Isaacs, Kathleen. Review of Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule. School Library Journal (November, 1998): 128. Isaacs lauds Robinet for humanizing with Pascal, and his adopted family, a "little-known piece of American history."

Lempke, Susan. Review of Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule. Booklist (January 1-15, 1999): 879. Lempke praises Robinet's ability to blend her historical knowledge with feelings of her characters into a "fine historical novel."

"Robinet, Harriette Gillem." In Contemporary Authors, vol. 42. Detroit: Gale, 1994.

"Robinet, Harriette Gillem." In Something about the Author, vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Biography of Robinet's career and life.