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Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984
Recent Books of Recognized Merit
 By Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins

0-313-25233-5/978-0-313-25233-4

Description
In this companion volume to their Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959, Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins present detailed information on a comprehensive selection of contemporary books for children and young adults. This dictionary consists of 1,550 alphabetical entries for each title, author, main characters, and other important aspects of each work such as significant settings or elements in need of further clarification. The 489 novels examined in this work include the winners and finalists from major award lists, as well as other books recognized for merit by a variety of experts in children's literature. An extensive index includes all the items for which there are entries. Other index entries cover themes, subjects, unusual narrative structures, author's pseudonyms, and genres.

Reviews:
-With its companion volume (Helbig and Perkins's Dictionary of American Children's fiction 1859-1959, this book effectively provides descriptions and evaluations of award-winning American fiction for children over the last 125 years. The compilers provide clear, insightful, and critical evaluations. Despite its title, the bibliography lists fiction for both children and young adults. Entries for authors, titles, characters, and settings are arranged alphabetically; a detailed, comprehensive index identifies genres, subjects and awards. These two volumes, likely to become reference mainstays, are recommended for academic libraries that support children's and young adult literature or teacher education, and for public libraries and media centers. —Choice
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