Block, Ann, and Carolyn Riley, eds.
Children's Literature Review. Vol. 1.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. Contains excerpts from articles of literary criticism about many of Hamilton's earlier works, including M.C. Higgins, the Great.
Carpenter, Humphrey , and Mari Prichard. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Contains a brief, basic biographical sketch and evaluation of Hamilton's writings.
De Montreville, Doris, and Elizabeth D. Crawford, eds. Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978. Contains an autobiographical sketch of Hamilton that is most helpful; also contains a biographical sketch and short bibliography of articles about her.
Nasso, Christine, ed. Contemporary Authors, First Revision.....
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