Celebrating Children's Books

This collection is an important milestone in the slowly growing body of genuine criticism of children's literature. All who care about the books that children read will find in these writings, both individually and collectively, valuable perspectives on children's books and the people who create, produce and use them.

A wise and ever-faithful champion of good children's books has written, "Some of the best writers today are devoting all or part of their time to writing children's books. Realization that children's literature both reflects the values of our society and instills those values in children has made increasing numbers of adults aware that children's literature is a part of the mainstream of all literature and that, like adult literature, it is worthy of our respect both for what it is and what it does." These essays are published in honor of the author of those words.