ALETHEA K. HELBIG, Professor, and AGNES REGAN PERKINS, Professor Emeritus, both of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. Helbig and Perkins are co-authors of This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood 1994) and Myths and Hero Tales: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood 1997). They have written a series of encyclopedic works on fiction for children including Dictionary of British Children's Fiction (Greenwood 1989), Dictionary of Children's Fiction from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and Selected African Countries (Greenwood 1992) and Dictionary of American Children's Fiction (Greenwood 1996), for which they are currently working on the third supplement. Helbig is also author of Nanabozhoo: Giver of Life. She is a past president of the Children's Literature Association.

• Preface African Americans: Books of Poetry African Americans: Books of Oral Tradition African Americans: Books of Poetry Asian Americans: Books of Fiction Asian Americans: Books of Oral Tradition Asian Americans: Books of Fiction Hispanic Americans: Books of Fiction Hispanic Americans: Books of Oral Tradition Hispanic Americans: Books of Poetry Native-American Indians: Books of Fiction Native-American Indians: Books of Oral Tradition Native-American Indians: Books of Poetry Index of Titles Index of Writers Index of Illustrators Index of Titles by Grade Level Index of Subjects

ALETHEA K. HELBIG, Professor, and AGNES REGAN PERKINS, Professor Emeritus, both of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. Helbig and Perkins are co-authors of This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood 1994) and Myths and Hero Tales: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood 1997). They have written a series of encyclopedic works on fiction for children including Dictionary of British Children's Fiction (Greenwood 1989), Dictionary of Children's Fiction from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and Selected African Countries (Greenwood 1992) and Dictionary of American Children's Fiction (Greenwood 1996), for which they are currently working on the third supplement. Helbig is also author of Nanabozhoo: Giver of Life. She is a past president of the Children's Literature Association.

• Preface African Americans: Books of Poetry African Americans: Books of Oral Tradition African Americans: Books of Poetry Asian Americans: Books of Fiction Asian Americans: Books of Oral Tradition Asian Americans: Books of Fiction Hispanic Americans: Books of Fiction Hispanic Americans: Books of Oral Tradition Hispanic Americans: Books of Poetry Native-American Indians: Books of Fiction Native-American Indians: Books of Oral Tradition Native-American Indians: Books of Poetry Index of Titles Index of Writers Index of Illustrators Index of Titles by Grade Level Index of Subjects