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Reference Genre
Books in the Reference genre:
Illustrators of Children’s Books: 1744-1945 (1947)
Essays on children’s book illustrators along with extensive bibliographies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Bertha E. Mahony
May Massee
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Lynd Ward
Et al
The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)
An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)
A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Various
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Hardie Gramatky
Et al
Reading Without Boundaries (1956)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Valenti Angelo
Lois Lenski: Friend of Children (1958)
A brief review of the work of Lois Lenski put out by her publishers.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Lois Lenski: An Appreciation (1963)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s):
None
The Lois Lenski Collection in the Florida State University Library (1966)
Author(s):
Nancy Bird
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
James Henry Daugherty (1975)
A short biography and a very complete bibliography of the artist-author.
Author(s):
Edward Kemp
Elaine Kemp
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Randolph Caldecott ‘Lord of the Nursery’ (1976)
A brief biography accompanied by a vary large sample of the artist’s work and a comprehensive bibliography.
Author(s):
Rodney K. Engen
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Flowering of New England 1815-1865 (1979)
A literary history of New England in the nineteenth century.
Author(s):
Van Wyck Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Richard Doyle (1983)
A biography of the artist, with a review of the critical reception in his own time.
Author(s):
Rodney K. Engen
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Richard Doyle and His Family (1983)
Author(s):
Rodney K. Engen
Michael Heseltine
Lionel Lambourne
Illustrator(s):
None
Scribner Illustrated Classics (1983)
Author(s):
Jim Best
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Printed Kate Greenaway (1986)
Probably as complete a catalog of Kate Greenaway as can be assembled.
Author(s):
Rodney K. Engen
Thomas E. Schuster
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Randolph Caldecott 1846-1886 (1986)
A checklist of the original illustrations held by the Harvard College Library
Author(s):
Nancy Finlay
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Kate Greenaway’s Mother Goose, or, Old Nursery Rhymes (1988)
Author(s):
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Nonsensus: Cross-Referencing Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense (1988)
The first three editions of A Book of Nonsense are compared to the various original manuscripts. Includes a census of the then-known copies of the two-volume first edition.
Author(s):
Justin G. Schiller
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Children and Books (1991)
A survey of children’s literature.
Author(s):
May Hill Arbuthnot
Zena Sutherland
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Et al
The Susan Jeffers Connection (1992)
A critical guide to the work of Susan Jeffers.
Author(s):
Will C. Howell
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
The Zena Sutherland Lectures 1983-1992 (1993)
A collection of essays by children’s book authors and illustrators on their art.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay