Winter in July: Visits with Children's Authors Down Under - Hardcover

Barley, Janet Crane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810829452 ISBN 13: 9780810829459

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1995

Synopsis

Leading New Zealand and Australian children's authors not only tell the stories behind their books and share some of their writing secrets, they describe trends that influence what is being published now. Until the past decade or so, children in Australia and New Zealand grew up reading mostly books from Britain or the United States. Several of the authors explain why so few children's books were published in Australia and New Zealand before the 1980s and why children's book publishing is now a flourishing industry there. Each chapter features an informal presentation given to a group of American librarians, teachers, readers, and writers during a story tour of New Zealand and Australia. The reader will meet New Zealand authors Dorothy Butler, Tessa Duder, Gavin Bishop, and Margaret Mahy, and Australian authors Jeannie Baker, Robin Klein, Peter Gouldthorpe, John Marsden, and Ivan Southall. Overviews by Betty Gilderdale, professor of children's literature in New Zealand, and Mark MacLeod, children's publishing director for Random House Australia, set the stage for chapters about the authors.

About this title

Review:

It is lively and stimulating and provides good clues for anyone wanting to write or encourage teenagers to write better.--Australian Library Journal

For its topic, this is a very useful work indeed.--Library Reviews

About the Author:

Janet Crane Barley has written many feature articles on topics ranging from techniques of management and supervision to health care and technology transfer. This book brings together her interest in children's books and her love of travel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0810829452
• ISBN 13: 9780810829459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 227