Discusses the qualities of successful realistic children's fiction and examines issues involved in writing and publishing for children. A historical overview of the image of children in fiction is presented; dealing with sensitive, emotional topics is discussed; and concerns of editors and publishers of children's fiction are addressed. (12…

Describes a study that examined back of book indexes produced by 37 authors and 27 nonauthors to see whether differences between the 2 groups of indexers could be discerned by counting the occurrence of 3 characteristics in their indexes: number of index pages, modified headings, and cross-reference use. (27 references) (LRW)

Describes the rationale, implementation, and results of one approach for a graduate course or school district inservice program that engages teachers directly in examining their own cultural perspectives first and then the multicultural perspectives of others by using novels by authors of color and of different ethnic backgrounds. (SR)

This bibliometric study analyzed reference lists from three instructional design journals from 1985-90 to identify the most frequently cited authors. A total of 37 authors with 20 or more citations during the 5-year period were identified and rank ordered by number of citations. (14 references) (MES)

Explores racism in children's literature, via an exchange of letters between a fictional person and the author. Discusses the author's experiences over the past eight years as a writer and illustrator. (SR)

The evolution and functions of Australia's Copyright Agency Limited are described. The agency is a copyright collecting organization which collectively administers the rights of authors and publishers whose works are copied in education, and enters into blanket agreements with educational authorities outside the existing statutory license. Some…

Recounts an interview with Irish children's author Martin Wadell. Discusses how he came to be a writer and how his experiences as a father enrich his stories. (HTH)

Presents an interview with Allen Say, winner of the 1994 Caldecott Award, about the making of "Grandfather's Journey" and its place in his career as an author and illustrator of children's books. (SR)

Examines characteristics of literature used by Arab authors in library and information science based on a citation analysis of articles published in a leading Arab scholarly journal that was the first library journal published in Saudi Arabia. Language, time span, form of publication, and subject and geographical distributions are discussed. (LRW)

Discusses the three media of books, films, and videos and how they connect the reading, seeing, and watching of children's literature. Considers all three to be powerful forces and opportunities to appreciate children's literature. (MG)

Explains some of the fascination of Roald Dahl's work and sheds some light on its nature. Discusses that what possibly worries the more anxious teacher or parent are Dahl's additions to the conventional folklore scheme of reference. (MG)

Discusses the importance of using children's literature to heighten children's appreciation of the wonder of nature. Focuses on three authors and a specific work from each: "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White; "Joyful Noise" by Paul Fleischman; and "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George. (MG)

This study examined the impact on school personnel of a psychological report purported to have been authored by a computer-based test interpretation system versus a psychologist. Identical reports were rated in terms of perceived quality, credibility, and interpretation. No effect on subjects' appraisal of the reports based on authorship was…

Describes the writing process of a teacher/writer in the creation of a 5-novel series portraying relations between men and women over a 175-year period in which women struggle to control their own lives. (PRA)

Examines the citation patterns for scientific journal articles and discusses reasons for the skewed distributions of article citedness. Topics discussed include the article age distribution; citations to articles from single journals; citedness of articles written by the same author; possible model distributions of citedness; and citedness as an…