Celebrating children's books : essays on children's literature in honor of Zena Sutherland / [electronic resource]
edited by Betsy Hearne and Marilyn Kaye.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1981.
- xii, 244 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tribute to Zena Sutherland / The grammar of story / Escaping into ourselves / Some thoughts on imagination in children's literature / The art of realism / Forever pedaling on the road to realism / Changing woman, working / Ruthie Britten and Because I can / A good picture book should / The very truth / Beyond the span of a single life / How to create a successful children's nonfiction picture book / Science done here / Criticizing the critics / Nonsense verse / Editing books for young people / Publishers and librarians / Innocence & experience / The reviewing of children's books / Learning how / Children's books and the librarian / Notes on the First Amendment and protecting children / Some international aspects of children's books / Sophie Silverberg -- Lloyd Alexander -- Susan Cooper -- Paula Fox -- Jill Paton Walsh -- Robert Cormier -- Virginia Hamilton -- E.L. Konigsburg -- Arnold Lobel -- Jean Fritz -- Milton Meltzer -- David Macaulay -- Laurence Pringle -- Millicent Selsam -- Myra Cohn Livingston -- Ursula Nordstrom -- Mimi Kayden -- Betsy Hearne -- John Rowe Townsend -- Marilyn Kaye -- Amy Kellman -- John Donovan -- Mary Ørvig.