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Helbig and Perkins offer in one comprehensive volume information about fiction of recognized distinction written for children: entries give biographical data on authors, detailed plot summaries, information about outstanding characters, memorable settings, significant motifs.

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With its companion volume, this book effectively provides descriptions and evaluations of award-winning American fiction for children over the last 125 years.

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This reference guide contains over 500 entries on titles, authors, characters, settings, and other elements from 189 children's books by 136 20th-century authors. It also contains biographical entries for leading authors of children's fiction.

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Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them.

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A one-step cross-cultural selective guide to recent retellings of myths and hero tales for children and young adults.

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How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today