1. Introduction

   • Sam Sebesta

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 5

2. Children’s book publishing on the ascent

   • John Donovan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 14

3. These turbulent times

   • Bernice E. Cullinan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22

4. “Have you heard about an African cinderella story?”: The hunt for multiethnic literature

   • Violet J. Harris

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 36

5. Trade books and the social studies curriculum

   • Dianne L. Monson
   • Kathleen Howe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 46

6. Exciting nonfiction

   • James Cross Giblin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 53

7. Writting for today’s child

   • Judy Delton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 61

8. Envisioning experience: the potential of picture books

   • Barbara Kiefer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 75

9. Which book will win the caldecott?

   • Carol A. Doll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 89

10. Fantasy: Inner journeys for today’s child

    • Susan Lehr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 101

11. U.S. publishing industry

    • William S. Lofquist

    Plus Pages: 103 - 108

12. Books received

    BookReview Pages: 109 - 109