#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.