ALETHEA K. HELBIG, Professor, and AGNES REGAN PERKINS, Professor Emeritus, both of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. They are the authors of a series of encyclopedic works on fiction for children published by Greenwood Press: Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, and Dictionary of Children's Fiction from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and Selected African Countries. Helbig is also past president of the Children's Literature Association. They have also both published This Land is Our Land and Many Peoples, One Land on multicultural literature for children and young adults, Myths and Hero Tales, a critical reference on myths and hero tales from around the world (all Greenwood), and numerous articles on children's literature.

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ALETHEA K. HELBIG, Professor, and AGNES REGAN PERKINS, Professor Emeritus, both of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. They are the authors of a series of encyclopedic works on fiction for children published by Greenwood Press: Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, and Dictionary of Children's Fiction from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and Selected African Countries. Helbig is also past president of the Children's Literature Association. They have also both published This Land is Our Land and Many Peoples, One Land on multicultural literature for children and young adults, Myths and Hero Tales, a critical reference on myths and hero tales from around the world (all Greenwood), and numerous articles on children's literature.

• Preface The Dictionary Index