Authors and Books
for Children

Welcome to Authors and Books for Children, devoted to an eclectic selection of favorite and classic books for children and young readers, and the people who wrote them.

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For author profiles, please click Featured Authors.
For articles about children's books, please click Featured Books.
For free etexts by children's authors, please click Featured Etexts.
For book reviews, please click Book Reviews.
For further reading about authors, please click Book Picks.

Featured Authors See complete list of articles. Helen Dore Boylston: Nurse from New Hampshire A nurse herself, Helen Dore Boylston drew on her own experiences in writing the Sue Barton series; she also wrote the Carol Page series about a young actress. Go to article. Felix Salten: Deer Bambi A journalist, a theater critic, and a part of the Viennese coffeehouse culture, Felix Salten today is best remembered as the author of Bambi. Go to article. Betty Cavanna: For Girls Going on Sixteen Betty Cavanna's books, from the classic Going on Sixteen to the Connie Blair series (as Betsy Allen), offer reassuring views of growing up female. Go to article.

Featured Books See complete list of articles. Patriotism and Propaganda in Girls' Series: Fictional Nurses of World War II The image of the nurse in World War II-era girls' series books was a potent symbol of both femininity and patriotism, helping young girls understand service to country, the value of sacrifice, and their own duty to help in the war effort. Go to article. Betsy-Tacy: Remembrance of Things Past Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved series about friendship and growing up offers universal themes and gentle stories that are still meaningful today. Go to article. The Secret of the Mysterious Makeover: Nancy Gets a Facelift Even Nancy Drew can use some sprucing up on occasion. A comparison of the original and revised texts of The Secret of the Old Clock shows how Nancy and her milieu were updated. Go to article.

Featured Etexts See complete list of articles. Teaching and Preaching: Jacob Abbott Etexts Offering moral lessons in the context of a realistic portrayal of children, Jacob Abbott was an important nineteenth-century writer. Go to article. Social Consciousness and Series Books: Josephine Lawrence Etexts A newspaper reporter and columnist, a writer of books for both children and adults, Josephine Lawrence was a prolific Stratemeyer Syndicate ghostwriter. Go to article. Stratemeyer's Other Garis Ghost: Lilian C. Garis Etexts While she didn't write as many books as her husband, Lilian C. Garis was a long-time Stratemeyer Syndicate ghostwriter and the author of the so-called Lilian Garis Books for girls. Go to article.

Book Reviews Schooltime Shenanigans: Life With Mother Superior Jane Trahey's autobiographical novel offers a blow-by-blow description of her charmingly funny experience with Catholic high school education. Go to article. Amazing Animals: The Incredible Journey More than forty years after its initial publication, Sheila Burnford's simple story of the love, loyalty, and determinatio