Nonfiction Books on Children's Literature
100. 
We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers
by:
Marisa Crawford
3.90 avg rating — 585 ratings 102. 
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
by:
Philip Nel
4.09 avg rating — 427 ratings 103. 
Picturebooks: Beyond the Borders of Art, Narrative and Culture
by:
Evelyn Arizpe
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 103. 
The Hugo Movie Companion: A Behind the Scenes Look at How a Beloved Book Became a Major Motion Picture
by:
Brian Selznick
4.24 avg rating — 598 ratings 105. 
Steeped in Stories: Timeless Children’s Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls
by:
Mitali Perkins
3.88 avg rating — 582 ratings 106. 
The Way to Write for Children: An Introduction to the Craft of Writing Children's Literature
by:
Joan Aiken
3.78 avg rating — 164 ratings 107. 
Under the Chinaberry Tree: Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting
by:
Ann Ruethling
4.25 avg rating — 57 ratings 
108. 
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
by:
Donalyn Miller
4.50 avg rating — 18,463 ratings 108. 
Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings
111. 
What's So Funny?: Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature
by:
Michael Cart
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 
113. 
From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics
by:
Harvey Kurtzman
3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings 
115. 
Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature
by:
Liam Heneghan
4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings 
117. 
Children as Readers in Children's Literature: The power of texts and the importance of reading
by:
Evelyn Arizpe
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 118. 
A Book Teacher for Every School: Featuring Mount Kenya Academy
by:
Kemie Nix
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 118. 
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Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter
by:
Jack D. Zipes
3.38 avg rating — 96 ratings 118. 
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13) 4.20 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
118. 
The Weather Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Words and Phrases to Describe the Weather
by:
Dahlia Evans
4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings 
118. 
Intent Upon Reading: A Critical Appraisal of Modern Fiction for Children
by:
Margery Fisher
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings 118. 
Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction (Language in Social Life Series)
by:
John Stephens
3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings 118. 
Do You QuantumThink?: New Thinking That Will Rock Your World
by:
Dianne Collins
4.13 avg rating — 123 ratings 
128. 
Making the Italians: Poetics and Politics of Italian Children's Fantasy
by:
Lindsay Myers
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 128. 
Australia Through the Looking-Glass: Children's Fiction, 1830-1980
by:
Brenda Niall
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 128. 
128. 
You're a Brick, Angela!: A New Look at Girls' Fiction from 1839 to 1975
by:
Mary Cadogan
3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings 128. 
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
by:
John Stephens
3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings 
134. 
There's a Mystery There: The Primal Vision of Maurice Sendak
by:
Jonathan Cott
3.80 avg rating — 216 ratings 134. 
Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings
134. 
The Pedagogy of Images: Depicting Communism for Children (Studies in Book and Print Culture) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
134. 
Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults
by:
Cheryl B. Klein
4.50 avg rating — 423 ratings 134. 
The Bright Face of Danger: An Exploration of the Adventure Story
by:
Margery Fisher
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 134. 
La porta segreta: Perché i libri per bambini sono una cosa serissima (L'Acchiappastorie)
by:
Mac Barnett
4.39 avg rating — 189 ratings 
142. 
Babies Need Books: Sharing the Joy of Books with Children from Birth to Six
by:
Dorothy Butler
3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings 
142. 
The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel In England, 1945–1970
by:
Marcus Crouch
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings 142. 
Matters of Fact: Aspects of Non-Fiction for Children
by:
Margery Fisher
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating 142. 
Subjectivity in Asian Children's Literature and Film: Global Theories and Implications
by:
John Stephens
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 142. 
Nonfiction, Memoir, or Fiction?: Dissecting the Works of Laura Ingalls Wilder liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
151. 
Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
151. 
Translation Under State Control: Books for Young People in the German Democratic Republic liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations
by:
Clare Bradford
2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings 151. 
My Book of Little House Christmas Paper Dolls: Christmas on the Prairie 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
158. 
From Mythic to Linear: Time in Children's Literature
by:
Maria Nikolajeva
3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings 158. 
The Spying Heart: More Thoughts on Reading and Writing Books for Children 4.56 avg rating — 59 ratings
158. 
What Katy Read: Feminist Re-Readings of Classic Stories for Girls, 1850-1920
by:
Shirley Foster
3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings 158. 
The Green and Burning Tree: On the Writing and Enjoyment of Children's Books
by:
Eleanor Cameron
4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings 
158. 
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs from the Little House Books
by:
Eugenia Garson
4.20 avg rating — 46 ratings 166. 
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box 3.72 avg rating — 150 ratings
166. 
The Myth of Persephone in Girls' Fantasy Literature
by:
Holly Blackford
2.76 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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172. 
The Future of the Nineteenth-Century Dream-Child
by:
Amy Billone
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
172. 
176. 
Affect, Emotion, and Children’s Literature: Representation and Socialisation in Texts for Children and Young Adults
by:
Kristine Moruzi
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 
176. 
Behold the Child: American Children and Their Books, 1621-1922
by:
Gillian Avery
4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings 179. 
From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 & Beyond
by:
Mus White
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
179. 
Children and Their Books: A Celebration of the Work of Iona and Peter Opie
by:
Gillian Avery
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
183. 
The Big Smallness: Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children's Literature it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
183. 
Girls only?: Gender and popular children's fiction in Britain, 1880-1910 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
183. 
Child's Eye: A History of Children's Books Through Three Centuries
by:
Gillian Avery
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 188. 
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
by:
Martin Salisbury
4.18 avg rating — 429 ratings 188. 
Textual Transformations in Children's Literature: Adaptations, Translations, Reconsiderations 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
188. 
Growing Up Female: Adolescent Girlhood in American Fiction
by:
Barbara A. White
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 188. 
The Land of Story-Books: Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century
by:
Sarah Dunnigan
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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The Narrator's Voice: The Dilemma of Children's Fiction
by:
Barbara Wall
4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings 192. 
All Mirrors are Magic Mirrors: Reflections on Pictures Found in Children’s Books 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
198. 
Seduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comic Books on Today's Youth
by:
Fredric Wertham
2.58 avg rating — 170 ratings 198. 
Under the Radar: The Subversive Work of American Children's Books, 1930--1980 -- Dissertation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
198. 
Adoption Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography
by:
Susan G. Miles
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating