Dictionary of American Children's Fiction 1990-1994

Written for librarians teachers and researchers this is the second five-year supplement to the authors'' Dictionary of American Children''s Fiction 1960-1984 (Greenwood 1986). Its 567 entries cover 189 award-winning children''s books by 136 authors published from 1990 to 1994. Included are concise critical reviews of novels biographical profiles of authors and descriptions of memorable characters. An appendix lists books by the awards they have won and an extensive index allows complete access to the wealth of material contained within this reference workcluded are alphabetically arranged entries for those works that critics have singled out to receive awards or have placed on citation lists during the five years covered by the volume. The reference also contains biographical entries for leading authors of children''s fiction with entries focusing on how the author''s life relates to children''s literature and to particular works in this dictionary. The volume provides a list of awards along with an appendix classifying individual works by the awards they have won. An extensive index provides full access to the wealth of information in this book.