The original volume in the Junior Authors series, this classic reference covers 289 authors and illustrators who are as beloved today as they were when this book was first published. Their 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. Each entry includes a substantial bibliography of works by and about the subject.

◘ 309 pp.
◘ Illustrated
◘ 1951 (6th printing, 1970)
◘ ISBN 0-8242-0028-4
◘ $80
◘ $85 (outside the U.S. and Canada)

Just some of the authors profiled in Junior Book of Authors, Second Edition:

• Hans Christian Andersen

• Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

• Margery Williams Bianco

• Arna Bontemps

• Carol Ryrie Brink

• L. Leslie Brooke

• Walter R. Brooks

• Margaret Wise Brown

• Jean de Brunhoff

• Virginia Lee Burton

• Randolph Caldecott

• Elizabeth Coatsworth

• James Daugherty

• Marguerite de Angeli

• Walter de la Mare

• William P`ene du Bois

• Eleanor Farjeon

• Walter Farley

• Rachel Field

• Marjorie Flack

• Wanda Gag

• Hardie Gramatky

• Carolyn Haywood

• Marguerite Henry

• Robert Lawson

• Munro Leaf

• Lois Lenski

• Hugh Lofting

• Maud Hart Lovelace

• Robert McCloskey

• A.A. Milne

• Beatrix Potter

• H.A. Rey

• Laura Ingalls Wilder