ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. A former president of the Children's Literature Association, she has published over one hundred articles in professional journals, such as Children's Literature and The Children's Literature Association Quarterly. She has also contributed to reference books such as American Women Writers, Writers for Children, and Masterplots.AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She has published numerous articles in journals and reference books, including A Tolkien Compass, Unicorn, Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Writers for Children, and Masterplots. She has also co-compiled three poetry anthologies, two of them with Helbig. Helbig and Perkins are co-authors of Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959, Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984, and Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, 2 vols. (Greenwood Press, 1985, 1986, and 1989, respectively).

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ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. A former president of the Children's Literature Association, she has published over one hundred articles in professional journals, such as Children's Literature and The Children's Literature Association Quarterly. She has also contributed to reference books such as American Women Writers, Writers for Children, and Masterplots.AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She has published numerous articles in journals and reference books, including A Tolkien Compass, Unicorn, Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Writers for Children, and Masterplots. She has also co-compiled three poetry anthologies, two of them with Helbig. Helbig and Perkins are co-authors of Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959, Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984, and Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, 2 vols. (Greenwood Press, 1985, 1986, and 1989, respectively).

• Preface Abbreviations The Dictionary Appendix: Books and Authors by Nationalities Index

ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. A former president of the Children's Literature Association, she has published over one hundred articles in professional journals, such as Children's Literature and The Children's Literature Association Quarterly. She has also contributed to reference books such as American Women Writers, Writers for Children, and Masterplots.AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She has published numerous articles in journals and reference books, including A Tolkien Compass, Unicorn, Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Writers for Children, and Masterplots. She has also co-compiled three poetry anthologies, two of them with Helbig. Helbig and Perkins are co-authors of Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959, Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984, and Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, 2 vols. (Greenwood Press, 1985, 1986, and 1989, respectively).

• Preface Abbreviations The Dictionary Appendix: Books and Authors by Nationalities Index