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Betty Bacon teaches children's literature and writing for children at the University of California, Berkeley; she was formerly head of children's services at the Solano County Library in California. She is author of four nonfiction books for children and has written professional articles on children's literature.

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Bacon, B. The art of nonfiction. Child Lit Educ 12, 3–14 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01147412

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