New Directions in Children's Literature; Report on the Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Children's Literature (5th, Miami University, April 24, 1976).

This volume contains representative papers presented at the annual conference on children's literature at Miami University, 24 April 1976. The papers are: "New Directions for Children's Literature" by Sam Leaton Sebesta; "Storytelling: An Ancient Delight" by E. Ann Johnson; "Folklore" by Soledad Newman; "Using Bibliotherapy and Television in the Classroom" by Alfred Ciani; "The Critic and the Child" by Rebecca Lukens; "Anecdotes about American Authors" by Mabel E. Eldridge; and "Suggestions for Writing and Publishing Children's Books" by Nicholas P. Georgiady. (LL)