A speech by Margaret Hamilton recapping a career in Australian Children's literature starting as an assistant in a library to becoming a librarian, through book retailing and into publishing. A nice snapshot of the development of children's literature in Australia over the past fifty years.
The American Wholesale Booksellers Association (AWBA) is a national trade organization that represents a diverse group of book wholesalers. Our members include wholesalers of all sizes, with all types of inventory and specializations, from all areas of the nation.
The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.
The American Booksellers Association is a not-for-profit organization devoted to meeting the needs of its core members of independently owned bookstores with retail storefront locations through advocacy, education, research, and information dissemination.
The American Folklore Society is an association of people who communicate knowledge about folklore throughout the world. Our more than 2,200 members and subscribers are scholars, teachers, and libraries at colleges and universities; professionals in arts and cultural organizations; and community members involved in folklore work.
The Arne Nixon Center is one of North America's leading research centers for the study of children's and young adult literature. The growing collection of 38,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, illustrations, and related materials has a multicultural emphasis, dating from 1865 to current publications.
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a network of more than 4,000 children's and youth librarians, children's literature experts, publishers, education and library school faculty members, and other adults committed to improving and ensuring the future of the nation through exemplary library service to children, their families, and others who work with children.
The Association of American Publishers (AAP), representing publishers of all sizes and types located throughout the United States, is the principal trade association of the book publishing industry.
The ABC is a national membership association that offers a support network for professional independent children's booksellers who share the goal of encouraging quality and service within the children's book industry.
Folktale Tradition Lives On: Verna Aardema
by Carolyn S. Brodie
de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Verna Aardema: The Bookworm Who Hatched
By Virginia Johnson