Paton Walsh, Jill. "History Is Fiction."

Horn Book 48 (February 1972): 17-23.

Discusses the nature of historical fiction.

"The Rainbow Surface." Times Literary Supplement (December 3, 1971). Reprinted in The Cool Web: The Pattern of Children's Reading, edited by Margaret Meek, Aidan Warlow, and Griselda Barton. New York: Atheneum, 1978. Paton Walsh's reflection on the difference between writing for children and writing for adults.

Townsend, John Rowe. "Jill Paton Walsh." In A Sounding of Storytellers: New and Revised Essays on Contemporary Writers for Children. New York: Lippincott, 1979. An analytical essay about Paton Walsh intended for critics and teachers. Includes autobiographical note.