strip and justifies regarding it as an especially American form of pastoral. A2098 HARRINGTON, MARY. "A Conversation with Charles Schulz." Psy chology Today 18 (January 1968):18-21, 66-69. In an interview discusses his life and work. A2099 SCHULZ, CHARLES M. Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me and All the Other Peanuts Characters. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980, 126 pp. Schulz tells about his life, describes the origins of the Peanuts comic strips, and discusses his methods of working. Pictures show how the characters have changed over the years. #AUTHOR SEABROOK, KATIE A2100 SCHMIDT, NANCY. Children's Fiction about Africa, pp. 78-80. Analyzes treatment of Africa and Africans in Gao of the Ivory Coast and Colette and Baba at Timbuctoo. #AUTHOR SEBESTYEN, OUIDA (1924- ) A2101 HALEY, BEVERLY. "Words by Ouida Sebestyen." ALAN Review 10, no. 3 (Winter 1983):2-6, 13. Provides an overview of Sebestyen's work for young adults. A2102 Interracial Books for Children 11, no. 7 (1980):12-18. Includes Rudine Sims's "Words by Heart: A Black Perspective," pp. 12-15, 17; Fay Wilson-Beach and Glyger G. Beach's "Words by Heart: An Analysis of Its Theology," pp. 16-17; and Kathy Bixler's "Words by Heart: A White Perspective," p. 18. #AUTHOR SEED, JENNY (1930- ) A2103 SCHMIDT, NANCY. Children's Fiction About Africa, pp. 161-64. Argues that Seed's The Broken Spear contains stereotypes and lacks a Zulu perspective, even though it is based on historical research. #AUTHOR SEGAL, EDITH A2104 SCHWARTZ, ALBERT V. "Edith Segal: Friend and Poet." EE 50 (November-December 1973):1223-27. An appreciative biocritical overview. #AUTHOR SENDAK, MAURICE B. (1928- ) A2105 ALDERSON, BRIAN. "Bodley-Headed Wild Things on the Horizon." Children's Book News 2, no. 2 (March-April 1967):53-56. Analyzes Sendak's appeal on the eve of Where the Wild Things Are's publication in Britain. A2106 -----, comp. Catalogue for an Exhibition of Pictures by Maurice Sen dak at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, December 16 to February 29, 1975-76. London: Bodley Head, 1975, 48 pp. Alderson's introduction places Sendak's work as an illustrator in the context of pictures as accompaniment or collaboration with a text. Commentary on individual illustrations is divided into those before and after The Wild Things. Includes a brief bibliography of books and articles by Sendak. A2107 ARAKELIAN, PAUL G. "Text and Illustration: A Stylistic Analysis of Books by Sendak and Mayer." ChLAQ 10 (Fall 1985):122-27. Analyzes the arrangement of text and illustrations on the page, the structure of the text, the structure of the illustrations, and the relationship between the text and illustrations in Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Mercer Mayer's There's a Nightmare in My Closet. A2108 BADER, BARBARA. "Maurice Sendak." In American Picturebooks, pp. 495-524. Traces Sendak's evolution as an illustrator and picture-book author from the collaborations with Ruth Krauss and others, through The Little Bear books, Kenny's Window, Very Far Away, The Sign on Rosie's Door, The Nutshell Library, and finally Where the Wild Things Are, Hector Protector, and In the Night Kitchen (which she feels works "as a creation" but falters "as a story"). A2109 BELL, ARTHUR. "An Affectionate Analysis of Higglety Pigglety Pop!" Horn Book 44 (April 1968):151-54. Explores some of the book's complexities and techniques. A2110 BETTELHEIM, BRUNO. "The Care and Feeding of Monsters." Ladies Home Journal 86 (March 1969):48. Discusses Where the Wild Things Are with a group of concerned mothers. At the time Bettelheim had not read the book. A2111 BRAUN, SAUL. "Sendak Raises the Shade on Childhood." New York Times Magazine, 7 June 1970, pp. 34-37, 40-54. Provides a thorough overview of Sendak's work and records an interview. Comments on Sendak's lack of didacticism and his open ing of freedom to the child. "Sendak shouts a resounding `No!' to the idea that there is something good about a tidy, obedient child." A2112 COCHRAN-SMITH, MARILYN. "Directions in Research: Looking for the Roots of the Reading Process: Some Directions for Study (Part I)." ChLAQ 7, no. 1 (Spring 1982):42-48. Reports on a study of the response of a group of three-to-five- year-old children to a recording and the illustrations of In The Night Kitchen. A2113 CONRAD, BARNABY III. "Maurice Sendak." Horizon 24, no. 5 (May 1981):24-33. The publication of Outside Over There is the occasion for this lavishly illustrated overview of Sendak's career. Provides a concise summary of critical responses to his work. A2114 COTT, JONATHAN. "Maurice Sendak: King of All the Wild Things." In Forever Young, pp. 189-219. (Revised version of an interview first published in Rolling Stone, no. 229 [30 December 1976]:55, 59. Also in Pipers, pp. 41-84.) Includes a brief biographical sketch, an interview, an exploration of the role of fantasy and fairy tale, Sendak's themes of incorpora tion (eating-up), nakedness, dreams, and music. Cott sees Sendak's works as falling into either a major or minor key. Also discusses influences of other writers and illustrators. Pierre is named for the novel of the same name by Melville. Concludes with a detailed dis cussion of Outside Over There and its literary and pictorial origins and sources. A2115 DAHLIN, R. "Story Behind the Book: Some Swell Pup: Or Are You Sure You Want a Dog?" Publishers Weekly 209 (28 June 1976):78. Describes the origins of Some Swell Pup by Matthew Margolis and Sendak and the considerations in designing it. "The dog in the book can be a metaphor for children," says Sendak. A2116 DAVIS, DAVID C. "Wrong Recipe Used In the Night Kitchen." EE 48 (November 1971):856-64. Davis provides a detailed analysis of In the Night Kitchen which he also compares with Sendak's other books, but his statements are so outrageous that it is difficult to know whether he is serious or satirical. He calls the book "a denial of civilized man" destined for the diaper pail. A2117 DE LUCA, GERALDINE. "Exploring Levels of Childhood: The Alle gorical Sensibility of Maurice Sendak." Children's Literature 12 (1984):3-24. Analyzes Sendak's books, particularly Outside Over There, in terms of his use of allegory. Feels that at the end of Outside Over There we are left "with too much pain." A2118 DOHM, J.H. "Twentieth Century Illustrators: Maurice Sendak." Junior Bookshelf 30, no. 2 (April 1966):103-11. This early evaluation of Sendak as illustrator calls him irritating and disappointing and finds his illustration of others' works much better than his own books, especially Where the Wild Things Are. A2119 DOOLEY, PATRICIA. "`Fantasy Is The Core . . . ?'--Sendak." ChLAQ Newsletter 1, no. 3 (Autumn 1976):1-4. Summarizes Sendak's career and points out the value of the Sen dak materials in the Rosenbach Foundation Museum in Philadelphia. A2120 FORD, ROGER H. "Let the Wild Rumpus Start!" LA 56 (April 1979):386-93. Analyzes the archetype of the trickster in Sendak's works, seeing Max, Hector, Jennie, Rosie, Pierre, and others in this role. A2121 GARDNER, JOHN. "Fun and Games and Dark Imaginings." NYTBR, 26 April 1981, Children's Book sec., pp. 49, 64-65. Review of Outside Over There. Provides insights into the dark mysteries of the book, which he calls "a profound work of art for children." A2122 HARRIS, MURIEL. "Impressions of Sendak." EE 48 (November 1971):825-32. Based partly on an interview with Sendak in his home, the article considers Sendak's portrayals of children, his own reflections upon children and childhood, and children's reactions to his books. Concludes with an analysis of In the Night Kitchen. A2123 HAVILAND, VIRGINIA, and SENDAK, MAURICE. "Questions to An Artist Who Is Also an Author." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 28 (October 1971):262-80. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 241-56; in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 364-77; and in Haviland, Openhearted Audience, pp. 25-45.) Sendak discusses his background and the origins of several of his books. Also comments on authors and artists who influenced him. A2124 HEINS, ETHEL. Review. Horn Book 56 (June 1981):288-89. Calls Outside Over There evocative and masterly and finds the story more fully realized in the illustrations than in the text. A2125 HEINS, PAUL. Review. Horn Book 50 (April 1974):136-38. Analyzes Sendak's techniques and interpretations in The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. A2126 HENTOFF, NAT. "Among the Wild Things." New Yorker, 22 January 1966. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 323-46.) Personal observations on Sendak and his work, largely based on a series of interviews. A2127 HOFFMAN, DARLENE HAFFNER. "Ten Days with Inga and In the Night Kitchen: An Episode in Language Development." Communica tion Education 25 (January 1976):1-15. Describes the impact of the book on a three-year-old girl. A2128 LANES, SELMA. The Art of Maurice Sendak. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980, 278 pp. A major study of Sendak's work, lavishly illustrated, containing much biographical background and many of Sendak's own comments upon his work. Includes detailed discussions of The Nutshell Library, pp. 69-75, Where the Wild Things Are, pp. 77-107, Hector Protector, pp. 111-20, and In the Night Kitchen, pp. 173-90. A2129 -----. "The Art of Maurice Sendak: A Diversity of Influences Inform an Art for Children." Artforum 9 (May 1971):70-73. Argues that what is original about Sendak's work in a number of styles is "his uncanny ability to make palpable the emotional reality of any tale." Surveys his work to date. A2130 -----. "Rackham and Sendak: Opposite Ends of the Telescope." In Down the Rabbit Hole, pp. 67-78. Contrasts the approaches of Rackham and Sendak. A2131 -----. "Sendak at Fifty." NYTBR, 29 April 1979, Children's Book sec., pp. 23, 48-49. An overview of Sendak's career on his fiftieth birthday. A2132 McALPINE, JULIE CARLSON. "Sendak Confronts the `Now' Gener ation." Children's Literature 1 (1972):138-42. Reports on a question-answer session between Sendak and a group of University of Connecticut students in December 1970. A2133 MacCANN, DONNARAE, and RICHARD, OLGA. "Picture Books for Children." WLB 56 (September 1981):49-50. This negative review of Outside Over There argues that its structure lacks coherence and its images are disjointed and irrele vantly symbolic. Includes a report on children's responses to the book. A2134 MARTIN, C.M. "Wild Things." Junior Bookshelf 31 (December 1967):359-63. Explores the duality of human nature, the appeal of horrible and wild things, the appeal of Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, and its broader implications. A2135 MAY, JILL P. "Sendak's American Hero." Journal of Popular Culture 12 (Summer 1978):30-35. Argues that Sendak has created "a picture book prototype of the American preschooler," appealing to and easily identified with by both boys and girls, a hero "uninhibited by the adult moral code." A2136 MIKKELSEN, NINA. "Talking and Telling: The Child as Storymaker." LA 61 (March 1984):229-39. Reports on children's retellings and responses to Outside Over There. A2137 NORDSTROM, URSULA. "Maurice Sendak." Library Journal 89 (15 March 1964):92-94. Records Sendak's comments on his work with several authors, and their comments about him as an illustrator. Includes Ruth Krauss, Else Minarik, Charlotte Zolotow, and Meindert De Jong. A2138 ROOT, SHELTON L. Review. EE 48 (February 1971):262-63. A thoroughly disapproving review attacking the sexuality and sensuality of In the Night Kitchen. "It may be that America's children have been waiting with bated breath for this opportunity to vicariously wallow nude in cake dough and skinny-dip in milk--not to mention the thrill of kneading, punching, pounding, and pulling. Somehow, I doubt it." In a later issue (EE 48 [May 1971]:537), Root reaffirms his opinions of the book. A2139 SENDAK, MAURICE. "Acceptance Speech Andersen Award, 1970." Bookbird 8, no. 2 (1970):6-7. (Also in TLS, 2 July 1970, p. 709.) Mentions influences on his work: his Jewish childhood in Brook lyn, Mickey Mouse, "uptown" New York, and several illustrators and books. Presents his vision of what he wants his picture books to be: "something resembling the lush, immediate beauty of music and all its deep, unanalyzable mystery." A2140 -----. "Caldecott Award Acceptance." Horn Book 40 (August 1964):345-51. Discusses the origins of Wild Things, important influences on his work, and his views of childhood. A biographical sketch by Leo Wolfe follows, pp. 351-54. A2141 -----. "Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Acceptance." Horn Book 59 (August 1983):474-77. Very brief, but Sendak says that since reading the Little House Books while recovering from his coronary he realizes that "little houses" have appeared in his work: in In the Night Kitchen, in The Juniper Tree, in Some Swell Pup, and in Outside Over There. A2142 -----. "Picture Book Genesis: A Conversation with Maurice Sendak." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 5 (1978):29-40. Sendak expands upon the genesis of the then yet-to-be published Outside Over There, discusses his other works, collaborations, influence of music and television, and his themes and preoccupations. Provides insight into the man and his work. Talks about the original Rosie. A2143 -----. "The Shape of Music." New York Herald Tribune, 1 November 1964, Book Week Fall Children's issue, pp. 1, 4-5. (Reprinted in Robinson, E., Readings About Children's Literature, pp. 201-5.) Contemplates the relationship between music and illustration, in his own work and that of others, and the way illustrations "quicken" a work. A2144 SEXTON, LYNDA. "Too Many Sides to Count." Parabola 6, no. 4 (Fall 1981):88-91. Provides an in-depth analysis of Outside Over There and argues that Sendak shows the reader how "to move beyond dualism into the complexity of imagination." A2145 STEIG, MICHAEL. "Reading Outside Over There." Children's Litera ture 13 (1985):139-53. Makes connections between Outside Over There and the work of George MacDonald, particularly The Princess and the Goblin, and Arthur Hughes's illustrations for that book and At the Back of the North Wind. A2146 SWANTON, AVERILL. "Maurice Sendak's Picture Books." CLE, o.s., no. 6 (1971):38-48. Provides detailed analysis of Sendak's handling of the theme of the child's anger against his mother in text and illustrations for Where the Wild Things Are, and his skill in illustrating Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, which is interpreted as concerned with the child's "feelings of bewilderment in growing relationships with the opposite sex." A2147 TAYLOR, MARY AGNES. "In Defense of the Wild Things." Horn Book 46 (December 1970):642-6. Refutes Bettelheim's views as expressed in the Ladies Home Jour nal (March 1969). Argues that the pictures must be taken into account as well as the text, that there is a difference between traditional fairy tales and a modern original tale, and that Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is "juvenile escape literature on an exceptionally high artistic level." A2148 WALLER, JENNIFER. "Maurice Sendak and the Blakean Vision of Childhood." Children's Literature 6 (1977):130-40. Compares Sendak's insights into childhood with Blake's, and com pares Blake's and Sendak's responses to the challenges of "combining artistic vision and entertainment in a composite medium." A2149 WATANABE, SHIGEO. "One of the Dozens: May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture." TON 33 (Spring 1977):235-56. Discusses his reactions to Dr. Hans A. Halbey's lecture "Analysis and Research on Children's Reception of the Picture Book In The Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak," presented at the Fifteenth Con gress of the International Board on Books for Young People in 1976 in Athens, pp. 251-53. A2150 WATERS, FIONA. "`How Much Does It Cost to Get to Where the Wild Things Are?'" Book Window, Spring 1976. (Reprinted in Culpan, Variety is King, pp. 123-25.) Quotes Sendak at length on his development as an artist and on children's responses to Where the Wild Things Are. A2151 WHITE, DAVID E. "A Conversation with Maurice Sendak." Horn Book 56 (April 1980):145-55. Sendak discusses his "trilogy," as well as opera, theater, musical versions of his work, and his views on the children's book scene. A2152 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Piper, pp. 20-34. Maurice Sendak discusses his life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR SEREDY, KATE (1899-1975) A2153 HIGGINS, JAMES E. "Kate Seredy: Storyteller." Horn Book 44 (April 1968):162-68. Examines a number of aspects of Seredy's style and concludes that "each vividly reflects the person who is the author." A2154 KASSEN, AILEEN M. "Kate Seredy: A Person Worth Knowing." EE 45 (March 1968):303-15. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illus trators, pp. 378-93.) A biographical and critical overview, concentrating on The Good Master and The White Stag. Includes references and a bibliography. A2155 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 29-32. Analyzes the concepts of rejection and physical disability in A Tree for Peter. A2156 MARKEY, LOIS R. "Kate Seredy's World." EE 29 (December 1952):451-57. Analyzes Seredy's literary and artistic styles and relates them to her life. A2157 SEREDY, KATE. "The Country of The Good Master." EER 13 (May 1936):167-68. Describes the setting and childhood experiences that form the basis of this book. #AUTHOR SERRAILLIER, IAN (1912- ) A2158 ALDERSON, BRIAN W. "Ian Serraillier and the Golden World." Chil dren's Book News, January-February 1968. (Reprinted with slight changes in Horn Book 44 [June 1968]:281-88; and in Norton, Folk Literature, pp. 57-65.) Compares Serraillier's approach to the Robin Hood legends in Robin in the Greenwood: Ballads of Robin Hood with others. A2159 BULLEN, GILL. "Teachers at Work: Two Novels in the Classroom." CLE, n.s. 11, no. 2 (Summer 1980):85-88. Comments on the classroom success of The Silver Sword. A2160 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 28-30. Describes The Silver Sword as an open-ended adventure story, not shying away from cruelty and pain. He "pushes the bounds of tradition out as far as they will go." A2161 -----. "The Poetry of Ian Serraillier." Junior Bookshelf 22 (December 1958):309-14. Examines Serraillier's poetry. A2162 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 102-5. Examines The Silver Sword in terms of its theme of war. A2163 SCHECTER, ELLEN. Review. Children's Literature 3 (1974):211-13. Reviews Serraillier's poetry and Ed Emberley's illustrations for Suppose You Met a Witch. "An excellent marriage of verbal and visual arts for children." Sesame Street Library A2164 CHARNES, RUTH; HOFFMAN, KAY E.; HOFFMAN, LYLA; and MEYERS, RUTH S. "The Sesame Street Library--Bad Books Bring Big Bucks." IRBC 10, no. 5 (1979):3-7. Finds fault with the Sesame Street Library on the grounds of sexism, racism, pedagogy, and commercialism. An article by Carole E. Gregory, "Parents Speak Out on Sesame Street Library Series," follows pp. 8-9. #AUTHOR SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON (1860-1946) A2165 MacDONALD, ROBERT H. "The Revolt Against Instinct: The Animal Stories of Seton and Roberts." Canadian Literature 84 (Spring 1980):18-29. Examines Seton's and Sir Charles G.D. Roberts's animal stories in terms of Seton's distinction between instinct and reason, showing that the stories are part of a "popular revolt against Darwinian determin ism" and "an affirmation of man's need for moral and spiritual val ues." SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904- ) A2166 BADER, BARBARA. "Dr. Seuss." In American Picturebooks, pp. 302-12. Traces Seuss's career and explores key elements of his appeal. A2167 BAILEY, JOHN P. "Three Decades of Dr. Seuss." EE 42 (January 1965):7-12. Categorizes Seuss's works by time period: before World War II, 1947-57, and 1957 to the mid-1960s, showing changes in poetic style, illustration, and character depiction. A2168 BURNS, THOMAS A. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Its Recent Acceptance into the American Popular Christmas Tradition." New York Folklore 2, nos. 3-4 (Winter 1976):191-204. Suggests a number of reasons for the acceptance of the Seuss animated cartoon into American Christmas tradition. A2169 COTT, JONATHAN. "The Good Dr. Seuss." In Pipers, pp. 1-37. "Just as Pretty Little Pocketbook (Newbery) opened up new possi bilities for children's literature in its time, so did Mulberry Street in ours." Discusses Seuss's momentum and expansiveness, his theme of inventing or discovering something new, his "most extraordinary variety of ingeniously named, fantastical-looking animals," the use of anapestic tetrameter verse, and of fantasy emphasizing flexibility and possibility. A2170 DOHM, JANICE H. "The Curious Case of Dr. Seuss: A Minority Report from America." Junior Bookshelf 27 (December 1963):323-29. (Reprinted in TON 21 [January 1965]:151-55.) Provides a British perspective on Dr. Seuss. Finds him a bit vulgar and difficult to assess, yet admits there "is something alive and kicking here that the others lack." Asks if he is another Carroll or an "all-American Lear?" A2171 FADIMAN, CLIFTON. "Professionals and Confessionals: Dr. Seuss and Kenneth Grahame." In Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 316-22; 2d ed., pp. 277-83. (Reprinted from Enter, Conversing [New York: World, 1962].) While Grahame put "his deepest sense of the meaning of his own adult life" into his book, Dr. Seuss writes not as "self-revelation, but to please and entertain himself and his young readers." A2172 FREEMAN, DONALD. "Who Thunk You Up, Dr. Seuss?" San Jose Mercury, 15 June 1969, Parade Magazine sec., pp. 12-13. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 165-71.) Lighthearted insight into the man and his work. A2173 GOODMAN, ELLEN. "This Time Doctor Seuss Left a Bad Feeling." Albuquerque Journal, 24 April 1984, p. A4. Attacks Seuss's The Butter Battle Book on ideological grounds, specifically the lack of dissenters and the bleak "anxiety-ridden non-conclusion." A2174 JENNINGS, C.R. "Doctor Seuss: What Am I Doing Here?" Saturday Evening Post 238 (23 October 1965):105-9. Profiles Seuss's life and work. A2175 KAHN, E.J., Jr. "Profiles: Children's Friend." New Yorker 36 (17 December 1960):47-93. Describes Seuss's personality and life-style and comments upon the origins and development of many of his books, relating them to events in his life. A2176 KUSKIN, KARLA. "Seuss at Seventy-Five." NYTBR, 29 April 1979, Children's Book sec., pp. 23, 41-42. Points out Seuss's lasting appeal. A2177 LANES, SELMA. "Seuss for the Goose Is Seuss for the Gander." In Down the Rabbit Hole, pp. 79-89. Sees Seuss as providing an outlet for anxiety through laughter. A2178 NILSEN, DON L.F. "Dr. Seuss as Grammar Consultant." LA 54 (May 1977):567-72. Analyzes the grammatical deviations in thirty-four Dr. Seuss books written between 1937 and 1973. A2179 ORT, LORRENE LOVE. "Theodore Seuss Geisel--The Children's Dr. Seuss." EE 32 (March 1955):135-42. Tells why Dr. Seuss's books are well-liked. Discusses illustra tions, satirical touches, wordplay, suspense, and continuity from book to book. A2180 SALE, ROGER. Fairy Tales, pp. 8-12. A close analysis that is full of praise for the power and tech nique of The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. A2181 SCHROTH, EVELYN. "Dr. Seuss and Language Use." Reading Teacher 31 (April 1978):748-50. Examines the distinguishing characteristics of Dr. Seuss's use of language. A2182 SEE, CAROLYN. "Dr. Seuss and the Naked Ladies." Esquire 81, no. 6 (June 1974):118-19, 176. Primarily of interest for its biographical and anecdotal material. A2183 STEIG, MICHAEL. "Dr. Seuss's attack on Imagination: I Wish that I Had Duck Feet and the Cautionary Tale." Proceedings of the Chil dren's Literature Association 9 (1982):137-41. Maintains that "the didactic content of I Wish that I Had Duck Feet is more oppressive than the vocalized parental edict or the traditional cautionary tale," and "although the bright funny pictures conveying sexual and aggressive images" appeal to children the mes sage is that the child should accept his place in the family and community by consigning his dreams to the garbage can. A2184 STONG, EMILY. "Juvenile Literary Rape in America: A Post-Coital Study of the Writings of Dr. Seuss." Studies in Contemporary Satire 4 (1977):34-40. Provides a satirical analysis of Dr. Seuss as the pinnacle, the "phallic tower" of "Kiddie Porn." A2185 VANDERGRIFT, KAY E. Child and Story, pp. 189-93. Five-and six-year-olds demonstrate growing critical abilities in examining the structure of And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which they compare with Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are in the relation of "believe" to "make believe." A2186 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 113-23. Dr. Seuss discusses his life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR SEWELL, ANNA (1820-1878) A2187 BLOUNT, MARGARET. Animal Land, pp. 249-54. Analyzes Sewell's techniques and the place of Black Beauty in the context of the development of the humanized nature story. A2188 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "Letter from England: A Hope for Benefit." Horn Book 53 (June 1977):356-60. Summarizes events, as outlined by Susan Chitty, leading up to and following the publication of Black Beauty. A2189 CHITTY, SUSAN. The Lady Who Wrote Black Beauty. London: Hod der and Stoughton, 1971, 256 pp. Part three of this biography, pp. 183-246, is primarily devoted to Black Beauty. Includes reflections on the the social order portrayed and comments on the information on horses and horsemanship con veyed. Discusses later editions, film versions and influences of the book. A2190 STIBBS, ANDREW. "Black Beauty: Tales My Mother Told Me." CLE, o.s., no. 22 (Autumn 1976):128-34. Argues that Black Beauty, although one of the most popular books of all time, is not a quality work, that its language is limp and furthermore that the soft attitudes expressed in it are misleading and even dangerous, encouraging "unquestioning acceptance" of the precepts of one's mentors and of one's role and lot. #AUTHOR SEWELL, HELEN (1896-1957) A2191 BADER, BARBARA. "Helen Sewell." American Picturebooks, pp. 81-87. A survey and analysis of Sewell's ever-changing style of illustra tion. A2192 BECHTEL, LOUISE SEAMAN. "Helen Sewell, 1896-1956, the Develop ment of a Great Illustrator." Horn Book 33 (October 1957):369-88. A biocritical summary with a complete list of books illustrated by Sewell on pp. 427-31. A2193 PITZ, HENRY C. "The Book Illustrations of Helen Sewell." American Artist 22 (January 1958):34-39. A well-illustrated bio-critical overview. A2194 SEWELL, HELEN. "Illustrator Meets the Comics." Horn Book 24 (March 1948):137-40. Tells how the comics have influenced her work. #AUTHOR SHANNON, MONICA (d. 1965) A2195 MILLER, ELIZABETH CLEVELAND. "Monica Shannon." Horn Book 11 (March-April 1935):73-81. Praises California Fairy Tales, Eyes for the Dark, and Dobry, which receives a detailed analysis. #AUTHOR SHARP, MARGERY (1905- ) A2196 BLOUNT, MARGARET. Animal Land, pp. 163-69. Discusses Sharp's tales about Miss Bianca, the mouse. #AUTHOR SHEPARD, E[RNEST] H[OWARD] (1879-1976) A2197 KNOX, RAWLE, ed. The Work of E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1979, 256 pp. A biocritical overview containing numerous reproductions of She pard's illustrations, many in color. Includes a critical essay, "A Master of Line," by Bevis Hillier, pp. 246-51. A2198 SLOBODKIN, LOUIS. "Artist's Choice." Horn Book 26 (1950):293-95. Analyzes Shepard's style of illustration in Bertie's Escapade. #AUTHOR SHULEVITZ, URI (1935- ) A2199 SHULEVITZ, URI. "Rain, Rain Rivers." Horn Book (June 1971): 311-12. Tells how he developed the images for this book. A2200 -----. "Within the Margins of a Picture Book." Horn Book 47 (June 1971):309-11. Using his Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale as his example, Shulevitz argues that a picture book must have a "life-affirming attitude." Says children can identify with the fool. A2201 -----. "Writing with Pictures." Horn Book 58 (1982):17-22. (Based on the introduction to Writing with Pictures [New York: Watson-Guptill, 1982].) Discusses his approach to the picture book. #AUTHOR SHULMAN, ALIX (1932- ) A2202 NATOV, RONI. "Portrait of a Revolutionary: Emma Goldman for Young Readers." L&U 4, no. 1 (Summer 1980):41-53. An in-depth analysis, within the context of feminist biography, of To the Barricades: The Anarchist Life of Emma Goldman. SIDNEY, MARGARET [Also known as Harriet Lothrop] (1844-1924) A2203 JOHNSON, ELIZABETH. "Margaret Sidney v.s. Harriet Lothrop." Horn Book 47 (June 1971):313-19. This conclusion to a two-part article concentrates on Sidney's writing. A2204 LEVIN, BETTY. "Peppers' Progress: One Hundred Years of the Five Little Peppers." Horn Book 57 (April 1981):161-73. Places Five Little Peppers and How They Grew in a historical context, showing their connection with children from the seventeenth century through the twentieth. #AUTHOR SIGSGAARD, JENS A2205 HOYLE, KAREN NELSON. "Palle in New Clothes: The Translation of a Danish Picture Book." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 6 (1979):122-27. Examines the changes and variations in the translated versions of Palle Alene I Verden (Nils All Alone, Paul is Alone, and Paul Alone in the World). #AUTHOR SILVERSTEIN, SHEL (1932- ) A2206 HEMPHILL, JAMES. "Sharing Poetry with Children: Stevenson to Sil verstein." Advocate 4 (Fall 1984):38-45. Explores the appeal of Silverstein's poetry to children. A2207 JACKSON, JACQUELINE, and DELL, CAROL. "The Other Giving Tree." LA 56 (April 1979):427-29. Presents an alternative to The Giving Tree that raises questions about values and interpretations of the original. A2208 KENNEDY, F.X.J. "Rhyme is a Chime." Review of A Light in the Attic. NYTBR, 15 November 1981, pp. 51, 60. A2209 SCHRAM, BARBARA. "Misgivings about The Giving Tree: Book Reaching Cult Status Glorifies Sexist Values." IRBC 5, no. 5 (1974):1, 8. Attacks the book as perpetuating myths of the "happy slave" and an all-giving, selfless earth-mother. A2210 STRANDBURG, WALTER L., and LIVO, NORMA J. "The Giving Tree or There is a Sucker Born Every Minute." CLE, n.s. 17, no. 1 (Spring 1986):17-24. Surveys the responses of teachers, children, and social scientists to The Giving Tree, and suggests that it is actually a satirical piece for adults "that has taken an incredible twist" and "has passed as chil dren's literature." #AUTHOR SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS (1904- ) A2211 BERKELEY, MIRIAM. "Isaac Bashevis Singer." Publishers Weekly 223 (18 February 1983):65-66. In an interview, Singer discusses his writing for children. A2212 BERNHEIM, MARK A. "The Five Hundred Reasons of Isaac Singer." Bookbird 1-2 (1982):31-36. Extensive quotes from Singer on his reasons for writing for chil dren, plus some analysis of his stories. A2213 KIMMEL, ERIC. "I.B. Singer's Alone in the Wild Forest: A Kabbalis tic Parable." CLE, o.s., no. 18 (Fall 1975):147-58. Argues that to truly understand Singer's work it is necessary to have some understanding of "the soul" of the "murdered world of traditional Polish Jewry." Alone in the Wild Forest, especially, requires knowledge of this background to be appreciated and under stood. Kimmel provides detailed explication of the tale. A2214 LEVENTHAL, NAOMI SUSAN. "Storytelling in The Works of Isaac Bashevis Singer." Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1978, 193 pp., DA 39:4938A. Applies techniques of folklore study to an analysis of two aspects of Singer's fiction: fictional representations of storytelling in his work and the actual reading performance of the text itself. A2215 MORSE, NAOMI S. "Values for Children in the Stories of Isaac Bashe vis Singer." In MacLeod, Children's Literature, pp. 13-16. Compares and contrasts the children's stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Hans Christian Andersen. A2216 PATTERSON, SYLVIA W. "Isaac Singer: Writer for Children." Pro ceedings of the Children's Literature Association 8 (1981):69-76. Examines Singer's works for children, emphasizing his respect for his audience and his ability to cross cultural lines. A2217 SINGER, ISAAC. "Are Children the Ultimate Literary Critics?" TON 29 (1972):32-36. Sets forth his own aims in writing for children and laments "slice of life" and chaos in children's literature. Maintains that children like good plots, logic, and clarity, and that they have a concern for "so-called eternal questions." A2218 -----. "Isaac Bashevis Singer: Interview." In Butler, Sharing, pp. 155-60. Discusses his writing and his views on children's literature in an interview with a class of students at the University of Connecticut. A2219 WOLF, H.R. "Singer's Children's Stories and In My Father's Court: Universalism and the Rankian Hero." In The Achievement of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Edited by Marcia Allentuck. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press; London: Feffer & Simons, 1969, pp. 145-58. Discusses Mazel and Schlimazel and Zlateh the Goat in psy choanalytic and Rankian terms. A2220 WOLKSTEIN, DIANE. "The Stories Behind the Stories: An Interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer." CLE, o.s., no. 18 (Fall 1975):136-45. Singer discusses the Jewish folk origins of his tales, his back ground, and the influences on his work. Preceded by "A Note on Isaac Bashevis Singer," pp. 134-35, which provides biographical background and a bibliography of his books for children and adults. #AUTHOR "Sleeping Beauty" A2221 ANDERSON, WILLIAM. "Fairy Tales and the Elementary Curriculum or `The Sleeping Beauty' Reawakened." EE 46 (May 1969):563-69. Shows how the tale could be used to introduce children "to the themes, archetypes, convention, and symbols of the corpus of Western literature," and to show "how plots can make statements about Justice, Fate, the Order, and the Hero." A2222 CARY, JOSEPH. "Six Beauties Sleeping." Children's Literature 6 (1977):224-34. Analyzes the common elements of the five versions of "Sleeping Beauty" collected by P.L. Travers in About the Sleeping Beauty, and comments on Travers's own version, which he sees as flawed but "light-giving." A2223 SMITH, LILLIAN. Unreluctant Years, pp. 46-51. Analyzes the conventions, plot, repetition, diction, and rhythm of the "Sleeping Beauty." #AUTHOR SLEIGH, BARBARA (1906-82) A2224 MOSS, ELAINE. "Barbara Sleigh: The Voice of Magic." Signal 8 (May 1972):43-48. Relates Sleigh's autobiography, A Smell of Privet, to her fantasies for children. #AUTHOR SLOBODKIN, LOUIS (1903-75) A2225 SLOBODKIN, LOUIS. "The Caldecott Medal Acceptance." Horn Book 20 (July-August 1944):307-17. Describes in detail the process of illustrating The Middle Moffat by Estes and Many Moons by Thurber. See also the preceding article by Eleanor Estes, "Louis Slobodkin: A Sculptor Enters the Book World," pp. 299-306, a biographical account laced with appre ciation for the illustrator's work. #AUTHOR SMARIDGE, NORAH (1903- ) A2226 GILPATRICK, NAOMI. "Power of Picture Book to Change Child's Self-Image." EE 46 (May 1969):570-74. (Reprinted in White, Chil dren's Literature, pp. 79-85.) An application of new criticism to the text and pictures of Peter's Tent (illustrated by Brinton Turkle), "tracing the structure of meanings through the counterplay of symbols and images." #AUTHOR SMITH, DORIS BUCHANAN (1934- ) A2227 SMITH, DORIS B. "Honey in the Heart." Advocate 1, no. 1 (Fall 1981):10-18. Smith describes her background and her approach to writing. A2228 VANDERGRIFT, KAY. Child and Story, pp. 164-66. Analyzes A Taste of Blackberries in terms of character, mood, and symbol. #AUTHOR SMITH, E. BOYD (1860-1943) A2229 BADER, BARBARA. "E. Boyd Smith." In American Picturebooks, pp. 13-22. An overview of Smith's career, analysis of individual works, and discussion of his influence on and place in the development of the American picture book for children. Includes references. A2230 HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK. "A Second Look: The Farm Book." Horn Book 58 (December 1982):670-73. Traces the influence of Swedish illustrator Carl Larsson and others on Smith. Praises Smith's "clear, stately prose." #AUTHOR SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX (1863-1935) A2231 FREEMAN, RUTH S. Jessie Willcox Smith: Childhood's Great Illus trator: Resume of Her Work (1863-1935). Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House, 1977, 24 pp. Provides a brief overview of Smith's life and work. A2232 ISON, MARY M. "Things Nobody Ever Heard of: Jessie Willcox Smith Draws the Water-Babies." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 39 (Spring 1982):90-101. Examines Smith's illustrations of Charles Kingsley's The Water- Babies. Includes reproductions, several in color. A2233 MITCHELL, GENE. The Subject Was Children: The Art of Jessie Willcox Smith. New York: Dutton, 1979, 66 pp. Includes a brief introduction, an autobiographical sketch, and numerous color plates. A2234 SCHNESSEL, S. MICHAEL. Jessie Willcox Smith. New York: Crowell, 1977, 224 pp. Chapter 3, "A Child's Garden," concentrates on her children's book illustrations. #AUTHOR SMUCKER, BARBARA (1915- ) A2235 DAVIES, CORY BIEMAN. "Remembrance and Celebration: Barbara Smucker's Days of Terror." CCL 25 (1982):18-25. A detailed analysis of this historical novel about the mass migra tion of Russian Mennonites to Canada in the early 1920s. #AUTHOR "Snow White" A2236 CRAGO, HUGH. "Who Does Snow-White Look At?" Signal 45 (Sep tember 1984):129-45. Compares, at length, four picture-book versions of "Snow-White," including Nancy Ekholm Burkert's, Trina Schart Hyman's, and two mass-market volumes--a Japanese puppet storybook published by Grosset & Dunlap and a Walt Disney Golden Press book. A2237 CRAGO, MAUREEN. "`Snow White': One Child's Response in a Nat ural Setting." Signal 31 (January 1980):42-56. Discusses her child's responses to two versions of "Snow-White." A2238 FARRELL, DIANE. Review of the Hyman-Heins version of Snow White. Horn Book 51 (February 1975):36-37. Praises Hyman's detailed illustrations. A2239 GIRARDOT, N.J. "Initiation and Meaning in the Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Journal of American Folklore 90 (July 1977):274-300. Provides a detailed analysis of "Snow White" in terms of a pattern of initiation comprised of phases of separation, liminality, and reincorporation and rebirth. Reply with rejoinder by S. Jones in 92 (January 1979):69-76. A2240 JONES, STEVEN SWANN. "The Construction of the Folktale: `Snow White.'" Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis, 1979, 231 pp., DA 40:5538A. Argues that the structural construction of folktales explains certain folktales' "longevity and consistency, despite variation in style and motif." A2241 SALE, ROGER. Fairy Tales, pp. 38-43. Criticizes Bettleheim's interpretation of "Snow White" as the story of a parent's maintaining dominance by arresting a child's develop ment, and analyzes the tale in terms of the "central" relationship of the older to the younger woman. A2242 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Junior Bookshelf 3, no. 1 (Octo ber 1938):19-20. Compares the Wanda Gag and Walt Disney Versions of "Snow White." #AUTHOR SNYDER, ZILPHA KEATLEY (1928- ) A2243 KARL, JEAN. "Zilpha Keatley Snyder." EE 51 (September 1974):785-89. Snyder's editor provides insights into her writing processes. #AUTHOR SOBOL, DONALD J. (1924- ) A2244 CRICHTON, JEAN. "Encyclopedia Brown, After Twenty Years Is Still Sleuthing--and Selling." Publishers Weekly 224 (11 November 1983):35-36. Emphasizes sales and popularity, but also provides insights into the appeal of the series. #AUTHOR SOMMERFELT, AIMEE (1892-1975) A2245 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 60-63. Analyzes the theme of entrapment in The Road to Agra. #AUTHOR SORENSON, VIRGINIA (1912- ) A2246 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 139-42. Analyzes the theme of death and loss in Miracles of Maple Hill. #AUTHOR SOUTHALL, IVAN (1921- ) A2247 BAYFIELD, JULIANA. "From Simon Black to Ash Road and Beyond." Bookbird 6, no. 4 (1968):33-35. (Condensed from Reading Time, March 1968, pp. 3-6.) Analyzes changes in Southall's style and level of seriousness from Simon Black to Ash Road and The Fox Hole. A2248 BUNBURY, RHONDA M. "The Forces of the Australian Continent Forge the Children's Identity: Through the Eyes of Patricia Wright son and Ivan Southall." In Escarpit, Portrayal of the Child, pp. 87-94. Discusses Wrightson and Southall's exploration of "the identity of their child characters within the context of the demands made on them by the land amidst the powerful and conflicting forces of fire, water and air, the People and the spirits." A2249 FOX, GEOFFREY. "Growth and Masquerade: A Theme in the Novels of Ivan Southall." CLE, o.s., no. 6 (1971):49-64. Suggests that Southall "offers his readers a criticism of life which is often excruciating (perhaps indulgently so) in its insistence upon the pain, disillusionment and embarrassed failures which are integral to adolescence." Provides a detailed analysis of Southall's work, defending him against charges of excessive harshness. A2250 HUGHES, FELICITY. "Literary Criticism of Two Australian Novels." In Children's Literature: The Whole Story. Deakin University School of Education. Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1980, pp. 43-88. Examines Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians (1894) and Ivan Southall's Josh within the context of Australian literary and critical history. A2251 LANGLEY-KEMP, JENNIFER. "Initiation: Ivan Southall Style." Orana 13 (November 1977):95-99. A2252 McVITTY, WALTER. "Ivan Southall: Wounding and Regeneration." In Innocence and Experience, pp. 233-75. Provides an in-depth critique and analysis of Southall's major themes and his style. Includes a brief biographical note preceding the essay, with comments by Southall. A bibliography of his works follows. A2253 MORRISON, ALLAN. "Letting the Characters Go: Ivan Southall." Children's Literature Review 1, no. 6 (December 1971):184-86. Sees Southall as a "man's man" whose writing is both "characteris tically masculine" and "femininely sensitive." A2254 NILSSON, ELEANOR. "Bully Beef and Honey." CLE, n.s. 10, no. 2 (Summer 1979):103-10. Calls Bread and Honey "Southall's greatest achievement so far" and suggests that the celebration of the coming of age of a nation on Anzac Day is of central importance to the book's theme of the com ing of age of a boy. A2255 PIRANI, ALEX. "Writers for Children." Use of English 22 (Spring 1971):233-37. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 294-98, and in Butts, Good Writers, pp. 129-37.) Defends Southall's treatment of realistic themes against David Holbrook's attack in Books for Your Children, arguing that although Southall's control of his material sometimes falters he shows a "respect for and trust in children." A2256 SOUTHALL, IVAN. "Call It A Wheel." Horn Book 50 (October 1974):43-49. Tells how Josh started. A2257 -----. "Depth and Direction." Horn Book 44 (June 1968):343-46. (Reprinted in Heins, Crosscurrents, pp. 60-64.) Describes his development as a writer from Meet Simon Black (1950) to Ash Road (1965). A2258 -----. A Journey of Discovery: On Writing for Children. London: Kestrel, 1975; New York: Macmillan, 1976, 102 pp. A collection of Southall's lectures on the subject of writing for children. These lectures "go on developing, thought by thought, out of my search for literary and self-understanding and are very much a personal statement." A2259 -----. "One Man's Australia." In Egoff, One Ocean, pp. 18-37. Discusses his childhood and his Australian background and relates them to his writing. A2260 -----. "Real Adventure Belongs to Us." Arbuthnot Lectures, pp. 83-101. (Also in TON 30 [June 1974]:373-93.) Describes his experiences growing up in Australia and how these experiences and his search for heroes found their way into his books. A2261 -----. "Sources and Responses." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 31 (April 1974):81-91. (Reprinted in Haviland, The Open hearted Audience, pp. 83-99.) Explores his thoughts on children and children's literature. "Adult scaling-down of the intensity of the child is a crashing injustice, an outrageous distortion of what childhood is all about." Suggests what "a good children's books is not" and describes his approach to writ ing. A2262 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 182-92. Praises Southall's "cinematic technique." Maintains that while "the force and intensity of his imagination have been fully demonstrated; its depth remains yet to be proved." Discusses Let the Balloon Go, Finn's Folly, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, and Chinaman's Reef Is Ours. A2263 -----. A Sounding, pp. 179-93. A revision and updating of the essay in Sense of Story. "A group of later books--most notably Bread and Honey, Josh, and What About Tomorrow--have concentrated on the joys and agonies of a single central character and have gone deeply down inside of that person, using a technique increasingly close to stream-of- consciousness." #AUTHOR SPEARE, ELIZABETH GEORGE (1908- ) A2264 COHEN, PHYLLIS. "A New Look at Old Books: The Bronze Bow." Young Readers' Review 3 (October 1966):12. (Reprinted in White, Children's Literature, pp. 78-80.) Criticizes the book's "omission of admirable characters on the side fighting for justice and freedom." A2265 HUTTON, MURIEL. "Writers for Children: 13. Elizabeth George Speare." School Librarian 18 (September 1970):275-79. Provides an introduction to Speare's historical fiction from a British point of view. A2266 SPEARE, ELIZABETH GEORGE. "Newbery Award Acceptance." Horn Book 35 (August 1959):265-70. Describes the process of the creation of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. A biographical account by Helen Reeder Cross follows, pp. 271-74. A2267 -----. "Report of a Journey: Newbery Award Acceptance." Horn Book 38 (August 1962):337-41. Tells the background of The Bronze Bow. #AUTHOR SPENCE, ELEANOR (1928- ) A2268 BISNETTE, PAUL J. "A Conversation with Eleanor Spence." Orana 17 (February 1981):3-11. Spence discusses her life and work in an interview. An anno tated bibliography of works by and about her follows, pages 12-18. A2269 GRGURICH, RUTH. "Eleanor Spence: A Critical Appreciation." Orana 18 (February 1982):31-36. Analyzes Spence's fiction for teenagers. A2270 McVITTY, WALTER. "Eleanor Spence: Observer of Family Life." In Innocence and Experience, pp 67-98. Provides an overview and analysis of Spence's work. Includes a brief biographical sketch and a bibliography of her books. "Eleanor Spence is a writer with whose work increased familiarity breeds content--beyond the apparent blandness a richly rewarding experience awaits the reader who is prepared to give it the close attention it deserves." #AUTHOR SPERRY, ARMSTRONG (1897-1976) A2271 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 17-20. Analyzes the theme of rejection in Call It Courage. A2272 SPERRY, ARMSTRONG. "Newbery Medal Acceptance." Horn Book 17 (July 1941):258-68. Tells of his experiences in Bora Bora that provided the founda tion for Call It Courage. #AUTHOR SPIER, PETER (1927- ) A2273 MOORE, ROBERT. Review. IRBC 12, no. 1 (1981):14. Argues that although there are grotesquely drawn faces of all colors in People, the "people of color seem most hideous." Feels the book perpetuates white and male chauvinism. A2274 SPIER, PETER. "Caldecott Award Acceptance." Horn Book 54 (August 1978):372-78. Tells about the background of Noah's Ark, including his research on various versions of the Noah story. A biographical sketch by Janet D. Chenery follows on pp. 379-81. #AUTHOR SPYKMAN, E.C. (1896-1965) A2275 ENRIGHT, ELIZABETH. "The Long Life of Jane Cares." Book Week, 8 May 1966, Spring Children's issue, p. 22. (Reprinted in Haviland, Children and Literature, pp. 274-76.) Praises Spykman's ability to create real, live children. #AUTHOR SPYRI, JOHANNA (1827-1901) A2276 ENRIGHT, ELIZABETH. "At 75, Heidi Still Skips Along." NYTBR 59 (13 November 1955):42. (Reprinted in Haviland, Children and Literature pp. 78-80.) Maintains that Heidi's character continues to ring true. A2277 "Heidi--Or the Story of a Juvenile Best Seller." Publishers Weekly 164 (25 July 1953):318-21. Provides an overview of Heidi's publishing history and a bit of background about Spyri. A2278 KOPPES, PHYLLIS BIXLER. "Spyri's Mountain Miracles: Exemplum and Romance in Heidi." L&U 3, no. 1 (Spring 1979):62-73. Argues that Heidi successfully combines the form of the pastoral romance and the exemplum ("a literary form devoted to the portrayal of ideals . . . especially in the evangelical tradition"), which may explain its survival as a classic despite its didacticism and sentimen tality. #AUTHOR STARBIRD, KAYE (1916- ) A2279 HELBIG, ALETHEA. "Abigail, Elaine, and the Pheasant on Route Seven: Kaye Starbird's Poems for Children." ChLAQ 8, no. 3 (Fall 1983):39-40. An overview of Starbird's poetry. A2280 USREY, MALCOLM. "Social Awareness in the Persona of Kaye Star bird's Poetry." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 5 (1978):93-99. Examines the persona of the child in Starbird's poems and the developing social awareness "revealed in her sympathy for insects, animals, and people; her recognition of the relative value of things; and her growing realization of the differences in people." #AUTHOR STEEDMAN, CAROLYN A2281 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "Letter from England." Horn Book 59 (Decem ber 1983):747-51. Detects the influence of television as a "literary model" in the child-written book The Tidy House, which he praises highly. #AUTHOR STEELE, WILLIAM O. (1917-79) A2282 BURNS, PAUL C. "Tennessee's Teller of Tall Tales--William O. Steele." EE 38 (December 1961):545-48. Concentrates on Steele's tall tales rather than on his historical fiction. A2283 STEELE, WILLIAM O. "The Last Buffalo Killed in Tennessee." Horn Book 45 (April 1969):196-99. Describes the background and process of writing The Lone Hunt. #AUTHOR STEIG, WILLIAM (1907- ) A2284 ABRAHAMSON, RICHARD F. "Classroom Uses for the Books of Wil liam Steig." Reading Teacher 32 (December 1978):307-11. Suggests numerous approaches to Steig in the elementary school classroom. A2285 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 563-64. Concentrates on Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, which she con siders a classic. A2286 BOTTNER, BARBARA. "William Steig: The Two Legacies." L&U 2, no. 1 (Spring 1978):4-16. Maintains that as a cartoonist accustomed to an adult audience, Steig brings an added dimension to his books for children, which are "tales full of magic, searching, death, and love of life; so that thematically his work is classic in scope, yet absolutely accessible in nature." Analyzes several of Steig's themes. A2287 COTT, JONATHAN. "William Steig and His Path." In Pipers, pp. 87-133. Traces the influence of Wilhelm Reich on Steig. In his children's books Steig "created and tested the possibilities of an unarmoured life." Discusses Dominic in depth, relating it to Reich's theories. Provides biographical background and discusses The Bad Island, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (including the police-pig controversy), Amos and Boris, The Real Thief, Abel's Island, Caleb and Kate, and, briefly, several other titles. A2288 HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK. "Drawing Out William Steig." Wash ington Post, 11 May 1980. (Reprinted in Bookbird 3-4 [1982]:61-65.) Interviews Steig about his work. Includes a bibliography of his children's books. A2289 HIGGINS, JAMES. "William Steig: Champion for Romance." CLE, n.s. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1978):3-16. An insightful appreciation of Steig's work, including an interview with the author. A2290 KUSKIN, KARLA. ". . . and William Steig." NYTBR, 14 November 1976, Children's Book sec., pp. 24, 34. Reviews the Amazing Bone and comments on others. "The unin hibited ego of childhood sings out of these books." A2291 LANES, SELMA G. "Books: A Reformed Masochist Writes a Sunlit Children's Classic." Harper's 245 (October 1972):122-26. A favorable review of Dominic. A2292 MOSS, ANITA. "The Spear and the Piccolo: Heroic and Pastoral Dimensions of William Steig's Dominic and Abel's Island." Children's Literature 10 (1982):124-40. Places these works in the tradition of the quest romance accented by pastoral interludes. #AUTHOR STEIN, GERTRUDE (1874-1946) A2293 BECHTEL, LOUISE SEAMAN. "Gertrude Stein for Children." Horn Book 15 (October 1939):287-91. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 128-32.) Examines The World Is Round: "to those who honestly enjoy it, let me say it should be used, none too solemnly, with the most var ied sorts of children. We don't want them all to write like Miss Stein! We do want to jog them out of the horribly ordinary prose that engulfs them." A2294 HOFFELD, LAURA. "Gertrude Stein's Unmentionables." L&U 2, no. 1 (Spring 1978):48-55. Analyzes The World is Round in terms of the way a child comes to grips with the complexities and ambiguities of the world. A2295 O'HARA, J.D. "Gertrude Stein's The World Is Round." In Butler, Sharing, pp. 446-49. Explores the meaning of Stein's children's story. #AUTHOR STEINBECK, JOHN (1902-68) A2296 BARTEL, RONALD. "Proportioning in Fiction: The Pearl and Silas Marner." English Journal 56 (April 1967):542-46. Examines the amount of space allocated to various episodes, char acters, and themes as a means of interpreting novels. A2297 KARSTEN, ERNEST E. "Thematic Structure in The Pearl." English Journal 54 (January 1965):1-7. Provides a detailed analysis. A2298 SHUMAN, R. BAIRD. "Initiation Rites in Steinbeck's The Red Pony." English Journal 59 (December 1970):1252-55. Points out that the four interrelated short stories show Jody changing from a self-centered boy into a feeling young man. STEINER, J™RG (1930- ) A2299 VANDERGRIFT, KAY. Child and Story, pp. 166-71. Pays close attention to illustrations, point-of-view, and perspec tive of Rabbit Island, as they "complement and extend the written word." Calls the book "a powerful aesthetic composition that may be read on many levels." #AUTHOR STEPTOE, JOHN (1950- ) A2300 STEPTOE, JOHN. "Stevie: Realism in a Book About Black Children." Life 67 (29 August 1969):54-59. Reprints Stevie and includes a brief profile of Steptoe. #AUTHOR STERLING, DOROTHY (1913- ) A2301 BANFIELD, BERYLE. Review of Black Foremothers: Three Lives. IRBC 11, nos. 1-2 (1980):26. Praises Sterling's careful research and skillful storytelling. A2302 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 44-46. Analyzes the them of rejection in Mary Jane. #AUTHOR STERNE, EMMA GELDERS (1894-1971) A2303 SHERWIN, ANNE. "Emma Gelders Sterne as Playwright." Horn Book 12 (May 1936):150-52. Briefly discusses five of Sterne's plays. #AUTHOR STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (1850-94) A2304 BEER, PATRICIA. "Kidnapped." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 1 (Spring 1983):54-62. A rather rambling, personal response to Kidnapped, touching on moral dilemmas, good story, and style. A2305 BLAKE, KATHLEEN. "The Sea-Dreams: Peter Pan and Treasure Island." Children's Literature 6 (1977):165-81. Compares handling of the "sea-dream" or Robinson theme by Ste venson and Barrie. Concludes that Treasure Island is "the sea-dream pure and fine, its apotheosis, while Peter Pan is the dream's deathblow, elegy, and obsessive half-life, artfully rendered in the medium of bad form." A2306 BROWN, DOUGLAS. "R.L.S.: Inspiration and Industry." In Ford, Young Writers, Young Readers, pp. 123-29. Considers Stevenson a gifted but minor writer, "an important novelist for boys, but for adults only a novelist interesting in certain ways." Points out what Stevenson has to offer the young, and how Treasure Island and Kidnapped can prepare the young reader for adult reading of great literature. A2307 BUTTS, DENNIS. "The Child's Voice." Junior Bookshelf 29 (December 1965):331-37. Discusses the origins of the poems in A Child's Garden of Verses and offers critical insights. A2308 -----. R.L. Stevenson. New York: Walck, 1966, 72 pp. Provides a critical overview of Stevenson's works for children. A2309 CAPEY, A.C. Treasure Island and the Young Reader." Use of English 25 (Spring 1974):228-38. Discusses Stevenson's appeal to young boys and argues that the book is much more finely constructed than a typical adventure story and that perhaps some of that fine technique "rubs off on to the young reader." A2310 DAICHES, DAVID. "Adventure." In Robert Louis Stevenson: The Makers of Modern Literature. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions Books, 1947, pp. 32-73. The second chapter of Daiches's biography is devoted to detailed analysis of Treasure Island, pp. 32-51, and Kidnapped, pp. 51-73. A2311 HARDESTY, WILLIAM H., III, and MANN, DAVID D. "Historical Reality and Fictional Daydream in Treasure Island." Journal of Narrative Technique 7, no. 2 (Spring 1977):94-103. Praises Stevenson's craftsmanship in anchoring the reader firmly in reality before launching into the world of daydream and imagina tion. A2312 HEINS, PAUL. "A Centenary Look: Treasure Island." Horn Book 59 (April 1983):197-200. Sketchily summarizes changing critical opinions of the book and comments briefly on characterization and narrative style. A2313 JACKSON, DAVID HAROLD. "Robert Louis Stevenson and the Romance of Boyhood." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1981, 196 pp., DA 42:2685A. Views Stevenson's children's adventure tales: Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and Catriona as a "four-part romance in which an immature hero quests, literally and metaphorically, towards a goal of bourgeois adult identity." A2314 LUKENS, REBECCA. "Stevenson's Garden: Verse Is Verse." L&U 4, no. 2 (Winter 1980-81):49-55. Argues that Stevenson's verses lack intensity, make disappointing use of rhythm and sound patterns, are full of sentimentality, didacti cism, condescension, "thoughts of a grown man remembering in a rosy haze what it was like to be a child." Contrasts Stevenson with vivid examples from modern poets. A2315 NODELMAN, PERRY. "Editorial: A Hundred Years of Treasure, or Grime Does Not Pay." ChLAQ 8, no. 3 (Fall 1983):2-3, 6. Finds similarities between Treasure Island and the Dukes of Hazzard television series. A2316 SMITH, LILLIAN. Unreluctant Years, pp. 136-37. Argues that Treasure Island's first-person narrative provides unity, that the plot is a masterpiece, and the story is eloquently told. A2317 WARD, HAYDEN W. "`The Pleasure of Your Heart': Treasure Island and the Appeal of Boys' Adventure Fiction." Studies in the Novel 6, no. 3 (Fall 1974):304-17. Explores reasons why Treasure Island appeals as much to adult readers as to boys. A2318 YATES, JESSICA. "Treasure Island and Its Sequels." In Hunt, Further Approaches, pp. 113-14. Briefly reports on her research comparing five sequels to Treasure Island written in the twentieth century. #AUTHOR STOCKTON, FRANK (1834-1902) A2319 GRIFFEN, MARTIN I.J. Frank R. Stockton, A Critical Biography. 1939. Reprint. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1965, 178 pp. Includes a primary and secondary bibliography. #AUTHOR STOLZ, MARY (1920- ) A2320 KASER, BILLIE F. "The Literary Value and Adolescent Appeal of Mary Stolz's Novels." Arizona English Bulletin 14, no. 3 (April 1972):14-19. Discusses Stolz's use of epiphany as a literary technique. #AUTHOR STOREY, MARGARET (1926- ) A2321 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 210-12. Discusses two of Storey's books, Kate and the Family Tree, pp. 210-11, and Pauline, pp. 211-12. #AUTHOR STRATEMEYER, EDWARD (1862-1930) A2322 DONELSON, KEN. "Nancy, Tom and Assorted Friends in the Strate meyer Syndicate Then and Now." Children's Literature 7 (1978):17-44. Chronicles the history of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, concentrating on the efforts of Franklin K. Mathiews, chief librarian for the Boy Scouts, to destroy the Syndicate. Includes references. A2323 "For Indeed It Was He." Fortune 9 (April 1934):86. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 41-61.) A highly influential, unfavorable view of the Stratemeyer Syndi cate, which admits admiration for Stratemeyer's business acumen. A2324 JOHNSON, DEIDRE. Stratemeyer Pseudonyms and Series Books: An Annotated Checklist of Stratemeyer and Stratemeyer Syndicate Publi cations. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982, 343 pp. An indispensable source of information on the Stratemeyer Syndi cate. The main part of the book consists of an annotated listing, by pseudonym, of the Syndicate's publications. An introduction, pp. xiii-xxxvi, provides a history of the Syndicate and its contributors, with extensive references. Appendix E is a secondary bibliography of articles and books containing information about Edward Strate meyer and the Syndicate. There are also appendixes containing information on illustrators, publishers, and library collections with Stratemeyer holdings. A2325 KUSKIN, KARLA. "Nancy Drew and Friends." NYTBR, 4 May 1975, Children's Book sec., pp. 20-21. Explores "The Secret of Their Smashing Success" in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books. A2326 SODERBERGH, PETER A. "Edward Stratemeyer and the Juvenile Ethic." International Review of History and Political Science (Meerut, India) 11 (February 1974):61-71. Examines the values expressed by Stratemeyer in the prefaces to a number of his books. A2327 -----. "The Stratemeyer Strain: Educators and the Juvenile Series Book, 1900-1973." Journal of Popular Culture 7, no. 4 (Spring 1974):864-72. (Reprinted in Only Connect, 2d ed., pp. 63-73.) Surveys the history of conflicts, censorship, and attitudes toward the Stratemeyer series books throughout the twentieth century. Includes references. A2328 ZUCKERMAN, ED. "The Great Hardy Boys' Whodunit." Rolling Stone, 9 September 1976, pp. 36-40. Traces changes in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series, especially the Hardy boys, in response to social changes of the time. "Mrs. Adams and her colleagues, like Soviet historians, have been systematically re-writing the past." #AUTHOR STREATFEILD, NOEL (1895- ) A2329 CADOGAN, NANCY, and CRAIG, PATRICIA. You're a Brick, pp. 286-96. Points out that Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes was the first and best of the family stories with a theatrical basis. Traces Streatfeild's development through The Painted Garden, after which "there is a slight but perceptible falling off." A2330 KUZNETS, LOIS R. "Family as Formula: Cawelti's Formulaic Theory and Streatfeild's `Shoe' Books." ChLAQ 9, no. 4 (Winter 1984-85):147-49, 201. Applies Cawelti's formulaic theories to an analysis of the family story type, specifically Noel Streatfeild's "shoe" stories. A2331 McDONNELL, CHRISTINE. "A Second Look: Ballet Shoes." Horn Book 54 (April 1978):191-93. Finds Streatfeild's strong female characters surprisingly up-to-date after forty years. A2332 PAXFORD, SANDRA. "Children Who Have Far to Go." Junior Book shelf 35 (1971):290-92. Analyzes the determined nature of Streatfeild's child characters. A2333 STREATFEILD, NOEL. "Myself and My Books." Junior Bookshelf 3 (May 1939):121-24. Describes her background and the writing of her books. A2334 WILSON, BARBARA KER. Noel Streatfeild. London: Bodley Head, 1961; New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1964, 64 pp. Includes a biographical sketch, and comments upon Streatfeild's storytelling style, her family-based content, and her characterization, especially of grown-ups. #AUTHOR STRETTON, HESBA (1832-1911) A2335 SALWAY, LANCE. "Pathetic Simplicity: An Introduction to Hesba Stretton and Her Books for Children." Signal 1 (January 1970):20-28. An overview and reevaluation. #AUTHOR STRUMILLO, ANDRZEI (1928- ) A2336 WROBLEWSKA, DANUTA. "Andrzei Strumillo." Bookbird 10, no. 3 (1972):73-80. A profile and critical analysis of the Polish illustrator. Includes a bibliography. #AUTHOR STUART, JESSE (1907-84) A2337 LE MASTER, J.R., and CLARKE, MARY WASHINGTON, eds. Jesse Stuart: Essays on His Work. Lexington: University Press of Ken tucky, 1977, pp. 149-61. Points out the strengths and weaknesses of Stuart's books for children. Concludes that "the field of children's literature is richer because he walked the hills of Eastern Kentucky, knew them and the children and animals of the area, and was able to present them with a warm human touch." #AUTHOR SUDBERY, RODIE (1943- ) A2338 REES, DAVID. "Middle of the Way: Rodie Sudbery and Beverly Cleary." In Marble in the Water, pp. 90-103. Argues that although she is ignored by critics, Sudbery's books are read by children and her craftsmanship is excellent. Examines Pigsleg and A Curious Place in detail. #AUTHOR SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY (1920- ) A2339 ADAMSON, LYNDA GOSSETT. "A Content Analysis of Values in Rosemary Sutcliff's Historical Fiction for Children." Ph.D. disserta tion, University of Maryland, 1981, 176 pp., DA 42:3475A. Concludes that Sutcliff's characters demonstrate values important to Western contemporary society and that the complexity of the val ues underscores the complexity of character development achieved by Sutcliff. A2340 COLWELL, EILEEN H. "Rosemary Sutcliff--Lantern Bearer." Horn Book 36 (June 1960):200-205. Praises Sutcliff for her ability as a storyteller and for her meticulous research, memorable characters, and sense of place. Her ability to "bring history to life" makes her a "lantern bearer." A2341 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 63-66. Admires Sutcliff's ability to make the reader feel and see the past. Considers The Mark of the Horse Lord her "grimmest" and "potentially her finest" book. A2342 DUFF-STEWART, CHRISTINA. "More Songs Tomorrow." Junior Bookshelf 28 (November 1964):279-84. "In Rosemary Sutcliff's trilogy The Lantern Bearers, Sword at Sunset, and Dawn Wind we have a superb example of that best of all historical fiction in which the past illumines the present." A2343 -----. "Scarlet On The Loom." Junior Bookshelf 23 (November 1959):253-62. Summarizes the plots of Sutcliff's books, but also offers insights into her development as a writer and her techniques of writing his torical fiction. A2344 GARD, ROGER. "Rosemary Sutcliff's Dawn Wind." Use of English 21 (Summer 1970):317-21. Analyzes Sutcliff's ability to create an "internal sense of the past" and to "get inside the minds of her remote heroes." Points out her complex and consciously shaped patterns. A2345 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 217-21. Although he does not discuss Sutcliff's works in detail here, Inglis comments on her love of the English landscape and her roman cing, her "lamenting the age of chivalry and its demise." She seems to say "that the individual spirit will survive the loss of nation, family, tribe, or regiment." A2346 -----. "Reading Children's Novels: Private Culture and the Politics of Literature." Ideology and the Imagination, pp. 122-39. (Also in CLE, o.s., no. 5 [July 1971]:60-75 and in Fox, Writers, Critics, and Children, pp. 157-73.) Examines Sutcliff's novels as a means to demonstrate how she exemplifies "the ideology and system of myths scattered less intelli gently and less boldly through the works of her contemporaries." Examines her prose, characters, structures, images, values, and politics. A2347 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 146-54. In an interview Sutcliff discusses her background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of her works. A2348 MARDER, JOAN V. "The Historical Novels of Rosemary Sutcliff." Use of English 20 (Autumn 1968):10-13. (Reprinted in Butts, Good Writers, pp. 138-40.) Provides a brief introduction to Sutcliff's historical fiction and her development as a writer. Includes a bibliography of her books. A2349 MEEK, MARGARET. Rosemary Sutcliff. New York: Henry Z. Walck; London: Bodley Head, 1962, 72 pp. Provides biographical background, discusses Sutcliff's methods of working and her development as a writer, and finally concentrates on her central themes and their interest to today's young people. Includes Sutcliff's bibliography for The Lantern Bearers, and a list of her books. A2350 POTTER, ELIZABETH. "Eternal Relic: A Study of Setting in Rose mary Sutcliff's Dragon Slayer." ChLAQ 10 (Fall 1985):108-10. Praises Sutcliff's use of setting as a source of symbolism in her retelling of Beowulf. A2351 RYAN, J.S. "Romance Blighted but Pain Vanquished: Or, the Making of Rosemary Sutcliff." Orana 19 (August 1983):61-67. Responds to Sutcliff's memoir Blue Hills Remembered. A2352 "Search for Selfhood: The Historical Novels of Rosemary Sutcliff." TLS, 17 June 1965, p. 498. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 249-55.) Traces Sutcliff's development as a writer and concludes: "The Mark of the Horse Lord shows the coming-of-age of Miss Sutcliff's hero and the total assurance of the writing indicate an author fully in command of her power." A2353 SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY. "Combined Ops." Junior Bookshelf 24 (July 1960):121-27. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 244-48; 2d ed., pp. 284-88.) Describes the process of writing Eagle of the Ninth and The Lantern Bearers. A2354 -----. "Thank-You Address to the Children's Literature Association in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 19th May 1985 upon Receipt of the Phoenix Award." ChLAQ 10 (Winter 1986):176. Sutcliff's response to the awarding of the first Phoenix Award to The Mark of the Horse Lord. Discusses the book. A2355 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 193-203. Discusses the entire body of Sutcliff's work, its themes and characteristics, without discussing any particular book at length. Sees her work as rooted in myth, legend, and saga. Her great themes are "death and rebirth as a condition of continuance of life." Maintains that "the past comes out of her pages alive and breathing and now." A2356 WEBER, ROSEMARY. "A Second Look: Dawn Wind." Horn Book 55 (June 1979):335-36. Maintains that in Dawn Wind Sutcliff has created memorable characters not overshadowed by the themes and scenes. A2357 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 182-91. Sutcliff discusses her life and work in an interview. A2358 WRIGHT, HILARY. "Shadows on the Downs: Some Influences of Rudyard Kipling on Rosemary Sutcliff." CLE, n.s. 12, no. 2 (Sum mer 1981):90-102. Sees in both Sutcliff and Kipling a common theme: the "conflict of duty and inclination," but where "Kipling is detached and objec tive, she is involved and subjective." A2359 YOUNG, CAROL C. "Good-bye to Camelot." English Journal 74 (February 1985):54-58. Examines Rosemary Sutcliff's "jarringly different version of the Arthurian adventures," as presented in The Sword and the Circle, in the context of American traditions and beliefs regarding Camelot. #AUTHOR SUTTON, MARGARET (1903- ) A2360 MASON, BOBBIE ANN. "The Secret of the Phantom Friends." In The Girl Sleuth, pp. 76-91. Feels that the Judy Bolton series comes closer to realism and is less escapist and less damaging than most other series books. It struggles "to be something more." #AUTHOR SWERDLOW, ROBERT (1941- ) A2361 RUBIO, GERALD J. "Rejuvenating Out of Date Plays." CCL 8-9 (1977):144-51. Discusses the problems of producing and staging the play Copper Mountain if one has a cast less talented than a major opera company. #AUTHOR SWIFT, HILDEGARDE H. (1890-1977) A2362 SWIFT, HILDEGARDE. "Power of a Child's Book." Saturday Review 46 (11 May 1963):43. Tells of events leading up to and following her writing of The Little Red Lighthouse. #AUTHOR SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745) A2363 HAZARD, PAUL. Books, Children and Men, pp. 61-69. Analyzes the appeal to children of those aspects of Gulliver's Travels they have appropriated. #AUTHOR TAYLOR, MILDRED D. A2364 DUSSEL, SHARON L. "Profile: Mildred D. Taylor." LA 58 (May 1981):599-604. A biocritical overview. A2365 JORDAN, JUNE. "Mississippi in the Thirties." Review of Let the Circle Be Unbroken. NYTBR, 15 November 1981, pp. 55, 58. A2366 REES, DAVID. "The Color of Skin: Mildred Taylor." In Marble in the Water, pp. 104-13. Compares approaches of American and British writers to racial and cultural differences. Praises Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for her portrayal of the effects of racial prejudice. A2367 TAYLOR, MILDRED D. "Newbery Award Acceptance." Horn Book (August 1977):401-9. Tells of the experiences behind Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A biographical sketch by Phyllis J. Fogelman follows, pp. 410-14. #AUTHOR TAYLOR, SIDNEY (1904- ) A2368 "Profile of an Author--Sydney Taylor." Judaica Book News (Fall-Winter 1972-73). (Reprinted in TON 20 [April 1973]:218-25.) In an interview Taylor discusses the origins of her books in her Jewish childhood in New York's Lower East Side. #AUTHOR TAYLOR, THEODORE (1921- ) A2369 BAGNALL, NORMA. "Profile: Theodore Taylor: His Models of Self- Reliance." LA 57 (January 1980):86-91. Taylor discusses his philosophy of writing and the background for his Cape Hatteras trilogy and The Cay. Includes an annotated bibliog raphy of Taylor's works. A2370 SCHWARTZ, ALBERT V. "The Cay: Racism Still Rewarded." IRBC 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1971):7-8. (Reprinted in MacCann, Black Ameri can, pp. 108-11.) "Rather than praise for literary achievement on behalf of `brother hood,' The Cay . . . should be castigated as an adventure story for white colonialists to add to their racist mythology." #AUTHOR TERHUNE, ALBERT PAYSON (1872-1942) A2371 LAWSON, SARAH. "Albert Payson Terhune." Junior Bookshelf 42 (December 1978):287-90. An appreciative reevaluation. "The dog stories of Albert Payson Terhune may seem slightly old-fashioned today, but only the details are out of date. The dogs are timeless." #AUTHOR THEROUX, PAUL (1941- ) A2372 WRIGHT, ANN. "Paul Theroux's Christmas Tales." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 3 (Autumn 1984):141-46. Discusses Theroux's theme of "truthful discoveries about human behavior and values" in his two Christmas stories, A Christmas Card and London Snow. #AUTHOR THIELE, COLIN (1920- ) A2373 HUME, HAZEL. "Thiele Is Tops: Or a Critical Analysis of Colin Thiele's Writings for Children." Children's Libraries Newsletter 8 (May 1972):51-55. Preceded by Thiele's own essay "The Quality of Experience," pp. 48-50. A2374 McKEMMISH, SUSAN. "Teacher or Writer? Didacticism in the Chil dren's Novels of Colin Thiele." Orana 18 (November 1982):152-56. Argues that any writer, including Thiele, succeeds best when the message is fully integrated into the structure of the work. A2375 McVITTY, WALTER. "Colin Thiele: Universality in the Heart of Man." In Innocence and Experience, pp. 197-232. Provides critical analysis of this "most beloved of contemporary Australian children's writers." Includes a brief biographical sketch, Thiele's own comments, and a bibliography of Thiele's books. #AUTHOR THOMSEN, EDWARD WILLIAM (1849-1924) A2376 McMULLEN, LORRAINE. "E.W. Thomsen and the Youth's Compan ion." CCL 13 (1979):7-20. Examines the writings and career of E.W. Thomsen, especially his numerous stories for The Youth's Companion. Thorndike Library A2377 BISHOP, CLAIRE HUCHET. "An Obstacle Race." Horn Book 11 (July-August 1935):203-9. Attacks Thorndike's rewriting of the classics: Andersen's Fairy Tales, Black Beauty, Pinocchio, Heidi, and others, with ample examples and critiques comparing the original words with Thorndike's "mutilation." #AUTHOR THORNDYKE, HELEN LOUISE A2378 MASON, BOBBIE ANN. "The Land of Milk and Honey." In The Girl Sleuth, pp. 19-28. Examines the the bland, sweet, central character of the Honey Bunch series. #AUTHOR "The Three Bears" A2379 ELMS, ALAN C. "`The Three Bears': Four Interpretations." Journal of American Folklore 90 (July 1977):257-73. Summarizes studies of the origins of "The Three Bears" and numerous interpretations of the tale, and suggests further directions for research. A2380 LEXAU, JOAN M. "The Story of the Three Bears and the Man Who Didn't Write It." Horn Book 40 (February 1964):88-94. Traces various retellings of "The Three Bears" since Robert Sou they's in 1837 in The Doctor. A2381 MURE, ELEANOR. The Story of the Three Bears. New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1967, unpaginated. This facsimile of Mure's hand-written and illustrated story, written in 1831, includes a note "About Eleanor Mure's Story of the Three Bears" by Judith St. John. A2382 OBER, WARREN U., ed. The Story of the Three Bears: The Evolu tion of an International Classic. New York: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981, 308 pp. Explores the origins of various versions of "The Three Bears" and discusses the differences among them, as well as provides facsimile reproductions of fifteen texts. A2383 "The Three Bears." TLS, 23 November 1951, p. xiii. Reports on the discovery of Eleanor Mure's manuscript of "The Three Bears" and the interest it has aroused; and attempts to discover the origins of the tale. #AUTHOR "Three Billy Goats Gruff" A2384 SMITH, LILLIAN. Unreluctant Years, pp. 52-55. Maintains that "All the essentials of a good short story may be found in this Norse folk tale." #AUTHOR "Three Little Pigs" A2385 ROBINSON, ROBERT D. "The Three Little Pigs: From Six Direc tions." EE 45 (March 1968):356-59, 366. Applies six critical approaches to the tale: ethical, historical, psychological, sociological, formal, and archetypal. #AUTHOR THURBER, JAMES (1894-1961) A2386 HILDEBRAND, ANN M. "A New Phase of James Thurber's Many Moons." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 3 (Autumn 1984):147-56. Analyzes elements of Many Moons in terms of key events in Thurber's life. #AUTHOR TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (1892-1973) A2387 CHANT, JOY. "Niggle and Numenor." CLE, o.s., no. 19 (Winter 1975):161-71. Attempts to pierce through the controversy surrounding Tolkien's books and "to understand what in them has evoked such a response." A2388 CROUCH, MARCUS S. "Another Don in Oxford." Junior Bookshelf 14, no. 2 (March 1950):50-53. Calls The Hobbit a great book that makes Tolkien's position in the world of children's literature secure. Compares his position to Carroll's. A2389 CURTIS, JARED. "On Re-Reading The Hobbit, Fifteen Years Later." CLE, n.s. 15, no. 2 (Summer 1984):113-20. Based on an examination of the changes in his own responses to The Hobbit after fifteen years, Curtis suggests ways in which "child readers evolve into adult readers, re-forming the fiction in response to inner claims and emotions." A2390 EVANS, W.D. EMRYS. "Illusion, Tale and Epic." School Librarian 21 (March 1973):5-11. Applies Suzanne Langer's theories of literature as expressed in Feeling and Form to four books for children: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, and Alan Garner's Elidor. A2391 GLOVER, WILLIS B. "The Christian Character of Tolkien's Invented World." Criticism 13, no. 1 (Winter 1971):39-53. Explores the significance of the Christian intellectual tradition in Lord of the Rings. A2392 GREEN, WILLIAM HOWARD. "The Four-Part Structure of Bilbo's Education." Children's Literature 8 (1980):133-40. Maintains that "patterns of opposition and return" unite the four separate tales about Bilbo's education: "the departure from the Shire," "the adventures in the Misty Mountains," "the adventures in Mirk wood," "and the adventures at the "Lonely Mountain." A2393 -----. "The Hobbit and Other Fiction by J.R.R. Tolkien: Their Roots in Medieval Heroic Literature and Language." Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, 1969, 195 pp., DA 30:4944A. Discusses medieval antecedents and influences in The Hobbit. Concludes that "its deepest roots are in Northern Europe; its world is essentially the world of Norse heroic fiction and of Beowulf." A2394 HANNABUSS, C. STUART. "Deep Down: Thematic and Bibliographi cal Excursion." Signal 6 (September 1971):87-95. Explores the origins of Tolkien's symbolism. "I believe Tolkien was working out a quasi Christian morality in pagan terms, using a former culture and literary tradition to furnish the scenario to a quest which incorporated the major issues of Life." A2395 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 197-200. Describes The Hobbit as "a rattling good yarn for children. . . . Its pace and fullness, its good temper, the scale of its protagonists, its manageable horrors and disasters, its simple triumphs and morals, all fit it to the child's eye view." A2396 NODELMAN, PERRY. "A Tolkien Bibliography." ChLAQ 4, no. 1 (Summer 1979):17-18. A brief annotated list of some recommended critical resources. A2397 RYAN, J.S. "Frothi, Frodo--and Dodo and Odo." Orana 16 (May 1980):35-38. Explores the origins of Tolkien's names. A2398 -----. "Gollum and the Golem: A Neglected Tolkien Association with Jewish Thought." Orana 18 (August 1982):100-103. Connects the Jewish Golem with Tolkien's Gollum and explores the significance of this connection. A2399 SKLAR, ROBERT. "Tolkien & Hesse: Top of the Pops." Nation 204 (8 May 1967):598-601. (Reprinted in Lenz, Young Adult Literature, pp. 422-24.) "Tolkien and Hesse's visions of life accord with the contemporary visions of youth." Analyzes their works in these terms. A2400 WALKER, STEVEN C. "Super Natural Supernatural: Tolkien as Real ist." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Association 5 (1978): 100-105. Argues that Tolkien's "Middle-Earth" is grounded in reality, that he is a highly realistic fantasist. A2401 WEST, RICHARD C. Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. Rev. ed. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1981, 177 pp. Contains annotated listings of Tolkien's writings, popular and scholarly Tolkien criticism, and an unannotated list of book reviews. A2402 WOOD, MICHAEL. "Tolkien's Fictions." New Society, 27 March 1969. (Reprinted in Tucker, Suitable for Children?, pp. 165-72.) Analyzes Tolkien's appeal in terms of its "power and coherence" as romance in a time of "rising darkness." #AUTHOR TOLSTOY, LEO (1828-1910) A2403 COHEN, A. "Children's Literature in the Work of Leo Tolstoy." Journal of Reading 22 (January 1979):296-311. "Many of the principles presented by Tolstoy in What Is Art? found expression in his writing for children." Examines Tolstoy's legends, fairy tales, fables, and folktale adaptations for children in terms of his aesthetic theory. Includes references. A2404 HANSON, EARL. "Leo Tolstoy: Pedagogue and Storyteller of Old Russia." LA 56, no. 4 (April 1979):434-36. A brief introduction to Tolstoy stressing his stories for children. Includes a bibliography of titles available in English and references to secondary sources. A2405 McKILLOP, IAN. "Tales by Tolstoy." CLE, o.s., no. 11 (May 1973): 49-57. Argues that Tolstoy's tales for children still deserve a place "on classroom shelves and in children's bedrooms." #AUTHOR TOPELIUS, ZACHARIAS (1818-98) A2406 LAUKKA, MARIA. "Topelius's `Lasning for barn' and Its Illustrators." Phaedrus 9 (1982):41-44. Examines a number of illustrated versions of fairy tales by the Finnish writer Topelius who wrote in Swedish during the time when Finland was a part of the Russian empire. #AUTHOR TOURNIER, MICHEL (1924- ) A2407 McMAHON, JOSEPH H. "Michel Tournier's Texts for Children." Chil dren's Literature 13 (1985):154-68. Discusses the differences between Tournier's works for children and his works for adults. A translation of Tournier's story "Pierrot, or the Secrets of the Night" follows on pp. 169-79, with Tournier's own account of his encounters with children, "Writer Devoured by Children," on pp. 180-87. #AUTHOR TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE (1922- ) A2408 BARNES, RON. "John Rowe Townsend's Novels of Adolescence." CLE, o.s., no. 19 (Winter 1975):178-90. An exploration of Townsend's handling of "crisis of identity, class relationships, parent-child relations and the awakening of adolescent love" in four novels for young adults: The Intruder, Good-Night, Prof, Love, The Summer People, and The Forest of the Night. A2409 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 206-8. "In its setting, characterization, and narrative power, The Intruder is one of the outstanding books of its decade." However, Crouch finds it has "a coldness in it which is repellant." A2410 HANSEN, CAROL A. "Recommended: John Rowe Townsend." English Journal 73 (March 1984):89-90. Provides an overview of Townsend's fiction. A2411 HEINS, PAUL. Review of Forest of the Night. Horn Book 51 (April 1975):133. A2412 REES, DAVID. "A Sense of Story--John Rowe Townsend." In Painted Desert, pp. 102-14. (Originally published in School Librarian, September 1981, in slightly different form.) Argues that Townsend's early novels, like his criticism, exemplify the virtues of "decency, humanity, good sense," and the failings of "lack of imagination, of genuine originality." Concludes that The Islanders is his best, but that in over twenty years of writing Townsend has not created an outstanding novel. A2413 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. "Under Two Hats." Quarterly Journal of Library of Congress 34 (April 1977). (Reprinted in Haviland, The Openhearted Audience, pp. 133-51.) Explores his dual roles as creative writer and critic of children's literature. A2414 -----. "Writing a Book: Goodnight, Prof, Love." In Blishen, ed., Thorny Paradise, pp. 146-57. Describes how he wrote Goodnight, Prof, Love. A2415 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 236-48. In an interview Townsend discusses his life. #AUTHOR TRAILL, CATHERINE PARR (1802-99) A2416 ELLIS, SARAH. "Tales of Crusoes." CCL 23-24 (1981):74-80. Examines Canadian Crusoes in the context of the Robinsonade tradition. #AUTHOR TRAVERS, P[AMELA] L. (1906- ) A2417 "Authors and Editors." Publishers Weekly 200 (13 December 1971):7-9. Reports on the background of Friend Monkey and on Travers's response to the movie version of Mary Poppins. Quotes her at length on children and children's books. A2418 BART, PETER, and BART, DOROTHY. "As Told and Sold by Dis ney." NYTBR, 9 May 1965, Children's Book sec., pp. 2,32-34. Compares the Disney book version of Mary Poppins with the original. A2419 BERGSTEN, STAFFAN. Mary Poppins and Myth. Stockholm, Sweden: Almquist & Wiksell International, 1978, 79 pp. Bergsten describes his method as "a comparative and analytical study." Examines the influence and undercurrents of fairy tales and myths that permeate Travers's work. A2420 COTT, JONATHAN. "The Wisdom of Mary Poppins: Afternoon Tea with P.L. Travers." In Pipers, pp. 195-238. Interviews Travers, discussing the Poppins books, Friend Monkey, and her basic themes, beliefs and motifs ranging widely through literature and mysticism. A2421 "Elusive Author Expansive with Children." Library Journal 91 (15 March 1966):1640 and SLJ 13 (March 1966):174. Reports on Travers's responses to children's questions at Philadel phia's Logan Square Library. A2422 HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK. "P.L. Travers in Fantasy Land." Chil dren's Literature 6 (1977):221-24. Hearn finds fault with Travers's retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" and with Charles Keepings's illustrations and the entire design of the book. A2423 LINGEMAN, RICHARD R. "Visit with Mary Poppins and P.L. Trav ers." New York Times Magazine, 25 December 1966, pp. 12-13, 27-29. A biocritical overview based on an interview and comments from students and faculty at Smith College where she was writer-in- residence. A2424 MOORE, ANNE CARROLL. "Mary Poppins." Horn Book 11 (January -February 1935):6-7. A first highly favorable review in Horn Book. Views the book in the context of the depression. A2425 RODDY, JOSEPH. "A Visit with the Real Mary Poppins." Look 30 (13 December 1966):84-86. Reports on a visit to Travers at Smith College. Travers reiterates her well-known "I don't write for children at all," and shares some of her insights and interests. A2426 SCHWARTZ, ALBERT V. "Mary Poppins Revised: An Interview with P.L. Travers." IRBC 5, no. 3 (1974). (Reprinted in MacCann Cul tural Conformity, pp. 134-40, and in White, Children's Literature, pp. 75-77.) Concerns charges of racism in Mary Poppins and Travers's responses to those charges. A2427 STONE, KAY F. "Re-Awakening the Sleeping Beauty: P.L. Travers' Literary Folktale." Proceedings of the Children's Literature Associa tion 8 (1981):84-90. Critiques Travers's retelling of the classic tale, pointing out places in which she fails and succeeds. A2428 TRAVERS, P.L. About the Sleeping Beauty. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975; London: Thames, 1977, 111 pp. Five versions of the "Sleeping Beauty" tale are accompanied by Travers's own version and an essay on the meaning of fairy tales, the "Sleeping Beauty" in particular. Illustrations by Charles Keeping. A2429 -----. "The Heroes of Childhood: A Note on Nannies." Horn Book 11 (May-June 1935):147-55. Travers talks about nannies she has known. No reference is made to her writing, but the nannies she describes appear to have provided the foundation for Mary Poppins. A2430 -----. "I Never Wrote for Children." New York Times Magazine, 2 July 1978, pp. 16-18, 30. Shares recollections of her childhood and her views on writing and fairy tales. A2431 -----. "A Letter from the Author." Children's Literature 10 (1982):214-17. Travers defends herself against charges of racism and explains why she has revised Mary Poppins. A2432 -----. "On Not Writing for Children." Bookbird 6, no. 4 (1968):3-7. Argues that children's literature is for everybody, not just for children, and reminds the reader that all adults once were children. A2433 -----. "Only Connect." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, 24 October 1967, pp. 238-48. (Reprinted in Haviland, The Open hearted Audience, pp. 3-23.) Discusses early influences on her work, particularly classic myths and fairy tales and "the Celtic Twilight." A2434 -----. "Where Do Ideas Come From?" Bookbird 5, no. 4 (1967):7-8. "A book itself is a writer's explanation, it is as far as he can go. We do not know what happens in fairy tales after Happy Ever After." A2435 -----. "Who is Mary Poppins?" Junior Bookshelf 18 (March 1954):45-50. Says she does not know where Mary Poppins came from, she "just happened." A2436 ZINER, FEENIE. "Mary Poppins as a Zen Monk." NYTBR, 7 May 1972, pp. 2, 22. Reports on a meeting with Travers at the New York Public Library and Travers's response to the suggestion that Mary Poppins is a Zen monk. #AUTHOR TREASE, GEOFFREY (1909- ) A2437 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 59-60. Calls Trease "one of the best theorists among modern writers for the young. His principles are unexceptionable." Adds that "Trease's recent work is purged of the crudities of style and thought which mark his earlier writing, but he has bought this technical competence at a high price. The adventuring spirit has faded, and he no longer sparkles with a fresh vision." A2438 MEEK, MARGARET. Geoffrey Trease. London: Bodley Head, 1960, 64 pp. Critically examines Trease's career as a writer of historical fiction, of formula fiction, of criticism, and travel fiction. Does not deal with his novels for adults. A2439 -----. "Writers for Children 5: Geoffrey Trease." School Librarian 13 (July 1965):132-37. Evaluates Trease's place in the development of modern children's literature in Tales Out of School, first published in 1949. Includes a bibliography. A2440 TREASE, GEOFFREY. "Fifty Years On: A Writer Looks Back." CLE, n.s. 14, no. 3 (Autumn 1983):149-59. Reflects on changes in his writing of historical fiction in over fifty years and on changes in the larger field of children's books as well. A2441 -----. "The Historical Novelist at Work." CLE, o.s., no. 7 (March 1972):5-16. Describes his approach to writing historical fiction. A2442 -----. "Old Writers and Young Readers." In Essays and Studies. Edited by John Lawlor. London: John Murray for the English Association, 1973, pp. 99-112. (Reprinted in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 145-56, and in Bookbird 12, nos. 1-2 [1974]:3-8, 13-19.) Looks over his past fifty years as a children's book writer and discusses the backgrounds of many of his books. A2443 -----. "Problems of the Historical Storyteller." Junior Bookshelf 15, no. 6 (December 1951):259-64. Comments and correspondence follow in 16, nos. 1-2. A2444 -----. A Whiff of Burnt Boats. London: Macmillan, 1971, 191 pp. An early autobiography. A2445 -----. "Why Write for Children?" School Librarian 2 (1960). (Reprinted in Bookbird 5, no. 4 [1967]:3-6.) Explores reasons why he writes: "to communicate information and enthusiasm, re-create the past, interpret the present," and to tell a story. #AUTHOR TREECE, HENRY (1911-66) A2446 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 66-69. Feels Treece's death at age fifty-five came "as he seemed to be discovering his full strength." Finds his work difficult to evaluate, especially The Dream-Time. A2447 FISHER, MARGERY. Henry Treece. London: Bodley Head, 1969, 104 pp. Provides a brief biographical sketch and a detailed analysis of Treece's children's books. A2448 "Henry Treece: Lament for a Maker." TLS 5, Essays and Reviews from the Times Literary Supplement, 1966. (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 256-64.) Devotes particular attention to Treece's Viking stories, and briefly summarizes other books set in ancient and contemporary Britain. #AUTHOR TREFFINGER, CAROLYN (1891- ) A2449 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 12-14. Analyzes the theme of rejection in Li Lun, Lad of Courage. #AUTHOR TRESSELT, ALVIN (1916- ) A2450 TRESSELT, ALVIN. "Books and Beyond." Childhood Education 51 (March 1975):261-66. Shares his background, his approach to children's books and his feelings about a number of his contemporary authors and illustrators. #AUTHOR TUDOR, TASHA (1915- ) A2451 HONTZ, HSE L. "Tasha Tudor." Catholic Library World 42 (February 1971):351-54. "Tasha Tudor radiates a deep appreciation of family life, animals, nature. She brings another world of peacefulness into our conscious ness." Despite its extravagantly appreciative tone, this article provides some insights into Tudor's work. #AUTHOR TUNIS, JOHN R. (1889-1975) A2452 CLARKE, LORETTA. "His Enemy, His Friend: A Novel of Global Conscience." English Journal 62 (May 1973):730-36. This close analysis considers the way Tunis shapes the three parts of his book in view of his statement that "This is a book about the conscience of man." A2453 HAMMER, ADAM. "Kidsport: The Works of John R. Tunis." Journal of Popular Culture 17, no. 3 (Winter 1983):146-49. Analyzes the messages of three of Tunis's books: Iron Duke, World Series, and All-American. Concludes that "Buried deep inside these books, underneath the same old line about good sportsmanship and good citizenship, was that one intriguing message: You kid, you're all right. The old folks? Washed up." A2454 JACOBS, WILLIAM JAY. "John R. Tunis: A Commitment to Values." Horn Book 43 (February 1967):48-54. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 394-402.) "Superbly realistic and well-written stories" that portray values of "persistence, courage, a sense of proportion." A2455 SHEREIKIS, RICHARD. "How You Play the Game: The Novels of John R. Tunis." Horn Book 53 (December 1977):642-48. Argues that while Tunis captured the excitement and beauty of sports, he also pointed out its commercialism, racism, and hypocrisy. #AUTHOR TURNER, ETHEL (1872-1958) A2456 COUPE, SHEENA. "All the World Ought to be Respectably Comfort able: Aspects of the Social Philosophy of Ethel Turner." Orana 15 (February 1979):15-19. A2457 RYAN, J.S. "The Ongoing Significance of Ethel Turner." Orana 16 (November 1980):141-48. Explores Turner's importance to art, life, and literature. #AUTHOR TURNER, PHILIP (1925- ) A2458 BOARD, M.J. "Children's Writers: 5. Philip Turner." School Librarian 27, no. 3 (September 1979):209-14. Discusses Turner's nostalgic, escapist fiction for children. TWAIN, MARK [Samuel L. Clemens] (1835-1910) A2459 ALLEN, MARGOT. "Huck Finn: Two Generations of Pain." IRBC 15, no. 5 (1984):9-12. Tells of her experiences and her son's with the reading of Huck Finn in the classroom and chronicles the State College, Pennsylvania, controversy over the book. See also the article below by Bradford Chambers. A2460 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "Letter from England: A Tale of Two Toms." Horn Book 52 (April 1976):187-90. (Reprinted in Heins, Crosscur rents, pp. 326-29.) Compares Tom Sawyer and Tom Brown. A2461 CHAMBERS, BRADFORD. "Scholars and Huck Finn: A New Look." IRBC 15, no. 4 (1984):12-13. Reports on a panel discussion on "Teaching of Huck in the Pub lic Schools" held at Pennsylvania State University in April 1984 as part of a conference on American Comedy attended by leading Twain scholars. See also article by Margot Allen, above. A2462 CLOONAN, MICHELE V. "The Censorship of Huckleberry Finn: An Investigation." TON 40 (Winter 1984):189-96. Explores reasons for the almost continuous censorship of Huck leberry Finn from 1885 to the present. A2463 ELIOT, T.S. "Huckleberry Finn: A Critical Essay." In Egoff Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 299-309; 2d ed., pp. 266-76. Argues that this book is "the only one in which his [Twain's] genius is completely realized. Eliot does not consider the book juvenile fiction. "We look at Tom [in Tom Sawyer] as the smiling adult does: Huck we do not look at--we see the world through his eyes." A2464 FADIMAN, CLIFTON. "A Second Look: A Centennial for Tom." Horn Book 52 (April 1976):139-44. (Reprinted in Heins, Crosscurrents, pp. 139-44.) Concludes that at one hundred years of age, Tom Sawyer is of more than historical interest to today's children; not only is Twain a great teller of tales, he also still speaks to the child's inner self. A2465 GELLER, EVELYN. "Tom Sawyer, Tom Bailey, and Bad-Boy Genre." WLB 51 (November 1976):245-50. Explores Tom Sawyer as an example of the "Bad-Boy" genre. A2466 GIBSON, DONALD B. "Mark Twain's Jim in the Classroom." English Journal 57 (February 1968):196-99, 202. (Reprinted in MacCann, Black American, pp. 136-42.) Discusses ways to approach the novel critically to interpret Twain's treatment of Jim. A2467 HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK, ed. The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1981, 378 pp. Contains a fifty-page introduction to the book and extensive notes on each page of text. A bibliography lists works by Twain, notable editions of Huckleberry Finn, and work about Twain, about Huckleberry Finn, and about Edward W. Kemble (1861-1933), the book's original illustrator. A2468 PECK, RICHARD. "A Second Look: The Prince and the Pauper." Horn Book 61 (September 1985):541-43. Examines the appeal of The Prince and the Pauper and connects it with Twain's life and with Huckleberry Finn. A2469 RANTA, TAIMI. "Huck Finn and Censorship." ChLAQ 8, no. 4 (Win ter 1983):35. Argues that the novel is neither racist nor immoral and should not be denied to young people. A2470 WALTERS, T.N. "Twain's Finn and Alger's Gilman: Picaresque Coun terdirections." Markham Review 3 (May 1972):53-58. Views Huck Finn and Jed Gilman as illustrating the "latitude and complexity of the picaresque tradition in American literature." A2471 WOLFF, C.G. "Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Nightmare Vision of American Boyhood." Massachusetts Review 21 (Winter 1980):637-52. Provides a detailed analysis of Tom Sawyer, claiming, as Huck says in his own book, that to understand him we need to know where he has been before. A2472 WOODARD, FREDERICK, and MacCANN, DONNARAE. "Huckleberry Finn and the Traditions of Blackface Minstrelsy." IRBC 15, nos. 1-2 (1984):4-13. A close analysis of Twain's classic in terms of aspects of its messages about race and sex roles. Includes extensive notes and quotations about the book, as well as guidelines for classroom discus sion. #AUTHOR UCHIDA, YOSHIKO (1921- ) A2473 CHANG, CATHERINE E. STUDIER. "Profile: Yoshiko Uchida." LA 61 (February 1984):189-93. A brief biocritical overview. Includes a bibliography of Uchida's books. #AUTHOR UDRY, JANICE (1928- ) A2474 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 470-72. Discusses Udry's works, especially A Tree Is Nice. #AUTHOR UNGERER, TOMI (1931- ) A2475 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 544-52. Maintains that the expression "devilishly clever" could have been coined for Ungerer. Discusses the variety, movement, and satire evident in his work. A2476 MICHEL, JOAN HESS. "A Visit with Tomi Ungerer." American Artist 33 (May 1969):40-45, 78-79. A biocritical overview. A2477 SIEGEL, R.A. "The Little Boy Who Drops His Pants in a Crowd: . . ." L&U 1, no. 1 (1977):26-32. Maintains that Ungerer's humor is communicated "through the traditional structure of comic grotesque imagery" which is universal in appeal and relevant to the child's sense of humor. #AUTHOR UPTON, FLORENCE (1873-1922) A2478 OSBORNE, EDGAR. "The Birth of Golliwog." Junior Bookshelf 12 (December 1948):159-65. Tells of the origins of the Golliwog character in Upton's The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls. #AUTHOR UTTLEY, ALISON (1884-1976) A2479 GRAHAM, ELEANOR. "Alison Uttley: An Appreciation." Junior Bookshelf 5 (December 1941):115-20. Discusses the influences of country life in all of Uttley's work. Praises her versatility. A2480 SAINTSBURY, ELIZABETH. The World of Alison Uttley: A Biogra phy. London: Baker, 1980, 177 pp. Emphasizes the settings and incidents in Uttley's life that found their way into her books. Pages 132-47 concentrate on the Little Grey Rabbit books. #AUTHOR VAN ALLSBURG, CHRIS (1949- ) A2481 GARDNER, JOHN. "Fun and Games and Dark Imaginings." NYTBR, 26 April 1981, Children's Book sec., pp. 49, 64. Review of Jumanji. Finds the pictures of higher quality than the text. A2482 MacCANN, DONNARAE, and RICHARD, OLGA. "Picture Books for Children." WLB 56 (November 1981):212-13. A thoughtful review of Jumanji, analyzing elements of plot and style of illustration. #AUTHOR VAN DOREN, MARK (1894-1972) A2483 HILL, HELEN. "A Secret Harmony: Some Poems of Mark Van Doren for Children." ChLAQ 5, no. 2 (Summer 1980):30-35. Provides a detailed analysis of Van Doren's poetry for children. #AUTHOR VAN KERKWIJK, HENK A2484 "Portrait of a Dutch Author: Henk Van Kerkwijk." Bookbird 10, no. 1 (1972):27-28. Praises the author's skill and versatility in several genres and his uniformly critical attitude toward social issues. #AUTHOR VAN LOON, HENDRICK (1882-1944) A2485 "A Critical Review of Van Loon's America." Horn Book 4 (1928):42-43. Denounces the book's "flippant style" and verbosity, its lack of "coherence and unity." #AUTHOR VAN STOCKUM, HILDA (1908- ) A2486 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 98-101. Analyzes the theme of war in The Winged Watchman. #AUTHOR VERNE, JULES (1828-1905) A2487 GALLAGHER, EDWARD J. Jules Verne: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980, 387 pp. Provides listings of Verne's fiction and nonfiction writings and annotated lists of critical studies in English and in French, arranged by date of publication. A2488 LOWNDES, MARIE BELLOC. "Signal Reprints: Jules Verne at Home." Signal 10 (January 1973):3-13. Reprinted from Strand Magazine, Fall 1895. Describes Verne's working methods. #AUTHOR VIPONT, ELFRIDA (1902- ) A2489 WOODFIELD, E.R. "Way Will Open." Junior Bookshelf 15, no. 3 (July 1951):104-11. Analyzes key qualities of Vipont's work. An account by Vipont precedes, pp. 98-103. #AUTHOR VOIGHT, CYNTHIA (1942- ) A2490 DRESANG, ELIZA T. "A Newbery Song for Gifted Readers." SLJ 30 (November 1983):33-37. Examines the qualitative details of Dicey's Song that make it particularly suitable for gifted readers. A2491 HENKE, JAMES T. "Dicey, Odysseus, and Hansel and Gretel: The Lost Children in Voight's Homecoming." CLE, n.s. 16, no. 1 (Spring 1985):45-52. Explores mythic and fairy tale parallels in Homecoming. #AUTHOR VON BODECKER, ALBRECHT A2492 KUHN, HANNELORE. "The Illustrator Albrecht von Bodecker." Book bird 2 (1984):61-63. Provides an overview and stylistic analysis of von Bodecker's work, including a bibliography and list of his awards. #AUTHOR VOSNETSOV, YOURI A2493 "The Life and Work of the Soviet Illustrator Youri Vosnetsov." Bookbird 12, no. 2 (1974):42-45. A biocritical overview. Includes a bibliography of Vosnetsov's work and excerpts from reviews of his books. #AUTHOR WABER, BERNARD (1924- ) A2494 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 480-83. "A host of interesting and enlivening picturebook developments rebound in Waber's work, and while he is too good to be called typ ical, he is broadly representative." Discusses especially his ability to portray feelings. A2495 HARMON, MARY K. "Bernard Waber." EE 51 (September 1974):773-76. Waber's editor discusses his books. WAGNER, JENNY, and BROOKS, RON (1948- ) A2496 SCHWARCZ, JOSEPH H. "Adult Experience in Children's Books." In Ways of the Illustrator, pp. 191-95. Examines Wagner and Brooks's The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek and John Brown, Rose and The Midnight Cat as examples of recent picture books that introduce themes of "adult experience and art expression" to children. A2497 SCOTT, PATRICIA. "John Brown, Max & Mr. Gumpy's Outing." Orana 14 (May 1978):39-41. Discusses Jenny Wagner and Ron Brooks's John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and John Burningham's Mr. Gumpy's Outing. #AUTHOR WALSH, JILL PATON (1939- ) A2498 REES, DAVID. "Types of Ambiguity: Jill Paton Walsh." In Marble in the Water, pp. 141-54. Feels the criticism Walsh has so far received has masked her faults and failed to determine what her virtues are. Rees feels she sets out the old-fashioned virtues in black and white, with no gray areas, and she shows ineptitude in handling working-class characters. Compares the pointillist style of Goldengrove to Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and considers it Walsh's best book. A2499 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. A Sounding, pp. 153-65. Traces Walsh's development as a writer from her first book to more recent books. Praises Unleaving (1976) and points out the elements of fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary realism in A Chance Child (1978). A2500 WALSH, JILL PATON. "The Lords of Time." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 36 (Spring 1979):96-113. Expresses her views on the differences between writing for chil dren and for adults. Feels writing for children is important, since they are "The Lords of Time," and nothing is more certain than that they will survive us. #AUTHOR WARD, LYND (1905- ) A2501 PAINTER, HELEN W. "Lynd Ward: Artist, Writer, and Scholar." EE 39 (November 1962):663-71. A biocritical overview. A2502 WARD, LYND. "Caldecott Award Acceptance." Horn Book 29 (August 1953):297-304. Tells of his background and some of the influences on his work. A biographical sketch by his wife May McNeer precedes. #AUTHOR WARNLOF, ANNA LISA (1911- ) A2503 BOLIN, GRETA. "A Meditative Girl: A Study in the Authorship of Claque (Anna Lisa Warnlof)." Bookbird 7, no. 2 (1969):22-29. (Originally published in Swedish in Perspektiv 14, no. 9 [November 1963]:406-9. Translated by Roger G. Tanner.) Discusses the Pella books and Frederika books, relating them to Warnl”f's childhood. Includes a bibliography of Warnl”f's works, including translations. #AUTHOR WEIK, MARY HAYS (1898-1979) A2504 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 73-75. Analyzes the theme of entrapment in The Jazz Man. #AUTHOR WEISGARD, LEONARD (1916- ) A2505 BROWN, MARGARET WISE. "Leonard Weisgard Wins The Caldecott Medal." Publishers Weekly 152 (5 July 1947):40-42. A fascinating account of Weisgard as person and illustrator, as only Margaret Wise Brown could write it. A2506 FLOETHE, RICHARD. "Artist's Choice." Horn Book 38 (April 1962):190-91. Highly praises Weisgard's illustrations in Nibble, Nibble which "flow as simply and as naturally as the poems." A2507 PAINTER, HELEN W. "Leonard Weisgard: Exponent of Beauty." EE 47 (November 1970):922-35. An overview and appraisal of Weisgard's career as an illustrator, with discussion of many individual works, influences, and techniques. Includes references and a bibliography of books illustrated by Weis gard. A2508 WEISGARD, LEONARD. "The Artist at Work." Horn Book 40 (August 1964):409-14. Explores the role of the picture book illustrator, using many examples from his own work and reasons for employing certain tech niques. WELCH, RONALD [Robert Oliver Felton] (1909- ) A2509 CROUCH, MARCUS. The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 72-74. Traces Welch's development as a writer. "As in later books he learnt more about the craft of novel-writing, Welch lost the keen edge of his enthusiasm and declined into a writer of scholarly, honestly prepared books from which the sparkle of a creative impulse had faded." A2510 WELCH, RONALD. "Attention to Detail: The Workbooks of Ronald Welch." CLE, o.s., no. 8 (Summer 1972):30-38. Welch explains his methods for incorporating small, background details in his historical fiction. #AUTHOR WELLS, HELEN (1910- ) A2511 MASON, BOBBIE ANN. In The Girl Sleuth, pp. 107-15. Mason analyzes the appeal of the Cherry Ames Nurse stories and Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess series, some volumes of which were written by Julie Tatham (who also wrote the Trixie Belden Books as Julie Campbell). Both books involve career girls who solve mysteries on the job. #AUTHOR WELLS, ROSEMARY (1943- ) A2512 MERCIER, JEAN F. "Rosemary Wells." Publishers Weekly 217 (29 February 1980):72-73. Wells discusses her background and her work in this brief inter view, particularly the origins of her board books for very young children. #AUTHOR WERNSTROM, SVEN A2513 GRAVES, PETER. "Sven Wernstrom: Traditionalist and Reformer." Signal 26 (May 1978):73-80. Response by Norwegian librarian Kari Schei follows, pp. 81-83, with rebuttal by Graves, pp. 83-84. Graves and Schei agree that Wernstrom is the "most discussed writer for young people in Sweden over the last decade," but Schei feels his Marxism deserves more attention. According to Graves, none of Wernstrom's books has so far been translated into English. #AUTHOR WESTALL, ROBERT (1929- ) A2514 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "Letter from England: Children at War." Horn Book 52 (August 1976):438-42. Feels The Machine-Gunners has two qualities that make it excep tional compared to other children's books about the war: (1) the sharpness of his re-creation of the time, and (2) its sense of also being about the present. A2515 REES, DAVID. "Macho Man, British Style--Robert Westall." In Painted Desert, pp. 115-25. Maintains that "the seeds of later decline were sown" in The Machine-Gunners, Westall's first novel, with its increasingly improb able plot, macho characteristics, and emphasis on "guts" and unpleas ant violence. #AUTHOR WESTON, JOHN (1932- ) A2516 BLAKELY, W. PAUL. "Growing Pains in Arizona: Youth in the Fic tion of John Weston." Arizona English Bulletin 14, no. 3 (April 1972):44-50. Analyzes Weston's portrayals of coming of age against an Arizona background in Jolly and Hail, Hero! #AUTHOR WHITAKER, MURIEL A2517 EVANS, MURRAY J. "Bright Parable of Pernilla." CCC 18, no. 19 (1980):117-20. An in-depth review of Pernilla in the Perilous Forest praising both the text and the illustrations by Jetske Ironside. #AUTHOR WHITE, ELIZA ORNE (1856-1947) A2518 MILLER, BERTHA MAHONY. "Eliza Orne White and Her Books for Children." Horn Book 31 (April 1955):89-105. (Reprinted in Andrews, The Hewins Lectures, 1947-1962, pp. 151-62.) A biocritical essay. #AUTHOR WHITE, E.B. (1899-1985) A2519 ALBERGHENE, JANICE M. "Writing in Charlotte's Web." CLE, n.s. 16, no. 1 (Spring 1985):32-44. Discusses the ways in which White explores what it means to be a "good writer." ("It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.") A2520 ANDERSON, ARTHUR JAMES. E.B. White: A Biography. Scarecrow Author Bibliographies, no. 37. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978, 199 pp. Primarily an unannotated checklist of White's writings, a brief section of "Writings About E.B. White" contains a few entries pertain ing to his children's books, and lists reviews of Charlotte's Web, pp. 157-58, Stuart Little, p. 155, and The Trumpet of the Swan, pp. 160-62. A2521 "Anne Carroll Moore Urged Withdrawal of Stuart Little." Library Journal 91 (15 April 1966):2187-88 and SLJ 13 (April 1966):71-72. A brief note of historical and literary interest, citing reactions of Miss Moore, Harold Ross, and Edmund Wilson, among others, to the character of Stuart. A2522 CAMERON, ELEANOR. "McLuhan, Youth, and Literature." Horn Book 48 (October 1972):572-79. Contrasts Charlotte's Web with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which she has found wanting, and shows how Charlotte's Web meets "standards set by some of the finest critics and writers of adult literature." A2523 ELLEDGE, SCOTT. E.B. White: A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton, 1984, 400 pp. Stuart Little's creation and critical reception are treated in chapter 13, pp. 250-66, Charlotte's Web's in chapter 15, pp. 289-305, and Trumpet of the Swan's, pp. 345-49. A2524 GLASTONBURY, MARION. "E.B. White's Unexpected Items of Enchantment." CLE, o.s., no. 11 (May 1973):3-12. (Reprinted in Fox, Writers, Critics, and Children, pp. 104-15.) Examines White's three books for children in terms of their themes and the relationships of those themes to White's life and personal characteristics and preoccupations. A2525 GRIFFITH, JOHN. "Charlotte's Web: A Lonely Fantasy of Love." Children's Literature 8 (1980):111-17. "In this story of Wilbur, a good-hearted but lonely and vulnerable pig, White creates a consoling fantasy in which a small Everyman survives and triumphs over the pathos of being alone." Relates the story to a child's growing insight and changing perspective as she grows up. A2526 GUTH, DOROTHY LOBRANO, ed. Letters of E.B. White. New York: Harper & Row, 1976, 686 pp. Scattered throughout this collection of letters are references, many providing valuable background information, to White's three children's books. They are easily accessed through the book's index. A2527 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 178-80. Compares the book and film versions of Charlotte's Web. A2528 MASON, BOBBIE ANN. "Profile: The Elements of E.B. White's Style." LA 56 (September 1979):692-96. Analyzes White's style in writing for children. "White's vision-- trained by Thoreau's economy of effort and Strunk's economy of words . . . clear the way for a direct look at essential issues." A2529 NEUMEYER, PETER F. "The Creation of Charlotte's Web: From Drafts to Book." Horn Book 58 (October 1982):489-97; (December 1982):617-25. Describes White's creative processes. A2530 -----. "The Creation of E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan: The Manuscripts." Horn Book 61 (January 1985):17-28. An examination of White's manuscript drafts for Trumpet of the Swan at the Pierpont Morgan Library reveals a creative process similar to that revealed by the manuscript drafts for Charlotte's Web, and also gives "a hint of why The Trumpet of the Swan is not as highly regarded a novel as Charlotte's Web." A2531 -----. "What Makes a Good Children's Book? The Texture of Char lotte's Web." South Atlantic Bulletin 44, no. 2, 1979, pp. 66-75. Examines the "denseness of texture" and the "mythopoeic dimen sion" that make Charlotte's Web a great book. A2532 NODELMAN, PERRY. "Text as Teacher: The Beginning of Charlotte's Web." Children's Literature 13 (1985):109-27. Explores the ways in which the structure of Charlotte's Web allows "young readers who know only simple fictions to comprehend their [the more complex novels'] greater complexity." A2533 NULTON, LUCY. "Eight-Year-Olds in Charlotte's Web." EE 31 (Jan uary 1954):11-16. Describes children's analyses of situation and character that emerged during class reading. A2534 SALE, ROGER. Fairy Tales and After, pp. 258-67. Sees Charlottes Web as a "hymn" of celebration and praise, and a "gem." A2535 SAMPSON, EDWARD C. E.B. White. Twayne's U.S. Authors Series, no. 232. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1974, 190 pp. Chapter 6, "Stories for Children," pp. 94-105, analyzes Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of The Swan. A2536 SINGER, DOROTHY G. "Charlotte's Web: Erikson's Life Cycle." SLJ 22 (November 1975):17-19. Analyzes Charlotte's Web in terms of the eight developmental stages proposed by Erik Erikson in Identity, Youth and Crisis. A2537 SOLHEIM, HELENE. "Magic in The Web: Time, Pigs, and E.B. White." South Atlantic Quarterly 80 (Autumn 1981):391-405. Argues that "In White, and particularly in Charlotte's Web, there is nothing in his children's stories inconsistent with or unlike the substance of his articles, or essays or poems." A2538 WEALES, GERALD. "Designs of E.B. White." NYTBR, 24 May 1970, Children's Book sec., pp. 2, 40. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 407-11.) Analyzes Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web in terms of White's own rule 8 from his Elements of Style: "Choose a suitable design and hold to it." A2539 WHITE, E.B. "Death of a Pig." Atlantic Monthly 181 (January 1948):30-33. White provides intimations of Wilbur in this account of the death of his pig. A2540 -----. "On Writing for Children." Paris Review 48 (Fall 1969). (In Haviland, Children and Literature, p. 140.) Describes his views on writing for children: "You have to write up, not down." A2541 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 124-31. White discusses his life and work in an interview. #AUTHOR WHITE, T[ERENCE] H[ANBURY] (1906-64) A2542 CRANE, JOHN K. T.H. White. New York: Twayne, 1974, 202 pp. Chapter 4, pp. 75-122, is devoted to Once and Future King, and pp. 123-34 of chapter 5 concentrate on Mistress Masham's Repose. A2543 IRWIN, W.R. "Swift and the Novelists." Philological Quarterly 45 (1966):102-13. Discusses Mistress Masham's Repose and Walter De la Mare's Memoirs of a Midget, and their basis in Gulliver's Travels. A2544 LANGTON, JANE. "A Second Look: Mistress Masham's Repose." Horn Book 57 (October 1981):565-70. Explores the pleasure provided to both grown-ups and children in this witty, humorous book. A2545 WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND. T.H. White: A Biography. London: Cape--Chatto & Windus, 1967, 352 pp. Concentrates on White's life rather than his writings. #AUTHOR WIESE, KURT (1887-1974) A2546 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 65-68. Analyzes Liang and Lo, Ping, and the Five Chinese Brothers. A2547 BERTRAM, JEAN DE SALES. "Kurt Wiese--Prolific Artist, Author." EE 33 (April 1956):195-200. Discusses the influence of Wiese's past on his work. #AUTHOR WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS (1856-1923) A2548 ERISMAN, FRED. "Transcendentalism for American Youth." New England Quarterly 41 (1968):238-47. Explores the influences of transcendentalism in Wiggin's children's books. A2549 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 127-30. Analyzes themes of loss and death in The Birds' Christmas Carol. #AUTHOR WILBUR, RICHARD (1921- ) A2550 NADEL, ALAN. "Roethke, Wilbur, and the Vision of the Child: Romantic and Augustan in Modern Verse." L&U 2, no. 1 (Spring 1975):94-113. Compares the two poets, placing Roethke in the romantic tradi tion with its pure and free projection of childhood, and Wilbur in the neoclassical tradition of the rational, social poet. Analyzes several poems in these terms. A2551 SCULLEY, JAMES. Review. Children's Literature 2 (1973):241-42. A scathing review of Opposites. #AUTHOR WILDE, OSCAR (1856-1900) A2552 GRISWOLD, JEROME. "Sacrifice and Mercy in Wilde's The Happy Prince." Children's Literature 3 (1974):103-6. Identifies the Wilde's theme as advocating mercy rather than sacrifice. A2553 KOTZIN, MICHAEL C. "`The Selfish Giant' As Literary Tale." Studies in Short Fiction 16 (Fall 1979):301-9. In-depth examination of "The Selfish Giant" as an example of the nineteenth-century literary fairy tale. A2554 MARTIN, ROBERT K. "Oscar Wilde and the Fairy Tale: The Happy Prince as Self-Dramatization." Studies in Short Fiction 16 (Winter 1979):74-77. Argues that "Wilde used the fairy tale to express some of his deepest concerns and to record his own growing commitments, including one to homosexual love, in a way which would have been impossible without the protection offered by the conventions of fantasy." A2555 MONAGHAN, DAVID M. "The Literary Fairy-Tale: A Study of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and The Star-Child." Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 1, no. 2 (Spring 1974):156-66. A2556 QUINTUS, JOHN ALLEN. "The Moral Prerogative in Oscar Wilde: A Look at the Fairy Tales." Virginia Quarterly Review 53, no. 4 (Autumn 1977):708-17. Claims that "the moral direction so obvious in them is analogous to the morality Wilde espouses throughout his art." A2557 SHEWAN, RODNEY. "The Happy Prince and Other Tales." In Oscar Wilde: Art and Egotism, pp. 40-57. Discusses "The Happy Prince," "The Selfish Giant," and other tales from The Happy Prince and Other Tales in terms of egotism and pastoral themes. A2558 SPELMAN, MARILYN KELLY. "The Self-Realization Theme in The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1978, 107 pp., DA 39:2959A. Analyzes Wilde's fairy tales in terms of the unifying theme of self-realization and comments on their "moralism" through Christian metaphor. A2559 TREMPER, ELLEN. "Commitment and Escape: The Fairy Tales of Thackeray, Dickens and Wilde." L&U 2, no. 1 (Spring 1978):38-47. Examines Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring, Dickens's The Magic Fishbone, and Wilde's The Happy Prince to determine whether "The attitudes usually present in these writers' adult fiction are, for some reason, overturned in their juvenile stories." Argues that while Thackeray and Dickens wrote realistic novels for adults, their fairy tales are escapist whereas Wilde, whose adult works were escapist, reflects the "bitter waters of worldly experience" in his children's stories. #AUTHOR WILDER, LAURA INGALLS (1867-1957) A2560 ANDERSON, WILLIAM T. "The Laura Ingalls Wilder Classics." AB Bookman's Weekly 68 (16 November 1981):3408, 3410, 3412. Chronicles the prepublication history of the Little House books. A2561 BOSMAJIAN, HAMIDA. "Vastness and Contraction of Space in Little House on the Prairie." Children's Literature 11 (1983):49-63. Compares the intimacy of the inner space represented by the house with the vastness of the prairie and all it represents of the larger world. A2562 BUTTENSCHON, ELLEN. "A Danish Book about Laura Ingalls Wilder." Bookbird 12, no. 2 (1974):20-28. Reports on her research for her book: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Bondekonen der Blev Digter (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1971), 123 pp. A2563 CAPEY, A.C. "Laura Ingalls and Mrs. Wilder: The Writer as Recre ator." Use of English 29 (Summer 1978):25-31. Praises Wilder's ability to re-create the experiences of daily life, and the skill and style of her prose, for which he suggests a possible origin. A2564 COLWELL, EILEEN H. "Laura Ingalls Wilder." Junior Bookshelf 26 (November 1962):237-43. An English view of Wilder, primarily plot summary. A2565 COOPER, BERNICE. "The Authenticity of the Historical Background of the Little House Books." EE 40 (November 1963):696-702. Verifies the historical authenticity and accuracy of the books. A2566 DALPHIN, MARCIA. "Christmas in the Little House Books." Horn Book 29 (December 1953):431-35. Examines the portrayal of Christmas in the Little House books. A2567 DYKSTRA, RALPH RICHARD. "The Autobiographical Aspects of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" Books." Ed.D. dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980, 271 pp., DA 41:1003A. Identifies and analyzes autobiographical elements in Wilder's work, especially those events that may have influenced her writing and the ways in which she interpreted her life. A2568 ERISMAN, FRED. "The Regional Vision of Laura Ingalls Wilder." In Studies in Medieval, Renaissance, American Literature: A Festschrift. Edited by Betsy F. Colquitt. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1971, pp. 165-71. Sees Wilder's works as providing "a statement of literary regional ism that is unsurpassed by many better-known `serious' works." Praises her sense of time and place and her awareness of being part of a larger American culture. A2569 FLANAGAN, FRANCES. "A Tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder." EE 34 (April 1937):203-13. Argues that not only the material but its combination with a command of style, and a gift for storytelling, perhaps inherited from her father, make Laura Ingalls Wilder's books among the best. A2570 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 165-71. Sees Long Winter as portraying "an ideal social order" in "a real past. . . . The pacing of the book is unimprovable. Each chapter is quite short, nicely adjusted to a young reader's stamina, but each shifts the story a little way on in to the long, rhythmless tedium of the winter." A2571 JACOBS, WILLIAM JAY. "Frontier Faith Revisited: The Little House Books of Laura Ingalls Wilder." Horn Book 41 (October 1965):465-73. Explores the significance of frontier faith and pioneer values, as presented by Wilder, for the modern reader. A2572 KINGSTON, CAROLYN, T. Tragic Mode, pp. 164-67. Analyzes By the Shores of Silver Lake in terms of its theme of loss. A2573 Laura Ingalls Wilder Lore. Six-page newsletter issued twice a year since 1974 by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. De Smet, South Dakota 57231. A2574 LEE, ANNE THOMPSON. "`It is better farther on': Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Pioneer Spirit." L&U 3, no. 1 (Spring 1979):74-88. Concentrates on the portraits of Ma and Pa in the Little House books. Although Pa is adored, "Laura's slow progress toward a sym pathetic understanding of her mother parallels her own growth toward acceptance of her identity as a woman." A2575 MOONEY-GETOFF, MARY J. Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Bibliography. Southold, N.Y.: Wise Owl Press, 1980, 40 pp. Lists books and articles by and about Laura Ingalls Wilder, including literary criticism. Contains a section entitled "Research Still Needed on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Other Writings." Also includes listings of audiovisual materials and addresses of historical societies and museums concerned with Wilder. A2576 MOORE, ROSA ANN. "Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane: The Chemistry of Collaboration." CLE, n.s., 11, no. 3 (Autumn 1980):101-9. An examination of unpublished correspondence between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose reveals how the Little House books reflect collaboration. A2577 -----. "Laura Ingalls Wilder's Orange Notebooks and the Art of the Little House Books." Children's Literature 4 (1975):105-19. A comparison of the posthumously published The First Four Years and available notebooks with These Happy Golden Years and other books reveals the restyling and restructuring that turned the unretouched autobiography into a finished work "both less literal and more true and beautiful." A2578 -----. "The Little House Books: Rose Colored Classics." Children's Literature 7 (1978):7-16. A study of Laura Ingalls Wilder's papers reveals how much her daughter Rose had to do with her books as editor and mentor. A2579 MOWREY, JANET B. "Portrait of a Pioneer." LA (January 1976):51-55. Examines Laura's portrayal of Pa as a pioneer. A2580 ROSENBLUM, DOLORES. "`Intimate Immensity': Mythic Space in the Works of Laura Ingalls Wilder." In Where the West Begins: Essays on Middle Border and Sioux-land Writing, in Honor of Herbert Krause. Edited by Arthur R. Huseboe and William Geyer. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Center for Western Studies Press, 1978, pp. 72-79. Sees Wilder as making sense of "child Laura Ingalls's prairie world by organizing empty space around actual structures--a variety of `little houses.'" Applies Gaston Bachelard's theories of the paradox of "intimate immensity" to Laura's handling and eventual synthesis of a number of opposites. A2581 SEGEL, ELIZABETH. "Laura Ingalls Wilder's America: An Unflinch ing Assessment." CLE, n.s. 8, no. 2 (Summer 1977):63-70. Argues that the Little House books convey the ethics and values of American pioneers and portray also a "child's courageous question ing" of the "pernicious doctrines of repressive gentility and racial superiority." A2582 SMITH, IRENE. "Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House Books." Horn Book 19 (September-October 1943):293-306. Explores the relationship between Wilder's life and her writings. A2583 SPAETH, JANET L. "Over the Horizon of the Years: Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House Books." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Dakota, 1982, 161 pp., DA 43:1148A. Consists of five essays, each one devoted to an aspect of Wilder's writing heretofore ignored in critical analysis. The essays examine (1) the family traditions and folklore and their relationship to the general structure of Little House in The Big Woods, (2) the effect of the Homestead Act as portrayed in the series, (3) female social training as revealed in the series, (4) Laura's growth to adulthood as revealed in changing ordering of environment and use of language, and (5) particulars of Wilder's technique (point of view, plot, theme, tone, imagery, personification, and character) and their contributions to the enduring success of her stories. A2584 WALKER, BARBARA. The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1979, 240 pp. The introductory chapters in this cookbook provide insights about the significance of food in the Little House books and factual back ground related to the books. Even the remaining chapters, which are mainly recipes, contain strong links to the books themselves. A2585 WARD, NANCY. "Laura Ingalls Wilder--An Appreciation." EE 50 (October 1973):1025-27, 1038. Wonders how Wilder, with few books in her childhood and little time to read in her adult life, became such a masterful writer. Praises her ability to make us "see and feel everything with her own delight," her depiction of life's small pleasures, of the joys of food, especially in Farmer Boy, and her picture of family life. Also comments upon the many lessons the books teach about details of pioneer life and work, and about self-control and unselfishness. A2586 WENZEL, EVELYN. "`Little House' Books of Laura Ingalls Wilder." EE 29 (February 1952):65-74. Discusses qualities of the Little House books that give children insight into their own problems and needs. A2587 WILLIAMS, GARTH. "Illustrating the Little House Books." Horn Book 29 (December 1953):413-22. Describes how he retraced the Ingalls's steps in the process of illustrating the Little House books. A2588 WILNER, ISABEL. "Laura Ingalls Wilder." Bookbird 5, no. 3 (1967):34-36. Briefly summarizes the outstanding qualities and the impact of the Little House books. A2589 WOLF, VIRGINIA. "Plenary Paper: The Magic Circle of Laura Ingalls Wilder." ChLAQ 9, no. 4 (Winter 1984-85):168-70. Argues that in contrast to Little House in The Big Woods where the little house in the center of the circle of woods is the focus, in Little House on the Prairie the focus is on the circle and "The center, paradoxically becomes a moving house, a covered wagon, or a skeleton house open to the light, air, and danger of the wild, endless prairie." A2590 -----. "The Symbolic Center: Little House in the Big Woods." CLE, n.s. 13, no. 3 (Autumn 1982):107-14. (Reprinted in May, Children and Their Literature, pp. 65-70.) Categorizes the work as more romance than fiction, and analyzes it in terms of harmony and antithetical balance: the contrast between the domesticity and warmth of family life in the little house and the wilderness and immensity of the big woods, and the pioneer family's life in harmony with nature and the cycle of seasons. A2591 ZOCHERT, DANIEL. Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chi cago: Henry Regnery, 1976, 260 pp. This primarily biographical account provides insights into the origins of Laura's writing. #AUTHOR WILDSMITH, BRIAN (1930- ) A2592 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 155-66. In an interview Wildsmith discusses his background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of his works. A2593 WILDSMITH, BRIAN. "Antic Disposition: A Young Illustrator Inter views Himself." Library Journal 90 (15 November 1965):5035-38 and SLJ 12 (November 1965):21-24. Wildsmith sheds light on his background and his approach to illustrating. #AUTHOR WILKINS, VAUGHAN (1890-1959) A2594 CROUCH, MARCUS. "After Bath--Fourteen Years After." Junior Bookshelf 23 (December 1959):324-27. Regards After Bath as the most interesting children's book to come out of World War II. #AUTHOR WILLARD, BARBARA (1909- ) A2595 CROUCH, MARCUS. "Foresty Folk." Junior Bookshelf 46 (April 1982):55-59. Examines Willard's theme of the forest. A2596 -----. "Women of Iron." TLS, 20 September 1974, p. 1004. Reviews the last of the Mantlemass novels, Harrow and Harvest. A2597 FISHER, MARGERY. "Barbara Willard." School Librarian 17 (Decem ber 1969):343-48. Calls Barbara Willard the "Louisa Alcott of our time." Provides a fine introduction to her work and a bibliography of her books. A2598 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 167-76. In an interview Willard discusses her background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of her works. A2599 MEEK, MARGARET. "The Fortunes of Mantlemass." TLS, 18 July 1980, p. 805. Provides a brief critical overview of the Mantlemass series. #AUTHOR WILLARD, NANCY (1936- ) A2600 HALL, DONALD. "Clouds for Breakfast." NYTBR, 15 November 1981, pp. 51, 60. Reviews A Visit to William Blake's Inn. A2601 PERKINS, AGNES. "Scribe of Dreams." ChLAQ 10, no. 1 (Spring 1985):38-40. Finds a common theme of dreams and free-association throughout all of Willard's prose, poetry, and fiction, for both children and adults. A2602 WANIEK, MARILYN NELSON. "A Trio of Poetry Books for Chil dren." Children's Literature 11 (1983):182-90. Critical of Willard's A Visit to William Blake's Inn, Waniek also discusses Michael Patrick Hearn's anthology A Day in Verse: Break fast, Books, and Dreams and Annie Schmidt's Pink Lemonade. #AUTHOR WILLIAMS, GARTH (1912- ) A2603 FAVA, RITA. "Artist's Choice." Horn Book 37 (June 1961):244-45. Praises the pictures, design, and total unity of Bedtime for Frances (written by Russell Hoban). #AUTHOR WILLIAMS, URSULA MORAY (1911- ) A2604 MOSS, ELAINE. "Ursula Moray Williams and Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse." Signal 5 (May 1971):56-61. A biocritical overview. Regards Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse "one of the outstanding books" of the 1930s. #AUTHOR WILLIAMS, VERA B. (1927- ) A2605 WILLIAMS, VERA. "Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Acceptance." Horn Book 60 (February 1984):34-38. Tells how she came to write A Chair for My Mother. #AUTHOR WILLIAMSON, HENRY (1897-1977) A2606 DAVIS, MARNI AYRES. Review. Horn Book 5 (February 1929):24-26. An early review of Tarka The Otter, praising it as "so piercingly true that it makes you remember things not consciously noticed when you watched woods and water grow." WINFIELD, ARTHUR M. [Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym] A2607 PRAGER, ARTHUR. Rascal at Large, pp. 220-51. Prager mingles personal recollection, standard plot outlines, and analysis in his discussion of the Stratemeyer Syndicate's Rover Boys series. #AUTHOR WOJCIECHOWSKA, MAIA (1927- ) A2608 HANSEN, IAN V. "The Spanish Setting: A Re-Appraisal of Maia Wojciechowska." CLE, n.s. 12, no. 4 (1981):186-91. This reevaluation of Wojciechowska's Shadow of a Bull and A Single Light suggests that their didactic moralizing is more bother some to adult readers than to children, that "These novels breathe a myth-quality that makes some sense of a violent world of pain, uncertainty, and rejection." A2609 KINGSTON, CAROLYN T. Tragic Mode, pp. 14-16. Analyzes the theme of rejection in Shadow of a Bull. A2610 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 295-307. Wojciechowska discusses her life in an interview. A2611 WOJCIECHOWSKA, MAIA. "Shadow of a Kid." Horn Book 41 (August 1965):349-52. Enlarges upon the origins and background of Shadow of a Bull. A biographical sketch by Selden Rodman follows, pp. 353-57. #AUTHOR WRIGHTSON, PATRICIA (1921- ) A2612 FISHER, MARGERY. "Writers for Children: 10. Patricia Wrightson." School Librarian 17 (March 1969):22-26. Provides a fine introduction to Wrightson's work. A2613 GILDERDALE, BETTY. "The Novels of Patricia Wrightson." CLE, n.s. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1978):43-49. Examines Wrightson's themes and techniques in books up to The Nargun and the Stars (1973). A2614 McDONNELL, CHRISTINE. "A Second Look." Horn Book 56 (April 1980):196-99. Praises Wrightson's refreshing, sensitive handling of Andy's specialness in A Racecourse for Andy: "Wrightson shows us that innocence is a gift." A2615 McVITTY, WALTER. "Patricia Wrightson: At the Edge of Australian Vision." In Innocence and Experience, pp. 99-132. Feels Wrightson's later work "is stretching the bounds of chil dren's literature beyond reasonable reach of audience." Provides a brief biography, extensive critical analysis, comments by Wrightson, and a bibliogaphy of her books. A2616 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 204-14. Discusses I Own the Racecourse which he considers a turning point and big success, and several earlier works. A2617 -----. A Sounding, pp. 194-206. A revision and update of the essay in Sense of Story. In the newer books "important parts are played . . . by those indigenous spirits of Australia which Patricia Wrightson has adopted and adapted." Discusses An Older Kind of Magic, Nargun and the Stars, and The Ice Is Coming. A2618 WRIGHTSON, PATRICIA. "The Fellowship of Man and Beast." Horn Book 61 (January 1985):38-41. Comments on writing A Little Fear and excessive fear of anthro pomorphism. A2619 -----. "Stones Into Pools." TON 41 (Spring 1985):283-92. Shares her views on writing, storytelling, and fantasy. A2620 YOUNG, DONALD. "Patricia Wrightson, O.B.E." Junior Bookshelf 45 (December 1981):235-41. A critical evaluation of Wrightson's development as a writer. #AUTHOR WYETH, N.C. (1882-1945) A2621 MEYER, S. "N.C. Wyeth." American Artist 39 (February 1975):38-45, 94-100. Provides an overview of Wyeth's career as part of a special issue devoted to three generations of the Wyeth family. #AUTHOR WYSS, JOHANN (1743-1818) A2622 HURLIMANN, BETTINA. "Fortunate Moments in Children's Books." TON 29 (June 1973):331-50. Selects fortunate moments from a number of classic children's books, concentrating on Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson, the Grimms' tales, Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter, Spyri's Heidi, and De Brunhoff's Babar. YASHIMA, TARO [Jun Atsushi Iwanmatsu] (1908- ) A2623 MORDVINOFF, NICHOLAS. "Artist's Choice." Horn Book 32 (Decem ber 1956):429-30. Examines the illustrations of Crow Boy. #AUTHOR YATES, ELIZABETH (1905- ) A2624 MacCAMPBELL, JAMES C. "The Work of Elizabeth Yates." EE (November 1952):381-89. Analyzes Yates's literary style. A2625 PAINTER, HELEN W. "Elizabeth Yates: Artist with Words." EE 42 (October 1965):617-28, 650. (Reprinted in Hoffman, Authors and Illustrators, pp. 421-35.) Includes biographical background, plus discussion of Carolina's Courage and the background of Mountain Born, A Place for Peter, Patterns on the Wall, Pebble in a Pool, Amos Fortune, Free Man, and Someday You'll Write. A2626 MacCANN, DONNARAE. "Racism in Prize-Winning Biographical Works." In Black American, pp. 94-101. Analyzes racial stereotypes in the Newbery Award winning Amos Fortune, Free Man. A2627 YATES, ELIZABETH. "Climbing Some Mountain in the Mind." Horn Book 27 (July 1951):268-78. Tells of the research and writing of Amos Fortune, Free Man. A2628 -----. "Enys Tregarthen 1851-1923." Horn Book 25 (May 1949):231-238. Tells the story of Nellie Slogett, also known as Nellie Cornwall, and Enys Tregarthen, whose Cornish legends Yates edited in 1940. Includes bibliography. A2629 -----. "How Enys Tregarthen's Cornish Legends Came to Light." Horn Book 16 (September 1940):334-37. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 23-27.) The story behind Piskey Folk: A Book of Cornish Legends. #AUTHOR YEP, LAURENCE (1948- ) A2630 DINCHAK, MARLA. "Recommended: Laurence Yep." English Journal 71 (March 1982):81-82. Argues that Yep deserves more attention in the junior high school classroom. A2631 YEP, LAURENCE. "Writing Dragonwings." Reading Teacher 30 (Janu ary 1977):359-63. The story behind the book. #AUTHOR YOLEN, JANE (1939- ) A2632 WHITE, DAVID E. "Profile: Jane Yolen." LA 60 (May 1983):652-60. Highlights the influence of Yolen's experience and philosophy on her work. Includes bibliography of her work. A2633 YOLEN, JANE. "The Girl--from Where?--Who Loved the Wind." WLB 48, no. 2 (October 1973):159-61. Describes the process of establishing the setting for The Girl Who Loved the Wind and ruminates on the influences on modern literature of the availability of the folklore of a wide range of cultures. #AUTHOR YOUNG, ELLA (1865-1956) A2634 EATON, ANNE T. "Ella Young's Unicorns and Kyelins." Horn Book 9 (August 1933):115-20. (Reprinted in Fryatt, Horn Book Sampler, pp. 237-42.) This overview of Young's work pays special attention to The Unicorn with Silver Shoes. A2635 SAYERS, FRANCES CLARKE. "The Flowering Dusk of Ella Young." Horn Book 21 (May-June 1945):214-20. (Reprinted in Sayers, Sum moned by Books, pp. 133-39.) Praises Young's use of language, her freshness and conviction. Describes The Flowering Dusk as an "autobiography of mind and spirit" which "illumines all the books preceding it." #AUTHOR ZEI, ALKI A2636 "Petros' War: The 1974 Batchelder Award." TON 30 (June 1974): 363-68. Includes editor Ann Durrell's "A Little Background on Petros' War" and translator Edward Fenton's "A View from a Foreign Win dow." #AUTHOR ZEMACH, MARGOT (1931- ) A2637 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 565-72. Traces Zemach's career as an illustrator of folklore. A2638 BANFIELD, BERYLE. Review. IRBC 14, nos. 1-2 (1983):32-33. Sees Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven as an example of the dangers inherent in adapting the folklore of another culture without a firm understanding of the people who developed it. A2639 "Black Folklore Controversy Erupts: Farrar Questions Selection Policies." SLJ 29 (March 1983):1968. Reports on the emergence of criticism and the debate over Mar got Zemach's Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven. A2640 "Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven: Children's Book Fans Smoldering Debate." American Libraries 14 (March 1983):130-32. Includes statements of a number of points of view on the con troversy surrounding Margot Zemach's books. Stephen Roxburgh, publisher, responds in 14 (May 1983):315. A2641 ZEMACH, MARGOT, and ZEMACH, HARVEY. "Profile of an Author and an Illustrator." TON 27 (April 1971):248-55. The Zemachs answer questions about their life and work. #AUTHOR ZIMNIK, REINER (1930- ) A2642 DANISCHEWSKY, NINA. "Re-Viewing Reiner Zimnik or `Don't Mind Me! I'm Happy!'" Signal 6 (September 1971):115-25. Reexamines Drummers of Dreams and The Crane. #AUTHOR ZINDEL, PAUL (1936- ) A2643 ABRAHAMSON, RICHARD F., and PERRY, MERRIAN. "Visual Lit eracy and Adolescent Novels--The Reading Connection." ERIC Edu cational Reproduction Service, 1979, 11 pp., ED 172 248. Shows how teachers can mesh the teaching of "visual literacy" and literary analysis by analyzing the novels of Paul Zindel in terms of film technique and camera shots. A2644 CLARKE, LORETTA. "The Pigman: A Novel of Adolescence." English Journal 61 (November 1972):1163-69, 1175. A detailed close analysis. A2645 DAVIS, JOHN. "Welcome Back, Zindel." ALAN Review 9, no. 1 (1981):2-4, 10. (Also in ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Service, ED 208 419.) Feels Zindel's newer books, The Pigman's Legacy (1980) and A Star for the Latecomer (1980), are a welcome return to the style and content of the vintage Zindel of The Pigman, My Darling, My Ham burger, and I Never Loved Your Mind, in contrast to the "blackness" of Confessions of a Teenage Baboon and Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball. A2646 EAGLEN, AUDREY. "Of Life, Love, Death, Kids, and Inhalation Therapy: An Interview with Paul Zindel." TON 34 (Winter 1978):178-85. Zindel discusses his life and work in an interview. A2647 FISHER, MAXINE. Review. IRBC 10, no. 5 (1979):15-16. Finds The Undertaker's Gone Bananas sexist and full of stereot ypes. A2648 HALEY, BEVERLY A. "The Pigman--Use It!" Arizona English Bulle tin 14, no. 3 (April 1972):89-92. Sees The Pigman as a popular novel that can exemplify an author's use of language, metaphor, and structure. A2649 HALEY, BEVERLY A., and DONELSON, KENNETH L. "Pigs and Hamburgers, Cadavers and Gamma Rays: Paul Zindel's Adolescents." EE 51 (October 1974):941-45. Analyzes Zindel's ability to speak to adolescents by looking at the world through their eyes, utilizing humor, a keen ear for language, and appropriate themes. A2650 HENKE, JAMES T. "Six Characters in Search of the Family: The Novels of Paul Zindel." Children's Literature 5 (1976):130-40. (Reprinted in Lenz, Young Adult Literature, pp. 132-41.) Identifies adolescent aspirations to parenthood as Zindel's major theme, and traces its development in The Pigman, My Darling, My Hamburger, and I Never Loved Your Mind. A2651 HOFFMAN, STANLEY. "Winning, Losing, But Above All Taking Risks: A Look at the Novels of Paul Zindel." L&U 2, no. 2 (Fall 1978):78-88. Reflects on the erratic quality of Zindel's novels, the good and bad; and concludes that even though Zindel may at times be disap pointing he can never be accused of mediocrity. A2652 JAKIEL, S. JAMES. "Paul Zindel: An Author for Today's Adoles cents." Arizona English Bulletin 18, no. 3 (April 1976):220-24. Raises a number of questions concerning Zindel's highly unfavor able portraits of adults, especially teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, and parents. A2653 MOEGLING, LARRY. "Paul Zindel's Lost Children: The Near Misbe gotten." Focus: Teaching English Language Arts 3, no. 2 (Winter 1977):42-48. (Also ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Ser vice, ED 157 082.) Views Zindel's protagonists as "lost children" alienated from the real world in the "so-called time-tunnel of growing up." A2654 REES, DAVID. "Viewed from a Squashed Eyeball: Paul Zindel." In Marble in the Water, pp. 25-35. Finds Zindel's hyperbole and immature voice tedious. Traces his style to Salinger. Feels The Undertaker's Gone Bananas shows more control and richness than previous works and may indicate Zindel is taking a new direction. A2655 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. "It Takes More Than Pot and the Pill." NYTBR, 9 November 1969, Children's Book sec., p. 2. Reflects on a number of examples of recent young adult realistic fiction, and singles out My Darling, My Hamburger as having special merit. A2656 WADDEY, LUCY E. "Cinderella and the Pigman: Why Kids Read Blume and Zindel Novels." ALAN Review 10, no. 2 (Winter 1983):6-9. Explores reasons for the appeal of Blume and Zindel. A2657 ZINDEL, PAUL. "Magic of Special People." School Media 2, no. 8 (Fall 1979):29-32. Describes the real life origins of many of the "special people" in his won books. #AUTHOR ZION, GENE (1913-75) A2658 BADER, BARBARA. American Picturebooks, pp. 466-70. Discusses the contributions of author Gene Zion and his wife, illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham, to the picture book. "All the books revolve upon child ideas." Zion has a "knack of spinning a realistic tale from an imagined situation, usually one that has no adult antecedent or equivalent." Discusses The Park Book at length, pp. 246-48, and One Step, Two, The Storm Book, and others on pp. 464-66. #AUTHOR ZOLOTOW, CHARLOTTE (1915- ) A2659 CHAPMAN, KAREN LENZ. "Themes of Charlotte Zolotow's Books and her Adult Development." M.A. thesis, Claremont Graduate School, 1981. ERIC Educational Document Reproduction Service, 1981, 82 pp., ED 204 797. Pages 37-42 describe and discuss the books, pp. 15-36 are purely biographical, and the remainder of the thesis centers on theories of adult development and their relationship to Charlotte Zolotow's life. Includes bibliographies of writings by and about Zolotow. A2660 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 87-100. Zolotow discusses her life in an interview. A2661 ZOLOTOW, CHARLOTTE. "Writing for the Very Young." Horn Book 61 (September 1985):536-40. Explores the ways she tries to capture the emotions of the very young child.