Library Guides: 
Children's Literature - Finding Children's Authors

Developed by Kathie Lewis and Gina Haycock,  Librarians
The address of this page is:  http://www.cos.edu/library/library_guideschildrens authors.htm

Reference Collection:

Located on the first floor of the library behind the Reference Desk.  These books must remain in the library. Reference books include dictionaries, almanacs and encyclopedias. Specialized or subject encyclopedias (concentrating on a particular subject instead of covering all knowledge) are excellent starting points for research. They are focused on a particular topic, cover the major concepts of the topic, are written by experts in the field, and often have bibliographies or other references. An outstanding reference book series for information on authors is as follows:

Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Authors new Revision Series  #R 928.1 C761
In the index they are abbreviated as CA and CANR with the number referring to the volume number.

                    Foreman, Michael 1938-------------------CANR-68
                                Earlier sketches in CA21-24R, CANR-10,38
                                See also CLR 32
                                See also CWRI
                                See also MAICYA
                                See also SAAS 21
                                See also SATA 2,73

Something About the Author is a set that also belongs to this company . SATA is dedicated to children's and young people's authors. Although it is not at the COS Library, it is at the Tulare County Library in Visalia and in the Tulare Public Library.

Some additional Reference books that might be helpful are as follows:

Companion to American Children’s Picture Books    #R 011.62 K59
Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature    #R 809 C295
Writers for Children    #R 809 W956
Current Biography    #R 920 C976

Circulating Books:

Usually an author has to be very well known before a whole biography will be written about a particular author. The COS Library has biographies on Ted Geisel and Beatrix Potter. In our book catalog, search for the author as a subject with last name first:

Periodical Indexes:

Through the Electronic Resources Link on the COS Library's Web Site, there are links to the electronic index subscription databases that the library makes available to COS students. Many of these indexes offer full-text articles, which means the entire article will be available even if the library doesn't subscribe to the periodical itself. If a student is off campus, passwords are necessary to access these databases. Passwords are available for COS students at the COS Library Information Desk or by calling the Library at (559) 737-6179.

Infotrac is a periodical index that works well when using a subject search:

Academic Abstracts is a periodical index that works well with a key word search:

Internet Sites:

Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children's and Young Adults Author's and Illustrators: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm

Children's Authors and Illustrators: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/authors.htm
Be sure to click on the author's name for biographic information.

Meet Authors and Illustrators: http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm

Yahoo: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Children_s/

Children's Book Council Author/Illustrator Links    The Children's Book Council

Internet Public Library Kidspace's Author page    http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/

 

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This page was last updated 02/14/2007
For questions and comments, please mail to: kathiel@cos.edu