This volume covers 238 authors and illustrators whose works span fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and picture books, and represent a range of talents and viewpoints that exemplify the rich variety of children’s literature. Readers will find information on new and established authors.

Each entry includes a substantial bibliography of works by and about the subject. A convenient cumulative index of this and prior volumes in the series is also featured, plus a list of major awards and citations that recognize excellence in literature for children and young adults.

◘ 356 pp.
◘ Illustrated
◘ 1989
◘ ISBN 0-8242-0777-7
◘ $95
◘ $105 (outside the U.S. and Canada)

Just some of the profiles in Sixth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators:

• Nathan Aaseng

• David Adler

• Lynn Reid Banks

• Jan Brett

• Eth Clifford

• Pat Cummings

• Bruce Degen

• Crescent Dragonwagon

• Mem Fox

• Russell Freedman

• Kevin Henkes

• Mary Ann Hoberman

• James Howe

• Johanna Hurwitz

• Paul B. Janeczko

• William Joyce

• Mavis Jukes

• X. J. Kennedy

• Bette Bao Lord

• Patricia MacLachlan

• Michelle Magorian

• Betsy and Giulio Maestro

• Zibby Oneal

• Gary Paulsen

• Jerry Pinkney

• Philip Pullman

• Cynthia Rylant

• Peter Sis

• David Small

• Jerry Spinelli

• Janet Stevens

• Paul O. Zelinsky