Juanita havill and biography
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Juanita Havill Papers
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Collection
Identifier: CLRC-1122
Scope and Contents
The collection contains production material for twenty-three published and unpublished children's books written by Havill. Production materials include manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, notes, research, and related material. The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Juanita Havill was born May 11, 1949 in Evansville, Indiana. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign receiving her B.A in 1971 and her M.A in 1973. Juanita Havill worked as a translator for companies in France and the United States and also worked as an instructor and lecturer in the United States. Juanita
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Juanita Havill (1949-) Biography
Biographical and Critical Sources
PERIODICALS
Booklist, March 15, 1988; June 6, 1989; July, 1989; June 1, 1991; October 15, 1993, Hazel Rochman, review of Jamaica and Brianna, and Deborah Abbott, review of Sato and the Elephants, p. 452; June 1, 1994, Julie Corsaro, review of Jennifer, Too, p. 1820; July, 1995, Hazel Rochman, review of Jamaica's Blue Marker, p. 1883; February 15, 1999, Hazel Rochman, review of Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher, p. 1975; March 1, 2004, Carolyn Phelan, review of Eyes like Willy's, p. 1189.
Horn Book, November-December, 1993, Maeve Visser Knoth, review of Jamaica and Brianna, p. 732; May, 1999, Terri Schmitz, review of Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher, p. 314.
Hungry Mind Review, summer, 1992.
Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2002, review of Brianna, Jamaica, and the Dance of Spring, p. 257; May 15, 2004, review of Eyes like Willy's, p. 492.
Publishers Weekly, May 30, 1986; February 24, 1989; January 18, 1991, p. 58; March 8, 1993, review of Kentucky Troll, p. 78; July 26, 1993, review of Jamaica and Brianna, p. 71.
School Library Journal, April, 2002, Dorian Chong, review of Brianna, Jamaica, and the Dance of Spring, p. 110.
ONLINE
ChildrensLit.com, http://www.chil