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The Chestry Oak For Further Reference

Cech, John, ed. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1983. Contains a fine introductory article on Seredy's life and career, with summaries of her major works.

Kassen, Aileen. "Kate Seredy: A Person Worth Knowing." Elementary English 45 (March 1968): 303-315. This article provides useful background information about the author for teachers and students.

Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. New York: St.

Martin's Press, 1983. Contains a short biographical sketch and bibliographical list of Seredy's works.

Kunitz, Stanley J., and Howard Haycraft, eds. The Junior Book of Authors. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1951. Provides excerpts from an interview with Seredy in which she talks about how she came to America and began as a children's writer.

Senick, Gerald J., and Melissa R. Hug, eds. Children's Literature Review. Vol.

10. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986....
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