Secondary Sources on the Study/Appreciation of Canadian Children's Illustrations and Illustrators

Aubrey, Irene E. "Illustration in Canadian Children's Books". Alberta Learning Resources Journal. Vol. 3, no. 1 (1978-79). Edmonton: Alberta Teachers' Association, 1978-79. P. 11-14.
ISSN 0380-1306

________. Pictures to Share: Illustration in Canadian Children's Books: Annotated Catalogue = Images pour tous: illustration de livres canadiens pour enfants: catalogue annoté. Prepared by Irene E. Aubrey to celebrate the International Year of the Child 1979 = Préparé par Irene E. Aubrey pour célébrer l'Année internationale de l'enfant 1979. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1979.
ISBN 0662503791

________. Pictures to Share: Illustration in Canadian Children's Books = Images pour tous: illustration de livres canadiens pour enfants. [2nd edition]. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1987.
ISBN 066053763X

Bachand, Denis. "Une Décennie d'images pour enfants au Québec". Des Livres et des Jeunes. No. 29 (printemps 1988). Sherbrooke, Québec: Des Livres et des Jeunes, 1988. P. 2-3.
ISSN 0706-795X

Bachand, Denis and Marie-Andrée Turcotte. "Images d'enfants de l'image: L'illustration à l'ère audiovisuelle." CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 60 (1990). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1990. P. 34-44.
ISSN 0319-0080

Bildfell, Laurie. "Keeping the Wolf from the Door: The Financial Drawbacks of Illustrating Children's Books". Quill and Quire. Vol. 50, no. 11 (November 1984). Toronto: Key Publishers, 1984. P. 8-9.
ISSN 0033-6491

Canada à Bologne: une exposition d'illustrations de livres pour enfants, Bologne, du 5 au 8 avril 1990. Comité organisateur, Patricia Aldana; conservateur, Michael Solomon ; traduction, Louise Arsenault = Canada at Bologna: An Exhibition of Canadian Children's Book Illustrations, Bologna, April 5 to 8, 1990. Steering committee, Patricia Aldana; curator, Michael Solomon; translation, Louise Arsenault. Toronto: s.n., 1990.
ISBN 0929095014

Canadian Books for Young People = Livres canadiens pour la jeunesse. Edited by André Gagnon and Ann Gagnon. 4th edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.
ISBN 0802066623

The Canadian Children's Book Centre Art Auction Catalogue, November 18th 1995. Toronto: The Canadian Children's Book Centre, 1995.

The CANSCAIP Companion: A Biographical Record of Canadian Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers. 2nd edition. General editor: Barbara Greenwood. Markham, Ont.: Pembroke, 1994.
ISBN 1551380218

Cartwright, Ellen Thomas. Once Upon a Time: May 20-July 11, 1988, Vancouver Art Gallery. Exhibition Catalogue. Exhibition curated by Ellen Thomas Cartwright. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1988.
ISBN 0920095682

Carver, Peter. "Quebec Illustrators Welcome Invasion". Books for Young People. Vol. 2, no. 6 (December 1988). Toronto: Key Publishers, 1988. P. 8

Cleaver, Elizabeth. "The Visual Artist and the Creative Process in Picture Books". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 4 (1976). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1976. P. 71.
ISSN 0319-0080

Cutler, May. "International Children's Books as Art". Lecture given by May Cutler, President of Tundra Books at the Children's Books International III, Boston Public Library, May 17, 1977.

________. "Publishing Picture Books  -  the View from Tundra". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Vol. 21, no. 2 (March 1993). Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1993. P. 42-43.
ISSN 0821-1450

Day, Karen S. "The Challenge of Style in Reading Picture Books". Children's Literature in Education. Vol. 27, no. 3 (September 1996). New York: Human Sciences Press, 1976. P. 153-166.
ISSN 0045-6713

Demers, Dominique. La Bibliothèque des enfants: des trésors pour les 0 à 9 ans. Written by Dominique Demers, Isabelle Crépeau, Ginette Guindon and Yolande Lavigueur. Boucherville, Qué.: Québec/Amérique, 1995.
ISBN 2890376907

________. Du Petit Poucet au Dernier des raisins: introduction à la littérature jeunesse. Dominique Demers avec la collaboration de Paul Bleton. Illustrations par Anne Villeneuve. Boucherville, Qué.: Quebec/Amérique jeunesse, 1994.
ISBN 2890376664

Despinette, Janine. "Les Images et les enfants". Des Livres et des Jeunes. No. 43 (hiver 1993). Sherbrooke, Qué.: Des Livres et des Jeunes, 1993. P. 6.
ISSN 0706-795X

Edwards, Gail. "Talking Pics  -  Evaluating the Artistic Side of Picture Books". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Vol. 21, no. 2 (March 1993). Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1993. P. 44-52.
ISSN 0821-1450

Egoff, Sheila E. Notable Canadian Children's Books: An Annotated Catalogue = Un Choix de livres canadiens pour la jeunesse. Prepared by Sheila Egoff and Alvine Belisle for an exhibition arranged by the National Library of Canada = Préparé par Sheila Egoff et Alvine Belisle pour une exposition organisée par la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1973. Supplements prepared by Irene Aubrey and others for the 1975-1979 cumulative edition.
ISBN 0660530406, 1980-84 cumulative edition
ISBN 0660548038, 1985
ISBN 0662564391, 1986
ISBN 0662576896, 1987
ISBN 0662582446, 1988-89
ISBN 0662591909, 1990-91
ISBN 0662599144

________. "The Picture Book and the Beginning Reader". Canadian Library Association Bulletin. Vol. 15, no. 5 (March 1959). Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1959. P. 215-218.

Egoff, Sheila E. and Judith Saltman. The New Republic of Childhood: A Critical Guide to Canadian Children's Literature in English. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990.
ISBN 0195405765

Egoff, Sheila E. The Republic of Childhood: A Critical Guide to Canadian Children's Literature in English. 2nd edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1975, c1967.
ISBN 0195402316

England, Claire and Adele M. Fasick. ChildView: Evaluating and Reviewing Materials for Children. Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
ISBN 0872875199

Gagnon, André. "French Canadian Picture Books in Translation". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. Vol. 15, no. 4 (Winter 1990). West Lafayette, Indiana: Children's Literature Association, 1990. P. 212-217.
ISSN 08850429

Gertridge, Allison. Meet Canadian Authors and Illustrators: 50 Creators of Children's Books. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, c1994.
ISBN 0590243195

Gilman, Phoebe. "Painting Between the Lines". Quill and Quire. Vol. 59, no.7 (July 1993). Toronto: Key Publishers, 1993. P. 54-55.
ISSN 0033-6491

Illustrateurs canadiens pour la jeunesse: 22 biographies et bibliographies, volume 3. Sous la direction de Louise Lemieux. Montréal: Communication-Jeunesse, 1975.

Jenkinson, Dave. "Good Libraries Don't: the Censorship of Canadian Picture Books". CCL : Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 60, (1990). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1990. P. 42-55.
ISSN 0319-0080

Kennedy, Joyce Deveau. "Prince Charming and Glooscap : the Children's Picture Book Quest for Canadian Mythology". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature candienne pour la jeunesse. Vol. 39/40 (1985). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1985. P. 80-89.
ISSN 0319-0080

Lepage, François. "Apprendre à voir, l'illustration du livre pour enfants". Des livres et des Jeunes. No. 39 (été 1991). Sherbrooke, Qué.: Des livres et des Jeunes , 1991. P. 2-9.
ISSN 0706-795X

________. "Pour une rhétorique de la répresentation fantastique". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 60 (1990). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1990. P. 97-107.
ISSN 0319-0080

Lesynski, Loris. "Reading the Pictures". Quill and Quire. Vol. 62, no.2 (February 1996). Toronto: Key Publishers, 1996. P. 39-40.
ISSN 0033-6491

Lurelu. Montréal: L'Association Lurelu, février 1978- . (Each issue features an interview with an illustrator or author.)
ISSN 0705-6567

Madore. Edith. La Littérature pour la jeunesse au Quebec. Montréal: Boréal, 1994.
ISBN 2890525007

McGee, Ted. "ABCs of ABCs: Two Canadian Exemplars". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 71 (1993). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1993. P. 26-32.
ISSN 0319-0080

McQuarrie, Jane. Canadian Picture Books = Livres d'images canadiens. Compiled and edited by Jane McQuarrie and Diane Dubois. Toronto: Reference Press, 1986.
ISBN 0919981097 (pbk.)
ISBN 0919981127 (bound)

Plante, Raymond. "Les Petits destins des dessins". Lurelu. Vol. 12, no. 2 (automne 1989). Montréal l'Association Lurelu, 1989. P. 16-17.
ISSN 0705-6567

Pour que vive la lecture: littérature et bibliothèques pour la jeunesse. Sous la direction de Hélène Charbonneau. Montréal: Éditions ASTED, 1994.
ISBN 2921548178

Profiles. Revised edition. Irma McDonough, editor. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1975.
ISBN 0888021097

Profiles 2: Authors and Illustrators, Children's Literature in Canada. Irma McDonough, editor. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1982.
ISBN 0888021631

Saltman, Judith. Modern Canadian Children's Books. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987.
ISBN 0195405722

________. "Once Upon A Time: Canadian Children's Picture Book Illustration". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 51 (1988). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1988. P. 51-65.
ISSN 0319-0080

Sarrasin, Francine. La Griffe québécoise dans l'illustration du livre pour enfants. Montréal: Comunication-Jeunesse, 1991.
ISBN 2551126746 (Musée de la civilisation)
ISBN 2920453068

Schwartz, Bernard and JoAnn Sommerfeld. "Visual Images in Books, a Neglected Resource in Children's Aesthetic Education". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 60 (1990). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1990. P. 25-33.
ISSN 0319-0080

Sybesma, Jetske. "Illustrated Children's Books as Art". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 60 (1990). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1990. P. 8-24.
ISSN 0319-0080

Treasures: Canadian Children's Book Illustration. Toronto: Children's Book Centre, 1986.

Warren, Louise. "Petite rétrospective de l'imagerie québécoise du livre pour enfants". Lurelu. Vol. 2, no. 3 (automne 1979). Montréal: Communication-Jeunesse, 1979. P. 4-7.
ISSN 0705-6567

Waterston, Elizabeth. Children's Literature in Canada. New York: Twayne Publishers; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1992.
ISBN 0805782648

Weller, Joan. "A Survey of Canadian Picture Books in Recent Years". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 52 (1988). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1988. P. 23-34.
ISSN 0319-0080

Whitaker, Muriel and Jetske Sybesma-Ironside. "On Reviewing Picture Books". CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. No. 21, (1981). Guelph, Ont.: Canadian Children's Press, 1981. P. 58-65.
ISSN 0319-0080

Writing Stories, Making Pictures: Biographies of 150 Canadian Children's Authors and Illustrators. Toronto: Canadian Children's Book Centre, 1994.
ISBN 092909512X

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