
I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of a studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas, all shout of creation. What do writers have in comparison? Only the flat paper, the clacketing of the typewriter or the scrape of a pen across a yellow page. And then, when the finished piece is presented, there is a small wonder on the one hand, a manuscript smudged with erasures or crossed-out lines on the other. The impact of the painting is immediate, the manuscript must unfold slowly through time.
Helga Aichinger
BOY WHO HAD
WINGS
Gill Ashby
DEAR MOTHER,
DEAR DAUGHTER
Louise August
MILK & HONEY
Leslie Baker
ALL THOSE
SECRETS OF THE WORLD
HONKERS
Doran Ben-Ami
HAUNTED HOUSE
Barbara Berger
BROTHERS
OF THE WIND
Stefan Bernath
SPIDER JANE
SPIDER
JANE ON THE MOVE
Don Bolognese
IT ALL DEPENDS
Kathryn Brown
EENY MEENY
MINEY MOLE
Nancy Sippel Carpenter
SING NOEL
Remy
Charlip and Demtra Marsalis
THE SEEING
STICK
Victoria Chess
KING LONGSHANKS
David Christiana
GOOD
GRISELLE
Chi Chung
HANDS
Ken Condon
SKY
SCRAPE/CITY SCAPE
Barbara Cooney
LETTING
SWIFT RIVER GO
Gabriel Amadeus Cooney
MILKWEED
DAYS
Greg Couch
MOONBALL
Ruth Tietjen Councell
OLD
DAME COUNTERPANE
ONCE
UPON A BEDTIME
WHAT
RHYMES WITH MOON
Ray Cruz
WIZARD OF
WASHINGTON SQUARE
Richard Cuffari
RING OUT: A BOOK
OF BELLS
Doug Cushman
ANIMAL TRAIN
Catherine Deeter
ROBOT & REBECCA;
THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS
Bruce Degan
COMMANDER
TOAD IN SPACE
COMMANDER
& THE BIG BLACK HOLE
COMMANDER
TOAD & THE INTERGALACTIC SPY
COMMANDER
TOAD & THE SPACE PIRATES
COMMANDER
TOAD & THE DIS-ASTEROID
COMMANDER
TOAD &THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES
COMMANDER
TOAD & THE VOYAGE HOME
DINOSAUR
DANCES
MOUSE'S
BIRTHDAY
Demi
DRAGON NIGHT
Tomie dePaola
THE
GIANTS FARM
THE
GIANTS GO CAMPING
HARK
Donna Diamond
TRANSFIGURED
HART
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Jane Dyer
BABY BEAR'S
BEDTIME BOOK
CHILD
OF FAERIE
THE
GIRL IN THE GOLDEN BOWER
PICNIC
WITH PIGGINS
PIGGINS
PIGGINS
& THE ROYAL WEDDING
THREE BEARS
HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK
THREE BEARS RHYME BOOK
Kathleen Elgin
SEE THIS LITTLE
LINE
Allen R. Epstein
HANNAH DREAMING
Allan Eitzen
ALPHABESTIARY
INWAY
INVESTIGATORS
Lawrence Di Fiori
MICE ON ICE
Michael Forman
RAINBOW RIDER
Betty Fraser
SIMPLE GIFTS:
THE STORY OF THE SHAKERS
Bernie Fuchs
RAISING YODER'S
BARN
S. Saelig Gallagher
AMONG ANGELS
Barbara Garrison
THE
SULTAN'S PERFECT TREE
Gail
Gibbons
ROUNDS
ABOUT ROUNDS
Jean Gralley
AND TWELVE CHINESE
ACROBATS
Rebecca Guay
THE BAREFOOT BOOK
OF BALLET STORIES
Annie Gusman
WEATHER REPORT
Friso Henstra
LITTLE SPOTTED
FISH
Jennifer Hewitson
MOTHER
EARTH/FATHER SKY
Rosekranz Hoffman
JANE
YOLEN'S MOTHER GOOSE SONG BOOK
JANE
YOLEN'S OLD MACDONALD SONG BOOK
Anne Hunter
NOCTURNE
Trina Schart Hyman
FAERIE FLAG
WIZARD'S HALL
Jack Kent
THE SIMPLE
PRINCE
Ted Lewin
BIRD
WATCH
THE
ORIGINALS
SEA
WATCH
Patricia Ludlow
MEET THE MONSTERS
Stephen Mackey
THE FAIRIES'
RING
Peter Madden
LONGEST
NAME ON THE BLOCK
Melissa
Bay Mathis
GRANDAD BILL'S
SONG
Lady McCrady
ROBOT &
REBECCA: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING OWSER
Emily Arnold McCully
HOBO
TOAD & THE MOTORCYCLE GANG
Myra Gibson McGee
ADVENTURES
OF EEKA MOUSE
Charles Mikolaycak
THE
LULLABY SONG BOOK
TAM
LIN
Li Ming
MERLIN
& THE DRAGONS
PEGASUS,
THE FLYING HORSE
Laurel Molk
BENEATH
THE GHOST MOON
OFF
WE GO
Cyd
Moore
JANE YOLEN'S SONGS
OF SUMMER
Francisco Mora
WILD HUNT
Barry Moser
THE
LADY & THE MERMAN
Alexi Natchev
TOO OLD FOR
NAPS
Dennis Nolan
DOVE ISABEAU
WINGS
Julia Noonan
THE MAGIC THREE OF
SOLATIA
Jurg Obrist
ROBOT &
REBECCA; THE CASE OF THE CODE-CARRYING KIDS
David Palladini
GIRL WHO CRIED
FLOWERS
THE
HUNDREDTH DOVE
MOON
RIBBON
Nancy Winslow Parker
NO
BATH TONIGHT
Peter Parnall
FIRESIDE
SONG BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEASTS
Winslow Pels
CAMELOT
Georgia Pugh
BEFORE THE
STORM
Robert
Quackenbush
WIZARD ISLANDS
Laura Rader
THE MERMAID'S
THREE WISDOMS
Anthony Rao
SHIRLICK
HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE WANDERING WARDROBE
Laura
Regan
WELCOME
TO THE GREEN HOUSE
WELCOME
TO THE ICE HOUSE
WELCOME
TO THE SEA OF SAND
Ed Renfro
GWINELLEN:
THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT SLEEP
Ann Rockwell
MINSTREL &
THE MOUNTAIN
Arnold Roth
ISABEL'S NOEL
THE
WITCH WHO WASN'T
Roger
Roth
MARY CELESTE
THE
WOLF GIRLS
ROANOKE,
THE LOST COLONY
Glen Rounds
UNCLE LEMON'S
SPRING
Ruth
Sanderson
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
WHERE HAVE THE
UNICORNS GONE?
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John Segal
LITTLE MOUSE
AND ELEPHANT
MUSICIANS
OF BREMEN
David Shannon
THE
BALLAD OF THE PIRATE QUEENS
ENCOUNTER
SACRED
PLACES
Greg Shed
HARVEST
HOME
William Stobbs
GREYLING
COLOR ME A RHYME
HORIZONS
HOUSE, HOUSE
LETTER FROM PHOENIX
FARM
ONCE UPON ICE
SNOW, SNOW
WATER
MUSIC
WILD
WINGS
Janet Street
ANIMAL FARE
RAINING
CATS & DOGS
Mark Teague
HOW DOES A
DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
John Thompson
O JERUSALEM
Margot Tomes
THE LAPTIME
SONG AND PLAY BOOK
Monica Vachula
TEA
WITH AN OLD DRAGON
Leonard Vosburgh
PIRATES IN
PETTICOATS
John Wallner
RING OF EARTH
David
Wiesner
THE BOY WHO SPOKE
CHIMP
NEPTUNE RISING
David Wilgus
HERE THERE
BE ANGELS
HERE
THERE BE DRAGONS
HERE
THERE BE GHOSTS
HERE
THERE BE UNICORNS
HERE
THERE BE WITCHES
Ed Young
THE
EMPEROR & THE KITE
THE
GIRL WHO LOVED THE WIND
THE
SEVENTH MANDARIN
Jane Breskin Zalben
ALL
IN THE WOODLAND EARLY
AN
INVITATION TO THE BUTTERFLY BALL