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Brand-Name Fiction.
Heins, Ethel L. – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Comments on the literary productivity of Harriet Adams, author of the Nancy Drew series and argues against classifying her work as quality childrens' literature. (AEA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism
The Truth with Some Stretchers.
Girard, Linda W. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Discusses the biographies of Jean Fritz, demonstrating that in the hands of an artist, biography benefits from the use of the conjectural tools of fiction, such as created dialogue or interior monologue. (ARH)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Dialogs (Literary)
A Second Look: "The Stone-Faced Boy."
McDonnell, Christine – Horn Book Magazine, 1984
Notes that "The Stone-Faced Boy" illustrates author Paula Fox's clarity of insight and graceful writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism
Call It a Wheel
Southall, Ivan – Horn Book Magazine, 1974
Presents a personalized glimpse of the steps one writer went through during the process of writing a fiction story for children. (RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing
A Second Look: Mr. Popper's Penguins.
Jameyson, Karen – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Recalls the captivating characters; tidy, confident writing and winsome illustrations in the 50-year-old minor masterpiece, "Mr. Popper's Penguins." (SD)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Illustrations
Writers and Criticis: A Dialogue Between Jill Paton Walsh and John Rowe Townsend.
Walsh, Jill Paton; Townsend, John Rowe – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Part two of an exchange between two authors of children's literature in which they discuss the effects that book reviews have on their work. (AEA)
Descriptors: Authors, Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Dialogs (Literary)
Writers and Critics: A Dialogue between Jill Paton Walsh and John Rowe Townsend. Part I.
Walsh, Jill Paton; Townsend, John Rowe – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Discusses the interaction of the two roles of writer and critic and compares them with the authors' different approaches and responses. (HOD)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Dialogs (Literary)
A Second Look: Owls in the Kitchen.
Pearson, Kit – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Examines a book for children written by Farley Mowat, one of Canada's most popular and respected adult authors and a supporter of animal's and native's rights. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Early Experience, Imagery
At Mrs. Tucker's House.
Saxby, Maurice – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Discusses Patricia Wrightson's development as a writer of children's novels and her unique contributions to Australian literature. Highlights characters and/or primary points of interest in her works, especially her Hans Christian Anderson Medal winner, "A Little Fear." (SD)
Descriptors: Australian Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries
New Voices, New Visions: Chris Crutcher.
McDonnell, Christine – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Describes the novels of Chris Crutcher--vital works which deal with young men, sports, and growing up. Points out the connections between Crutcher's background and his work. (ARH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Athletics, Authors, Characterization
The Creation of "Charlotte's Web": From Drafts to Book.
Neumeyer, Peter F. – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Examines the changes in the successive attempts by E. B. White to complete the manuscript for "Charlotte's Web." (HOD)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism, Revision (Written Composition)
News from the North.
Ellis, Sarah – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Reports on three new illustrated children's books with settings in the frozen Far North: "Zoom Away" by Tim Wynne-Jones and Ken Nutt, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Ted Harrison, and "A Candle for Christmas" by Jean Speare and Ann Blades. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction
With Wrinkled Brow and Cool Fresh Eye.
Cameron, Eleanor – Horn Book Magazine, 1985
Emphasizes that there is a necessity in art for criticism that is the work of reflective intelligence. (CHR)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Young Adult Sports Novels: Playing for Real.
Forman, Jack – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Discusses the formulaic sports novels written for adolescents and the genre of such writers as John Tunis, Joe Archibald, William Campbell Gault, and John Carson. Describes several of these author's novels. (NKA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Athletes, Athletics
Anastasia Agonistes: The Tragicomedy of Lois Lowry.
Kimmel, Eric A. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Assesses the fiction of a prolific children's author, one who wears both comic and tragic masks equally well. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Comedy
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