Rutgers University collection of children's literature, 1939-1992 (bulk 1969-1990).

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Rutgers University collection of children's literature, 1939-1992 (bulk 1969-1990).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155041283

An artifical collection consisting of literary papers (corrected typescripts, galley and page proofs, correspondence and other papers) of contemporary children's authors, including many who are residents of New Jersey.

ca. 63 cubic ft.

Rutgers University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6864625

Rutgers University

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Cohen, Barbara, 1932-1992

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Barbara Cohen was born in New Jersey in 1932. She was an educator and award-winning author of books for both adults and children. She worked as a teacher in New Jersey before she published her first book in 1972, The Carp in the Bathtub. She died of cancer in 1992....

Lipsyte, Robert

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Robert Lipsyte was born January 16, 1938, in New York, NY. He became a sports writer and columnist for the New York Times newspaper. As a writer of young adult sports literature, he became part of what has come to be recognized as a revolution in the genre. Earlier sports novels tended to be predictable, action-oriented, and filled with one dimensional characters. Lipsyte transformed the sports novel into a realistic coming-of-age story. His characters are real people who have to contend with or...

Brancato, Robin F.

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Snyder, Carol.

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Gauch, Patricia Lee

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Patricia Lee Gauch was born January 3, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan. Following college she found work as a newspaper reporter, but had to give that up after giving birth to her two children. She began to write for children. Her earlier books were picture books for younger children, but eventually she began writing novels for older children and young adults.. She has received several wards and honors for her work. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols 26, 8...

Viorst, Judith

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Judith Viorst was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1931. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University and has worked as a journalist, poet, and writer of books for adults and children. Many of her children's books present a humorous view of families based on her own family life. She addresses both the naughtiness of children and their serious concerns such as sibling rivalry or the death of a pet. Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 123, p. 171-179. From the descripti...

Shuttlesworth, Dorothy Edwards, 1907-

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Kettelkamp, Larry

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Masterman-Smith, Virginia

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