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Also In print at Reference Table A Z1219 C95 1905+
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Book Review Index.Call Number: Reference Table A Z1219 B59
1965+
This index is arranged by author and title with abbreviated citations to the reviews. About 450 publications are included.
Children's Authors and Illustrators: An Index to Biographical dictionaries.Call Number: Reference Z1037 A1 C463 1995
Contemporary Authors.Call Number: Reference PN453 .C614
Something About the Author. Call Number: Reference PN451 .S6
Twentieth Century Children's Writers.Call Number: Reference PN 1009 A1 T9 1995
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Credo Reference
Over 360 online reference titles in all subject areas. Allows cross-referencing between titles and expanding searches into the Truman catalog and other library resources.
Children and books.Call Number: General Collection PN 1009. A1 S879 1986
Children's literature: an illustrated history.Call Number: General Collection PR 990 .C495 1995
International companion encyclopedia of children's literature.Call Number: Reference PN 1008.5 I57 1996
Research and professional resources in children's literature.Call Number: General Collection PN 1009 A1 R47 1995
Who's who in children's books.Call Number: Reference PN 1009 A1 F575
World through children's books.Call Number: General Collection PN 1009 A1 W67 2002
Worlds within: children's fantasy from the Middle Ages to today.Call Number: General Collection PR 830 F3 E43 1988
International Children's Digital Library 
Best books for young adult readers.Call Number: General Collection Z1037 .C34 2007
Children's Book Review Index.Call Number: Reference Z1037 A1 C575
Children's literature awards and winners.Call Number: Reference PN1009.A1 C545 1994
Children's Literature Review.Call Number: Reference PN 1009 A1 C5139
Elementary school library collection.Call Number: Reference Z1037. E4
Index to children's plays in collections, 1975-1986.Call Number: Reference PN 1627.T73 1986
Index to children's plays in collections. Call Number: Reference PN 1627. K7 1977
Index to children's songs. Call Number: General Collection ML128.S3 P 48
Index to Fairy Tales. Call Number: Reference PN 6071 F 15 E37
Index to Poetry for Children and Young People. Call Number: Reference PN 1023 B72
Master index to summaries of children's books.Call Number: Reference PN1009.A1 P477 1985
Plays for Children and Young Adults.Call Number: General Collection PN 1627 K37 1991
Storyteller's sourcebook: a subject, title and motif index to folkore collections for children. Call Number: Reference GR 74.6 M3 1982
Subject Index to Poetry for Children and young People.Call Number: Reference PN 1023. A5
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Association for Library Service to Children
Association for Library Service to Children Awards
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center
Children's Literature Association
International Reading Association
Mark Twain Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians)
Show Me Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians)
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