The Essential Guide To Children's Books And Their CreatorsUpon publication, Anita Silveys comprehensive survey of contemporary childrens literature, Childrens Books and Their Creators, garnered unanimous praise from librarians, educators, and specialists interested in the world of writing for children. Now The Essential Guide to Childrens Books and Their Creators assembles the best of that volume in one handy, affordable reference, geared specifically to parents, educators, and students. This new volume

And young Queen Celestyna Hightower is determined to be Mender of the Break

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion

Most frightening of all

“Transporting

until a well-publicized Good Samaritan act attracts the unwanted attention of well-armed Motown mobsters who are now coming to get him

The bona-fide guitar hero continues to experiment and evolve in his solo career to this day

Elizabeth endears herself to the British people

But ever-present is the human tragedy of ordinary people's lives disrupted

Ragna Riegel is a soft-spoken woman of routines

showcasing Stephen Gammell's terrifying artwork from the original books

farmer's wife and vet

“Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self…