International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature

Nettell, S. (1989) ‘Authorgraph No. 58: James Watson’, Books for Keeps 58:17.
——(1990) ‘Authorgraph No. 63: William Mayne’, Books for Keeps 63:14–15.
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Chippendale, NSW: Sun (Pan Macmillan).
Philip, N. (1981) A Fine Anger: A Critical Introduction to the Work of Alan Garner, London: Collins.
Pratchett, T. (1995) ‘Let there be dragons’, Books for Keeps 83:6–7.
Rider Haggard, H. (1926) The Days of My Life, Vol. 1, London: Longman.
Salway, L. (ed.) (1976) A Peculiar Gift: Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children,
Harmondsworth: Kestrel (Penguin).
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——(1990) ‘Interview with Roald Dahl’, Children’s Literature in Education 21:61–66.
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Further Reading

Chevalier, T. (ed.) (1989) Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers, 3rd edn. Chicago and London: St
James Press.
Commire, A. (ed.) (1971-) Something About the Author: Facts and Pictures About Authors and
Illustrators of Books for Young Children, Vol. 1, Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
de Montreville, D. and Crawford, E.D. (eds) (1978) Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators,
New York: H.W. Wilson.
——and Hill, D. (eds) (1972) Third Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators, New York: H. W.Wilson.
Fuller, M. (1969) Mare Junior Authors, New York: H.W.Wilson.
Hildick, W. (1970) Children and Fiction, London: Evans Brothers.
Hopkins, L.B. (1974) More Books by More People: Interviews with Sixty-Five Authors of Books for
Children, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Scholastic.
Kingman, L. (ed.) (1965) Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1956–65, Boston: Horn Book.
——(ed.) (1975) Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1966–75, Boston: Horn Book.
Kunitz, S.J. and Haycraft, H. (eds) (1951) The Junior Book of Authors, New York: H.W. Wilson.

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