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ED 126 461 CS 002 824 AUTHOR Ravilland, Virginia TITLE Children's Books--United States. INSTITUTION Institute for the Intellectual Developmentof Children and#Young Adults,, Tehran (Iran).; Iranian Commission for UNESCO, Tehran.; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization,
Paris (France). PUB DATE 75 NOTE 25p.;-Paper'presented at the Conferenceon Children's. Literature in the Service of International Understanding and Peaceful Co-operition (Tehran, !Lay 1-5-21; 1975); Not available in hardcopy due to marginal legibility of original document . i
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ABSTRACT . This'report, given at a special meeting held in. Tehran,, presents an outline of the situation ofchildren's literature in the United States. Wormation providedincludeslists of organizations interested in the publication, selection,and distribution of children's books and of institutionsserving international interests in children's books andreading; facts related to children's books published 1972-1974;various aspects of children's books and library services, 1972-1975(preschool books and programs, government funds, cultural diversity, books for older children, and bookmaking); types of books and trendsin publishing for children and young people; and the contributionsof contemporary writers and illustratorS. (JM)
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Children's Literaturein the Service of
International Understandingand Peaneful Co-operation
Tehran, 15-21 May 1975
Children's Books--- United States
Virginia Havilland
Part one I. General' Information. \, A. "Drganizations intersted in the publishing,selection, and
disfrtibutinn of children'sbooks. o
1. The Children's Book Council(67 Irving Street,.New York,
. New Ynrk 10003). Its membership c4prises62 publishers who have an active children's book publishingprogram,
with John Donovan as executivedirector. The Council is-7 A sues The Calendar, a bulletin of booknews and articles; uCeS p ers and other pliomotional materialsfor the
nual National Children's BookWeek and summer reading
lubs; distributes postersand messages for International
Children's Book Day; suppliegbooks from its members for the 12 Margaret Scoggin repositories; and sponsorsan
annual "Showcase" competition,exhibition, and catalog of
illustrated children'sbooks.
2. The Children's ServicesDivision of the American Library
Association (50 E. HuronStreet, Chicago, Illinois 0 ,611).
Its members are publicand school librarians servin§
children, with Mrs. Mary JaneAnderson as executive sec-
retary. It issues Top of the News,a quarterly journal &f /1
// articles and-protessionalnews,_including items about
international, relationship;publishes annual committee
listk, of"Notable Children's Books" (,issuedin the
United' States), and"ChildreWs Books of International
Interest" (see Children'sBooks of International Interest,
1972--a 40-year svMmary);and chooses titles for ihe Scoggin collections.
[Note: The American SectiOn of the internationalBoard on
Books for Young people (IBBY)is made up jointly of the above two organizations.]
3. The American Associationof School Librarians (of the
American Library Association).Its members are libra-
rians in elementary and'secondary schools, with Miss
,Lu Ouida Vinsonas executive secretary. It issues
School Media Quarterly,with articles andnews related to school media centers.
4. The Association forChildhood Education International
(1201 Wisconsin Avenue' Washington, D.C. 20016).
Its members ale teachersof children up to high school
age, with executive secretary MissAlberta L. Meyer.
It publishe1 ChildhoodEducation, a magazine with
articles d book reviews; compilesa triennial list of
outstandi g bodks: Bibilographyof Books for children;
and co- Onsors with C.B.C. (above) bookrograms within its annual conferences.
5. The N tional EducationAssociation 1201) 166th Street 4 -3-
N.W. D. C. 20036) .Itsmembers. zirep.dugiittemaltdMinis-
tratora, teachers of education, and classroomteachers,
with executive secretary,Terry Herndon.It publishes
Tolay's Education., Among its sub- divisionsis The National
Concil of Teachers of English Kenyon Road, Urbana,
Illinois 61801) which publishes readinglists for children
and young people and the journals ElementaryEnglish and
English Journal, including articlesand reviews related
to children's and young adults' reading,respectively.
Others of its divisions (in Washington)are the National
Council for the Social Studies (itsexecutive secr9tary
is Brian Larkin) and the NationalScience Teachers As-
sociation (executive director, RobertL. Silber). These
twq cooperate with the Children's BookCouncil in joint
committees which compile eachyear respectively, Notable
Childien's Trade Books inthe Field of Social. Sciences.
(published in Social Educationand made available as a
reprint) and outstandingscienceTrade Booksf for Children
(publishedinScience and Children andalso available as a reprinfli
6. The International ReadingAssociation (800 Ba'rksdaie
Road, Newark, Delaware 19f11),Its members are educa-
tors, with executive secretary RalphC. 8taiger.
publiShes the journal ReadingTeacher, and other journsals
and collaborates with C.B.M..onconference book program's.,
It awards a newly.createdannual prize for.anew author of promise. 7- Thee. American Inst4001e'of Srephic Art (1057 Third
Avenue, New York, New York 10021). Itsmembers are 4 artists, art critics, book designersand typogiSpherS,
with executive director Edward M. Gottschall.Itsp "n-
sors the annual "Fifty Books of the Year Show" (which i
includes children's books) anda biennial " Children's
Book .Show".for whicha special jury issues a catalog.
Another jury selects AIGA entries forthe Biennale of
Illustration in Bratislava (BIB).
8. The Children's AuthorsGroup"of the Authors League of
America (234 W. 44th, Street, New York,New York 10036);
Milton Meltzer, chairman. It holds regular meetings
related to the creation, reading, and criticismof
books for children andyoung peo
9, National Congress of parentsan Teachers (Book Edi-
torial Department, 700 N. Rush Street,Chicago,'Illinois
60611). It cooperates withthe Children's Services
Diyision of A.L.A. in producing theperiodically revised home reading list Let's Read Together (American
Library Association) and publishes The PTAMagazine,
a monthly with reviews and excerpts from books.
10. The Child Study 'Associationof America (50 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10010). Itsmembers are
parents and others concerned with childdeveypment,
with executive director Dr. Bernard Friedman.It
publishes an annual "Book of the Year"list and works 6 -5-
( reltted to reading guidanceando4tteraspects of child
guidance, and awayds'an annual prize fora children's
book which deals realisticallywith some problem in the child's contemporary world.
B. Institutions serving international interests inchildren's 4 .. books,and reading, throughreference services and the pub- liShing of bibliographies;
1. The Information Cente on Children's Cultures of the U.S.
Committee for'UNICEF (331E. 38th Street, New York,
New Yor 00016)4 Itsdirectoris Miss Anne Pellowski
who oversees the compilationof bibliographies of
children's'books relatingespecially to developing
areas of thewoild.
allfhe Children's Book Sectionof. the Library of edngress
r. (Washington, D.C. 20540).Its head is Virginia Havi'lland.
Among the ..Section's publicatiOnsare supplements, every
five years, to the bookChildren's Literature: A Gdidc
to Reference Sources (which has internationaland
national sections) andan annual list of outstanding
books (compiled withan advisory committee).
. II. Information Related to Children's Bookspublished 1972 - 1974. A. General. 2 According to the mostrecent (1970) U.S. Census, the
national population forage 5-17 was just under 53 mil- lion persons. It is projected that elemen y ch001 (age 5-13) enrollments will decTine by 11% ina ten-ye:Iv
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porio'd beat in 1972, and that seCondary school ding* (age 14-17) will decline 13.8%. At the present time,the
average nurftr of stude is taught by each teacher is
21,.8 (down from 25.7 in 1962); theaverage annuni.cokSt
to the comthunity per pupil pp get his/her sehooling in \IF ° v : in 197271973 Was $1,026 (up;krom $618 in 1962). There
7----er-rtriking emphasis on services for preschoolchiletan.-
Data released by,the National Center for Education
Statistics show that 41% of our 3-5 year-olds attenda
preschool. is an increase of nne-third over the
number of preschool-age children enrolled in suchpro-
grams in 1964, at a time whenthe number of children in
this age group declined from 12.4 million to10,1 million.
Book trade information indicate's that 2,526children&s
books were published in the United States in 1972;
2,042 in 1973; and 2,592 in 1974. Ifshould be noted r that a very large, undertermined number o'fchildren's
books are not included in these figuresbecause they are . distributed outside ordinary book distributionchannels
directly from their minufacturer/publisherto various
mass-market outlets such as supermarkets, five-and-ten
O. C9 cent stores, etc. There are no statistics to indicate:the
average edition (print nun) ofa children's book. Gene-
rally speaking, an ilbustrated book foryoung chilifrgn
must be printed in quantities twice tothree times ns
the quantity necessary for a.book ofstraight text +eV'
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older children. Spiralingmanufaoturino to to may have already affected this generalizati4.
An estimated 90% 3fkqualityhardbacks are gad to-in9-
titutions (libraries and schools).Children's book edi- tors and librarians find it mutually rewarding tomarn- taingeasy channels ofcommunication for information
about publishing and reading (seeinformationa hbout
organizations fork indicationsof c411aboration in
meeting and joint projects). 0-4 B. Major Awards.
NEWBERY MEDAL (Awarded annually under the supervisionof the Children's Services Division t', "the author Ca citizenor
resident of the United States]during the preceding year." (Donated by Daniel Melcher.)
1973: JULIE OF THE WOLVES, byJean Craighead George (Harper
& Row) ti
1974: THE SLAVE D y Paula Fox radbury Press)
1975: M.C. HIGGINS THE GR AT,by Virginia Hamilton (Mftmillan) CAttECOTTMEDAL (Awarded annualunder the supervision ofthe
children's Services Divisi-n "to the illustrator [a citizen resident of the (Jnited States]of the most distinguished picture book for children publishedf_n the
'United Stated-duringthe preceding year.") 1973: THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMAN.Retold by Arlene Mosel (from
Lafcadio Hearn);Pictures hy Blair Lent (E..P. Dutton) 1974: DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. A Cornish te4retold by Harve
Zemach; pictures byMargot Zemach (Farrar,Straus&Gi- 9 O
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1975:.ARROW TO THE SUN. Retold and illU4t4.40by GerAjApieDemot- (Viking press)
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, Children's Books Category(Awarded annualyi
administerated by the Children's Aloft Codncil. `A panel
of judges considers the dhildren's book most distinguished
by an American citizen, published in the UnitedStates in
the preceding year. Donated by the Chxldren'S BookCouncil.;
1973: THE FARTHEST SHORE, by Ursula K. Le Guin (AthemeGm). a. 1974: THE COURT OF THE STONE'CHILDREN, by EleanorCameron
E,p; Dutton)
1975: M.C., HIGGINGS THE. GREAT, by Virginia Hamilton (Macmillan)
MILDRED L. aATcuELpER AWARD (Awardedannually by the Children's Services
Division to the publisher ofa children's book first .
published abroadin a foreign language,translated and
published in the United States twoyears before the award
_year.)
1973: William Morrow & Co., for PULGA,by S.R.Van Iterson,
translated from the Dutch by Alexander and Alison
Gode. 1 1974: E.F. Dutton & Co., for PETROS1 WAR, byAlki Zei, translateC
from the Greek by Edward Fenton.
1975: Cro publishers, for AN OLD TALE C D OUM OF STONE,
by Aleksandr M. Linevskii, translated from the Rassianby Maria Polusbkin.
[Note: Many other :wardsare given annually: for "beat" 19005"
of the previous year's publishingor for kinds of ba.6145p 1 0 such as science, easy reading, or some ethnicor humanitarian
v..". °Pinnpose.] 4/ C. Some new (or newly. revised{' children'sliterature:ieference works publishedip72-1974.
This listing is not complete. It does not includecollective,
biographidal works relating.toa vast number of authors/illustra: tors. For annual selective bibliographies, seeorganizations in part I.
ArbuthnOt, May Hill and Zena Sutherland.CHILDREN AND BOOKS.
Fourth edition. (Scott,Foresman)
Fisher, Margery. MATTERS OF FACT: Aspectsof No cti n fer Children.(Crowell).First published in Engl. Havilind, Virginiii, ed. CHILDREN AND LITERAT E: Views and Re- view. (Scott, Foreman -paper]; Lothrp,Lee an Shepard[hardcovat-) . CHILDREIN'S LITERATURg.: A Guide to Refere ce So ces.
First supplement..(Libr,aryof Ccngress) t.,-- MacCann, Donnarae and"Olga Richard. THE CHILD'SFIRST BOOKS: A Critical Study oPpictures and Texts. (H.W.Wilson) Townsedn, it . John Rowe. WRITTEN FOR CHILDRE. Revisededition. OLOpincott). First published in England. A Wilson, H.W., firm, publishers. CHILDREN'S CATANG.Twelfth editinn. (H.W. Wilson)
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_Part two
I. Aspect's of Children's Books and Library Services 1972-1975. A. Pre-school books and programs.
As noted earlier, 41% o4' American'syoungest people attend -1 pre-school programs. Booki designed.forthese childrenhtwe,
appeared in grollpquantitits."Effortsare .being made to,
stimulate children at"an earlierage- -all children,' of .
couse, but particularly those whoare underprivileged..
Books are part of thisprogram, and we have seen many
beautiful and imaginative-books.produced.Some,have no
words, telling, their stories withpictures alone. Some
seem almost like gaMes dr toysor comics; none of them.`
would have been consideredrespectable members of the
book_family a few yearsago. Now they enrich the world-of
the very youest children, andcan be use, as well, with
children needing remedial reading'instructionand with "Ir illiterate adults.
B. Government funds. -,/(In the early 1960's, whengenerous amou is of, federal anti
local government moneyflowethinto.schools andlibraries,
childreWs book publishersbenefited greatly in supnlying
books for this growingmarket. In the 1970's the picture
has changed. Governmentfunds for libraries have fre-
quently been cff; whenappropriated, they have freanently
been impounded; andNwhenreleased, inflation has seriously
t eroded their value. This hasforced publishers to look,'
carefully at their'childr book departments. The fir5f. 12. cr Yreaction has_ been .3...reduction in titlesrefiactod in the
figures cited earlier in this report. It is too soon to
state clearly' whether or not this reduction will result in
a higher over -all quality or content as mediocre books
to be published, or if, in contrast, only "safe" books
will be publishe,, leading publishers to close their doors
to (1.1 w.or experimental books or to bookth that appeal only
to "special reading," the gifted minority.
c. Cultural diversity.
The number of childrenIS books appealing to minority .1 groups in the United States has increased. A search for
roots and culture on the part of minorities has awakened
an interest among the various ethnic groups throughout
the country. Not only have they scrutinized and criticized
the literatu e available,, but they have also demanded
the elimina on of stereotype% and sought books stressing
their cultural background'and.heritage both in America and
in the 'lands from,whieh they, or theil predecessors, came.
Books for.older children.
In chldrents books, and in adult books as well, non-fiction
reading appears tolhave incr%ased.and, fiction reading to 'lame
declined. -Are children turning to television or films
. "for entertainment in place or recreational read?ng?
Statistics do nor provide a clear answer: Today.'s young
Americans are moe aware'pf the world around them .than
those of any earlier. generation; and they are not 13 -12-
alaateei#116reality nor from the SOMelime,ilargh facts
of the adult world. As a result, theywant to know more
about the things they hear about. Theyare interested
in social justice, ecology, civil rights,the women's
movement, freedom' of speech and other issuesthat concern
adults-today. If a book seems to them-tosmisrepr4ent
their world they. will reject itas fal'se.
This insistence by young peoplethat books written for
them should'portray life with integgityhas affected fie-
. 'lion as wellas non- fiction. The book that used to be read
by teenagei-s is nowread byounger sisters and brothers add
the actual teenager readsifisteada new form of young
adult novel. The newer sthries dealwith0the realities pf
modern life and human relationships:emotional problems as
a result of broken familes rresponsible or uncaring or
even brbtal parents, drugs, sex, loneliness,injustice,r
crime, alienation, death--negativeaspects of life for-
merly c nsi, dered unsuitable foryoung minds--and also of O the strength and loving andreaching out and other po-
. Sitive aspects wj.th whichhuman beings eternally restOile life's meaning.
Thenon--reading, or reluctant reader,'isa source of deep
concern to us. Publishers,schools and libr:aries 'direct,
considerable attentidn toyoung People whose reading
abilities are far behind thoseof others in the same
age group. A large new group of bookshas been produced me
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that are written in sh;rt, clearsentences and easy 'words.
Fairyly sophisticated inappearance and subject mattgr,
these books have filleda real need and are sUccessful.
w Thesebotks are not easy write. Though simple, they
must be honest and also'pass thetests of relevan e d
truthfulness to contemporary lifeor they will brejectsd
by Ihese vordly-wse youngsters.Non-fiction seems to
appeal most.strongly to these noi-readers, but a small. body of.fiction is also emerging. E. Bookmakim";
t Costs of children's bookshave risen alarmingly, and
indications aretttlat they willcontinue to increase.
Paper has.boen har to find, andwon available has beep
extremely, expensive. Dindin materialshave been both
scarce anq inflationary a,n price, Itseems clear that it
will be possible, to keepin print only thesechildren's.
books that have ;Wide andcontinuing. acceptance, while
scarcity of materieJ3 and increaeingcoats will have an
exaggera*ed influence c4n the ability of publishers toadd'
new titles to thpir publishingprograms. Paperbacks may be.
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Part three
I. Types of booksand trends in American publishing for children and .0 Young pfkolile and the contribution of contemporarywriters and
illus- tratthrs. For annotations. and full imprints o'f books cited,see. the lists from which these are chiefly drawn:the annual lists (American Library Assciation and Library.of Congress) and the year compilation ChiAdren's Books of. InternationAl Interest.See also attached list of publishers of children's hooks,with Iull names, addresses, and editor's.
A ' A. Picturebooks.
1..Artista well knownfor creating theirown stories.
Arnodl Lobel. FROG AND TOADARE FRIENDS .and sequel);THE
'MAN WHO TOOK THE INIVORSOUT and others (Harper)
MauricC Sendak. EHERE THEWILD THINGS'ARE1 THENUTSHELL LIBRARY and others (Harper)
.William Steig. EYLVESTER ANDTHE MAGIC PEBBLEM;AMOS AND
BORIS and others (Farrar)
Also internationallyrecognized: William Pepe DuBoil (Viking Roger DuvoiSin (Knopf); Ezra JackKeats (Macmit- lab); Robert McCloskey (Viking); 'Evaling Nesq(Dutton, Scribner, Holt); H.A. Rey (H.)ughton); D . Seuss (Random"; and Tomi Ung---r (Atheneum, Harper).
Others well known: EricCarle (Crowell); Pat Hutchins
(Macmillan);. Leo Lionni(Pantheon); Yuri Shulevitz
'(Farrar, Scribner);and Bernard Waber (Houghton).
2. Writers of picture-bookbextsillustrated by others
I Beatrice De Reoniers. MAY I BRING A FRIEND? Mits. byBen 16 *-15-
Aqlresor;THE GIANT illus. by MauriceSen.dzik, and othirS (Atheneum andother publishers).
Berniece Freschet.BEAR MOUSE, illus. by DonaldCarrick (Scribner); THE OLD BULLFROG,illus. by Roger Duvoisin, andothers, (Scribner).
Russell Hoban.BEDTIME FOR FRANCES and sequels,illus. by Lillian Hoban(Harper).
Jane Yolen, THE AlYWHO HAD WINGS, illus. by HelgaAichinger; THE GI,RL'T, 01.1LOVED THE WIND,illus. by Ed.Young k4 (CroweW- Charlo.he Zolotow..Mr. RABBITAND THE LOVELY,PREgENT, illus. by MauriceSendak; THE QUARRELING BOOK, illus.by Arnold Lobel (Harper}
Among many otherswell-kn-swn are Louise/Fatio (McGraw);Eve Titus (McGraw),Alvin Tresselt (Lotlirop), andGene Zion (Harper).
3. Artistsrecognized for illustrating folktales andrhymes,other texts, and occasionally theirown work.
Adrienne Adams: THESHOEMAKER AND THE ELEES andothers (Scribner) Marcia Brown. CINDERELLA; ONCEA MOUSE and'others (Scribner) / - Barbara Cooney.CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX (Crowell);DEMETER AND FERSEPHONE andothers (Doubleday)
Paul Galdone. THEGINGERBREAD BOY and others (Seabury);OLD MOTHER HUBBARDAND HER DOp,and otehrs (iceGraw0Hill) Nonny Hogrogian. ONE BANE DAYand others (Macmillan) Blair Lent. THEANGRY MOON and others (Houghton);THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMANand others (Dutton)
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Gerald McDermott. ANANSI THE SPIDER;ARROW TO THE SUN and ethers
(Viking) 0 Evaline Ness. TOM TIT TOT and others (Scribnerand other publishers)
Margot Zemach. DUFFY AND THE DEVILand others (Farrar and other
(publishers)
Other well-known illustrators of textsby others and/or them- ! selves: Jose Aruego (Windmill Books); Donal Carrick (Scribner,
Seahury, and others); Janina Domanska'(Macmillnn);Don
Freeman (Viking); Margaret Blot'; Graham (Arper);Trine
Schart'Hyman (Little, Brown anet;lny.ether publishers);
% Peter Parnell (Atlantic-Little, Scribner,and others);_
Peter Spier (Doubleday); Leonard Weisgard (Scribner and
other'SL. 0 4. Photogrartler-artists.
Ann Atwood.. HAIKU; MOOD OF EARTH andothers (Scribner)
Lill Hess, MONKEYS AND APES WITHOUT TREESand others
(Scribner)
Tana Hoban.,, COUNTAND SEE; LOOK AGAINand others (Macmillan)
5. 5. Artistsof,picture -books without.words.
John G9odall. %HE ADVENTURES OF PADDY-PROKand others
(Harcourt; 'Atheneum)
'Pat Hutchins. CHANGES, CHANGES and others (Macmillan)
Mercer Meyee. A BOY, A DOG, #ND A FROGand others (Dial,)
B. Books for first readers.
Ihltiated in 1959 (the year also of Dr. Seugs'sBeginner
Book THE CAT IN THE HAT [Randotif House),the I can read series a 18 -
Herper) hag had a:notabresuc.tess and infliierce; Arn-old Lobel. LITTLE BEARand sequels, J.1111S. byMice Send*.
Else Minarik. FROG ANDTOAD and sequels;MOUSE.TALES. 4 Peggy parish. DINOSARU TIME (an Early I CanRead book) and LIT'S BE INDIANS, both illus.- by ArnoldLobel. Miriam Selsam. BENWS ANIMALS AND -HOW HE PUTTHEM IN ORDER, illus. by Arnold Lobel; SEEDS AND MORE SEEDS,.illus. by Tomi lingerer.
C. Longer fiction, for children age9-up.
American publishing forchildren has been saidto excel in realistic fibtion. The realistic weilldreflected has charged in the last decade or two away From more con-.
sistently cheerful ba-okbrounds'to situations of uncer-
tainty, and deeper socialand'emotional problems,lthough
children still seekhappy stories and teen-agers tqo like to find warmth and security and sound humanrelationships
At- within peer groups and failies.FantaSYcontinues to engage many renders, and here-is'some of the bestwritino for this age. Science fiction is a stronginterest, as is high f--"---(with Its conflict between goodand evi0. For a wideage group,in great demand A , t are hooks with. elements of the su,71fnatural or occult, which maybea
secondary theme in an otherwiserealistic stowy. Adventure- and historical fiction , provide excellent writinganti oc- casional "bestselleers".
1. Writer.s of realisticstories. -18-
William Arm-stro.n.q.., SOUNDER (Harper)
Betsy Byars. THE MIDNIGHT FOX;SUMMER OP THE SWANS'and
rythers (Viking)
Beverly Cleary. HENRY HUGGING;BEEZUS AND ROMANA andothers. Morrow)
Vera and Bill Cleaver. WHERETHE LITTLE BLOOM, and others
(Lippincott)
Paula Fox. PORTRAIT OF IVAN (Bradbury)and HOW MANY RILES
NABYLION (White)
Bette Greene. PHILLI,p HALL LIKESME, I'RECKON, MAYBE (Dial)
Virginii Hamilton. ZEELY; M.C.HIGGINGS THE GREAT and others
(Macmillan)
Elaine Konigsburg. FROM THE MIXED-UP FILLES OF MRS. BASIL , T. FRANKWELLER,and others (Macmillan),
Don Moser. A HEART TO THE HAWKS (Atheneum)
Zilpha Keathey Snyder. THE EGYPTGAME;THE HEADLESS CUPID and others (Atheneum)
.Dorothy Sterling. ,MARY JANE (Doubleday)
Mary Stolz. THE BULLY OF BARKHAMSTREET; THE NOONDAY FRIENDS;
THE EDGE OF NEXT YEAR andothers (Harper)
Peggy Woodford. HLEASE DON'T GO ,Dutton)'
. Ester Wier. THE LONER (McKay)
.2, Writers of fantasy andscience fiction.
LLnyt-Alexander. THE BOOK OF THREE,and sequels.(Hol,t), and
others.. A
Natalie Babbitt:THE SEARCH TOR DELICIOUS; THEDEVIL'S STdRYGDOK 20 - -19-
. and others (Farrar) r
. 41iver Butterworth. TIM. ENORM04 OGG (Little,Brown)
Eleanor Cameron.. THE COURT OF THE STONECHILDRZN ( UUttou);
THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANETand
sequels (Atlantic-Little)
Susan "Casper. OVER SEA,....EDIDER STONE (Harcourt);THE DARK IS
°RISING and GREENWITCH (Atheneum)
JanV L. Curry. 41BENEATH THE HILL44andothers (Atheneum)
Sylvia Engdahl. ENCHAN S$ FROM THE STARS; JOURNEY BETWEEN
WORLDS and others (Atheneum)
JaneLangton. DIAMOND IN THE WINDOW and other% cHarper)
Madeleine L'Engle. A WRINKLE IN THE (Farrar)
Ursula Le Guin. THE.WIZARD OF EARTHSEA (Parnassus),and sequels THE TOMBS OF ATUAN and THE FARTHEST SHORE (Atheneum)
Jean Merrill. THE PUSHCART WAR (Addison-Wesley)
Andre Norton. EXILES OF i-HE STARS andothers (Viling)
Elizabeth Pope. THEPERIL6US'GARD;THE SHER1iOD RING (Houghtc;n)
George Selden. THE CRICKE'' N TIMES SQUARE, and sequels;
1.4 THE GENIE OF SUTTO LACE (Farrar)
E.B. White. CHARLOTTE'S WE ;STUART LITTLE;.TRUMPET OF THE SWAN (Harper) N.
Jay Williams. PEOPLE OF TH ,AX (Hought4n)
3. Writers of nature and an mal stories.
Sheila Burnford..THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY(Atlantic-Little)
Dejong. ALONG CAME A DOG and others (Harper)
' AlleenFisher. VALLEY OF TRE SMALLEST;THE LIFE STORY OF A 21 -20- I
SHREW (Crowell)
MargueriteHenty. ICIW, OP THE WINDand others (Rand) Erik Hauaard. THE LITTLE FISHES;THE RIDEll. AND HIS HORSE 1Fr "andothers (Hnughton)
Scott O'Dell. ISLAND OF THEBLUE DOLPHINS; THE KING'SFIFTH; THE BLACK PEARL (Houghton)
Katherine Paterson. THE SIGNOF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM; OFRIGHTING- 'LEd THAT WEEP(Crowell) 0 Elizabeth Speare. THE WITCHOF BLACKBIRD PONDand others yy (Houghton)
Jamep Ramsy Ullman. BANNER INTHE SKY (Lippincott)
Alki Zei. WILDCAUNDER GLASS(Holt); PETROS' WAR (Dutton) D. Rolklare I Publishers regularly issue newly illustrated editions anffreshly' gathered or compiled collections.'
Velpipa Aardema. TALES FROMTHE STORY HAT and othersfrom fAfrica (Crow d)
Harold Courlander.TERRAPIN'S POT OF SENSE,and others (Holt);
THE PIECE OF. FIRE AND OTHERHAITIAN, TALES, with.
Wolf Leslau (Harcourt);THE COW-TALL SWITCH AND OTHER
WEST AFRICAN STORIES, WITH GeorgeHerzog (Holt\ James Houston. TIKTA' LIKTAK; KIVIAK'S MAGIC JOURNEYand other. Eskimo legends (Harcourt)
Hettie Jones. COYOTE TALES;LONGHOUSE WINNER (Harcourt) 4 Alice Mcirriott. WINTER- TELLINGSTORIES (American Indian) (Crowell)
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Mil4p SherlOck.. ANANJ *pm? MAN tcrolvell) Virginia Tasjian. ONCE THERE WAS AND WAS NOT;1THREE. APPLES
FELL FROM HEAVEN (Little,Brown)
f Barbara. Walker.ONCE THEREWAS AND TWICETHERE WASN'T;
WATERMELONS, WALNUTS ANDTHE WISDOM OF ALLAH
(Parents Magazine Press) E. Poetry.
The publishing a ,of fresh volumesby establishe and new modern o poets and new anthologies ° meets a real interesttoday in poetry. Best known contemporary'poets producing-forchildren and young people are John Ciardi, Karla Kuskin, Eve Merriam,and antholo- gists (also poets) William Cole and MyraCohn Livingston. F. Non-Fiction. 4
The increasing ending of non- fiction by young readers isduo in to the availability of a wide range ofattractive, meaningful volumes. Books about history and archaeology,places, and peoples-- of culture in general--often approachan adult level in substance
,and interest. On theother hand-, there hag-been a notablyin- creased treatment of. science An books for the\Picture-bookage and early rea4ing. The Let's-Read-and-Find-Out series ofscience books for the 5-8-years-olds 11Cr-dwell). has'providedbeginners with clear and presentations of elementaryfacts and principles illustrated by outstanding artists.Also in picture- book.ferm have been photraphic book§ (notedunder picture-books). Pollution, population problems, conservation ofnatural resources, and ecology have been dealt with in books forboth younger and 2$ 11 6 v 4-22-
older children.
A, Hiltory and cultures.
Shirley Glubok. THE_ART OF CHINA,and others this art histr-r . 4 series; DISCOVERING TUT-ANKH-AMENfSTOMBS WacmillinIX
Aylette Jenness. DWELLERS OF THE TUNDRA;ALONG THE. NIGER
(Crowell) 4
David Macaulay. CATHEDRAL; CTTY; and(fall 1975)PIKAMID.t(Hought n) Margaret Mead. PEOPLE AND PLACES (Collins-Wdrld):' .,"
Christine Price. TALKING DRUMS OFAFRICA hnd the series MADE
IN...(Africa, Ancient Greece,etc-.)(Duttonr Miroslav asek. THIS IS...(series) (Greece, Rome,theUnited Nations, Israel, etc.) (Macmillan)
Bet y,Schechter. THE PEACEABLE REVOLUTION(Houghton)
2. Biography.
Marjorie Braymer. THEWALLS OF WINDY TROY; A'BIOGRAPHY OF
HEINRICH SCHLIAANN (Harcourt)%.
OliviaCoollge.GANDHI (Houghton}'
Esther Hautzig. THE ENDLESS STEPPE(Crow,911).
Ann Petry. HARRIET TUBMAN: CONDUCTORON THE.UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
(Crowell)
. The sciences.
Irving and 12.1th Adler. ENERGY,-ELECTRICITY IN YOUR iIPE and
many others (John Day) ,
Franklyn M. Branley. SOLAR ENERGY;A BOOK QF PLAgiTS FOR YOU "allk and 4any others (Crowell)
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Lois aftel Louis Darling. ptpuoicE Ts THE SUN, ECOLOGYAlbEllE
LIVING ('Harrow)
Delia Goetz. DESERTS; GRASSLANDS; MOUNTAINS and others (Morisow),
Rose E. Hutchins. AMAZING SEEDS; THIS A FLOWER and others 6 /-) (Dodd, Mead) /
Lawrence Oringlit ONE EARTH, MANY PEOPht; THE CHALLENtE OF HUMAN
POPULATION, GROWTH (Macmillan)
Frank X. Ross. WEATHER (Lothrop); THE METRIC SYSTEM (SG.
Phillips)-
Mitiam Selsam. SEE THROUGH THE SEA; BIOGRAPHY OF AN ATOM,
Jacob Bronowski; VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, (an abridge-
ment of Charles Darwik's classic) (Harper)
4 Dorothy Shuttleswortg. STORY. OF ROCKS; Sa FIND A-DINOSAUR
did others (Doubleday) VI Herbert Zim. ROCKS AND MINERALS and many others (Golden PreSs);
SNAKES and many others (Morrow)
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