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The year 2009 will mark the 75th
anniversary of The Junior Book of Authors, the first volume of its
kind to celebrate the people who create books for young people. The
Junior Authors & Illustrators series has been a welcome and
essential source of information since 1934. The biographical profiles have
introduced generations of young readers to the authors and artists who
create the books they know and love. Children and young adults, parents
and educators, as well as aspiring children’s book writers and
illustrators will appreciate the valuable insights and lively first-person
presentations.
Award-Winning Authors and
Illustrators
The latest volume in this indispensable series covers
240 award-winning authors and illustrators who represent the rich variety
and multicultural nature of children’s literature today. Included are
Caldecott Honor Book illustrators Bryan Collier and Mo Willems; Newbery
Medalists Cynthia Kadohata and Lynne Rae Perkins; popular fantasy creators
Cornelia Funke and Rick Riordan; and cultural icons who have written
critically acclaimed children’s books, such as Julie Andrews and Holly
Hobbie. Authors for teens are also well represented in profiles of Printz
Award winners David Almond and Meg Rosoff and Printz Honor book recipients
Laurie Halse Anderson, Sonya Hartnett, and Markus Zusak.
Retrospective profiles in this volume
include comprehensive overviews of the careers of some of children and
young adult literature’s greatest 20th century stars—Roald Dahl, Astrid
Lindgren, and Dr. Seuss, among them—as well as those who continue to grow
in their careers—such as Patricia Reilly Giff and Jane Yolen.
Multicultural Profiles
The
Tenth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators reflects the diversity of
children’s literature today with profiles of many African-American,
Hispanic, and Asian- American authors and artists, such as Robert Casilla,
Grace Lin, Yuyi Morales, Sean Qualls, and Yoko Kawashima
Watkins.
The new Tenth Book of Junior Authors
& Illustrators provides the following:
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New Geographical Index
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Lively anecdotes, important
observations, and an account of each writer or artist’s career
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An essential tool for readers’ advisory,
with lists of works by each person profiled
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Intimate first-person sketches—authors
and illustrators speak directly and naturally to young readers in many
of the entries
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Photographic portraits and jacket
illustrations that enliven the entries
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A perfect starting point for further
research—with lists of additional biographical sources
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Cross-references to pen names, which
makes finding favorite authors easy
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A Cumulative Index guides readers to
profiles in other Junior Authors & Illustrators volumes
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