Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 East Daniel
Champaign, IL 61820
217/244-7451
ehearne@uiuc.edu

Résumé

Education

  • PhD. University of Chicago, Graduate Library School, 1985
  • M.A. University of Chicago, Graduate Library School, 1968
  • B.A. College of Wooster (history major), 1964

Experience

1999-Present Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Consulting Editor, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
1994-1999 Associate Professor GSLIS; Consulting Editor, BCCB
1992-1994 Assistant Professor, GSLIS; Editor, BCCB
1990-1992 Assistant Professor, English and Education, University of Chicago;
Editor, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
1985-1990 Assistant Professor, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago;
Editor, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
1973-1985 Editor, Children's Books Section, Booklist, The American Library Association
1970-1971 Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Education
1968-1969 Reviewer, Booklist, The American Library Association
1967-1968 Librarian and Storyteller, Blaine Library, Univ. of Chicago Laboratory Schools
1964-l965 Librarian and Storyteller, Wayne County Public Library, Wooster, Ohio

Books Authored

Professional and Scholarly

  • Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide. Dell/Delacorte,1980; Rev.ed., 1990 (Parents' Choice Award, 1990); 3rd ed., Univ. of Illinois Press, 1999.
  • Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale, The University of Chicago Press, 1989 (related to dissertation; awarded 1st place, Chicago Women in Publishing Competition)

Fiction and Poetry

  • South Star. Atheneum/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1977
  • Home. Atheneum/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, l979
  • Eli's Ghost. Macmillan/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, l987
  • Love Lines: Poetry in Person. Macmillan/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, l987
  • Polaroid and Other Poems of View. Macmillan/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1991
  • Elizas Dog. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 1996
  • Seven Brave Women. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books, 1997
  • Listening for Leroy. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1998
  • Who's in the Hall? HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books, 2000
  • Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2001
  • The Canine Connection. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2003
  • Hauntings. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2007 (in press)

Books Edited

  • The Zena Sutherland Lectures: 1983-1992. (edited essays) Clarion Books, 1993
  • Beauties and Beasts: The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series. (edited anthology) Oryx Press, 1993
  • Celebrating Children's Books: Critical Essays in Honor of Zena Sutherland, ed. by Betsy Hearne and Marilyn Kaye. Lothrop, l981.
  • The Best in Children's Books: The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1985- 1990, ed. by Zena Sutherland, Betsy Hearne, and Roger Sutton. University of Chicago Press, 1991
  • Evaluating Children's Books: A Critical Look, ed. by Betsy Hearne and Roger Sutton. GSLIS, 1993
  • Story: From Fireplace to Cyberspace, ed. by Betsy Hearne, Janice Del Negro, Christine Jenkins, & Deborah Stevenson. Champaign: GSLIS, 1998.

Articles and Essays

  • Essays on Virginia Hamilton and John Donovan, in Twentieth Century Children's Writers, St. Martins Press, l978; & 1984 ed. (pp.248; 353-354)
  • "U.S. Children's Books about World War II," Bookbird, l980 (pp.23-25)
  • "A Reviewer's Story," Library Quarterly, January, l981 (pp.80-87)
  • "The American Connection," essays in Signal, January, September, 1980 (pp.36-41; pp.151-159); May, 1981 (pp.91-95); January, l982 (pp.38-42)
  • Innocence and Experience: A Critical Paradox, Celebrating Children's Books: Critical Essays in Honor of Zena Sutherland, ed. Betsy Hearne and Marilyn Kaye. Lothrop, l981 (pp.165-176)
  • "Sex, Violence, Obscenity, Tragedy, Scariness and Other Facts of Life in Children's Literature," Learning, February, 1982 (pp.104-107)
  • "Timely and Timeless Children's Books as a Mirror of Society," Catholic Library World, July/August, l982 (pp.18-20)
  • "How Important Is Children's Literature?" Alberta Learning Resources Journal, Vol. 8, #1, 1986 (pp.11-13)
  • "Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale," Lion and the Unicorn, Fall, 1988 (pp.74-111).
  • "Booking the Brothers Grimm: Art, Adaptations, and Economics," Book Research Quarterly, Winter, l987 (pp.18-32); reprinted in The Brothers Grimm and Folktale, ed. James M. McGlathery. University of Illinois Press, 1988 (pp.220-233)
  • "Problems and Possibilities: U.S. Research in Children's Literature," School Library Journal, August, 1988 (pp.27-31); reprinted as Research in Children's Literature in the U.S. and Canada: Problems and Possibilities in Children's Literature Research: International Resources and Exchange, ed. by the International Youth Library (Munich: Sauer, 1991)
  • "A Story Internalized, 1900-1950," Mervielles & Contes, May, 1989 (pp.84-109)
  • "Coming to the States: Reviewing Books from Abroad," The Horn Book, September, 1991 (pp.562-568)
  • "Patterns of Sound, Sight, and Story: From Literature to Literacy," The Lion and the Unicorn, June 1992 (pp.17-42)
  • "Cite the Source: Reducing Cultural Chaos in Picture Books, Part One," School Library Journal, July 1993 (pp.22-27)
  • "Respect the Source: Reducing Cultural Chaos in Picture Books, Part Two," School Library Journal, August 1993 (pp.33-37)
  • "Margaret K. McElderry and the Professional Matriarchy of Children's Books," Library Trends, Spring, 1996 (pp.755-775)
  • "Disney Revisited, Or, Jiminy Cricket, Its Musty Down Here!," The Horn Book, Mar/Apr., 1997 (pp.137-146)
  • "A Mind in Motion: A Few Moments with Madeleine LEngle," School Library Journal, June, 1998 (pp.28-33)
  • "Midwife, Witch, and Woman-child: Metaphor for a Matriarchal Profession," in Story: From Fireplace to Cyberspace. GSLIS, 1998 (pp.37-51)
  • "Perennial Picture Books: Seeded by the Oral Tradition," Journal of Youth Services, Fall,1998 (pp.39-47)
  • "Across the Ages: Penelope Lively's Fiction for Children and Adults," The Horn Book, March/April, 1999 (pp.164-175).
  • "Swapping Tales and Stealing Stories," in "Folkloristic Approaches to Library and Information Science," Library Trends (issue editor and contributor), Winter 1999 (pp.509-528)
  • "Sacred Texts: What Our Foremothers Left Us in the Way of Psalms, Proverbs, Precepts, and Practices," The Horn Book, September/October 1999 (pp.536-547) [pp.547-558, by Christine Jenkins]
  • Five articles in The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • "Ruth Sawyer: A Womans Journey from Folklore to Children's Literature," The Lion and the Unicorn, April 2000 (pp.279-307).
  • "Circling Tuck: An Interview with Natalie Babbitt," Tuck Everlasting, 25th anniversary edition. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000, pp. pp.141-171; Horn Book, March/April 2000 (pp.153-161).
  • "Once There Was and Will Be: Storytelling the Future," The Horn Book, November 2000 (pp.712-719).
  • Three articles in The Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, ed. by Jorge Schement. NY: Macmillan Reference, 2001.
  • "Afterword" for updated edition of Dorp Dead by Julia Cunningham (Knopf, 2002), pp. 95-103.
  • "Catch a Cyber by the Tale: Online Orality & the Lore of a Long-distance Learning Community" (with Anna Nielsen), in Learning, Culture, and Community: Multiple Practices in Online Education, ed. Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle Kazmer (Peter Lang Press, 2004).
  • "Effie Louise Power: Librarian, Educator, Author" (with Melanie Kimball and Christine Jenkins) in "Pioneers in Library and Information Science," Library Trends 52:4, 924-951.
  • Ten articles in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, ed. Jack Zipes (in press).
  • "The Bones of Story," Horn Book, January/February 2005, pp. 39-47.
  • "Something New," Horn Book, September/October 2006 (in press)

Reviews

  • Booklist, children's book reviews, 1968-1985
  • The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, children's book reviews, 1985-present
  • Chicago Sun Times Showcase, children's book review columns, 1975-1978
  • NEA (Newspaper Enterprise Association) book review columns, quarterly, 1977-1978
  • Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation 1945-l948 by Aranka Siegal, The New York Times Book Review, December 8, l985
  • "Bad Children's Books Drive Out Good," The New York Times Book Review, February 3, l985
  • The Kiss of the Snow Queen: Hans Christian Andersen and Man's Redemption by Woman by Wolfgang Lederer, in The Library Quarterly, January, 1988
  • Family Pose by Dean Hughes and Weetzie Bat by Francesca Block in "Pretty in Punk," The New York Times Book Review, May 21, 1989
  • English Children and Their Magazines, 1751-1945 by Kirsten Drotner, in American Journal of Sociology, November, 1989
  • Engines of Instruction, Mischief, and Magic: Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839 by Mary V. Jackson, in The Library Quarterly, October, 1990
  • "A Children's Dictionary? Don't Leave It to the Experts," The New York Times Book Review, January 27, 1991
  • The Braid of Literature: Children's Worlds of Reading by Shelby Anne Wolf and Shirley Brice Heath, in American Journal of Education, August, 1993
  • City Dog and Paul by Karla Kuskin, New York Times Book Review, May 22, 1994
  • Its Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris, The New York Times Book Review, March 12, 1995
  • "Grown-up Stories," The New York Times Book Review, Nov. 10, 1996
  • Its a Scarry World: The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Village Voice, Ja.13, 1998
  • Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World ed. David Leeming, Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Spring, 1998
  • Holes by Louis Sachar, The New York Times Book Review, November 15, 1998
  • The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley, The New York Times Book Review, January 16, 2000
  • The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block, The New York Times Book Review, Nov. 19, 2000
  • My Grandson Is a Genius, etc., The New York Times Book Review, July 13, 2003
  • The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative, by Thomas King, On the Horizon, 2006 (in press)
  • Reviews in Horn Book, ongoing

Honors and Awards

  • For Love Lines: Poetry in Person: ALA Best Books for Young Adults list, 1987
  • For Eli's Ghost: The Carl Sandburg Award, 1988
  • For Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale: First place, Chicago Women in Publishing Competition), 1989
  • For Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide: Parents' Choice Award, 1990
  • For Beauties and Beasts: The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series: Anne Izard Award, 1993
  • For Eliza's Dog: CCBC Choice Book (Cooperative Center for Children's Books), 1996
  • For Seven Brave Women: The Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 1998; Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book; New York Times Notable Book; Children's Book of the Year (Child Study Children's Book Committee); Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, NCSS/CBC; ALA Notable Booklist Editors Choice; Horn Book Fanfare Honor List; Working Mother Magazine Best Book; New York Family Magazine Best Book
  • For Listening for Leroy: Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 1999
  • For "A Mind in Motion: A Few Moments with Madeleine Lengle": EdPress Award, 1999
  • For Who's in the Hall?: IRA/CBC list of Children's Choices for 2001; CCBC Choice Book, 2001
  • For Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs: Best Children's Book Awards for 2001; CHILD Magazine; 3rd place, Texas Blue Bonnet Award; finalist for six state awards
  • For The Canine Connection: Stories About Dogs and People: A Junior Library Guild selection; Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award, 2003; New York Library’s 2004 Books for the Teen Age List; starred in Horn Book
  • Children's Reading Round Table Award, l982
  • Centennial Scholar Award, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1998
  • University Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000-2003
  • Humanities Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
  • Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004

Videotapes and Audiotapes

  • "Sharing Books with Young Children," American Library Association, l986 (video)
  • "Picture Books: Elements of Illustration and Story," ALA, l987 (video)
  • "Evaluating Children's Books," The Children's Book Council, 1979 (audio)
  • "The Heart of the Story," The Benton Broadcasting Project, 1991 (audio)

Selected Professional Activities

  • Advisory Editor, The Oxford Encylopedia of Children's Literature, 2001-present
  • Consultant, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, l982-1984
  • Consultant, Chicago Tribune Charities Foundation classroom libraries project, l985-86
  • Consultant, Chicago Public School system, "Reading Handbook" project, 1989
  • Judge, National Book Awards , Children's Literature, l975
  • Judge, American Book Awards, Children's Literature, l981
  • Judge, Boston Globe/Hornbook Award, 1997
  • Chair, 2005 ALA Caldecott Committee
  • Consultant, Newbery/Caldecott Committee; Notable Books Committee; Mildred Batchelder Committee (American Library Association) 1973-1978
  • Lecturer, Children's Literature Institute, Columbia University, N. Y., summers, l987-1991
  • Member, International Research Society for Children's Literature
  • Member, American Library Association (ALSC division)
  • Member, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY); USBBY Board of Directors 1995-1997, 2000; President 2001
  • Member, Board of Directors, Cricket Magazine
  • Referee, Children & Libraries (ALA); University of Illinois Press
  • Speaker, International Bicentenary Symposium on the Brothers Grimm, U. of Ill., April, 1986
  • Speaker, Ezra Jack Keats Lecture, University of Southern Mississippi, February, 1987
  • Speaker, International Youth Library Conference, Munich, April, 1988
  • Speaker, Field Museum of Natural History Folklore Series, October, 1988
  • Speaker, Moorhead State University Literacy Conference, October, 1988
  • Speaker, University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science, October, 1988
  • Speaker, Drexel University, Philadelphia, March, 1989
  • Speaker, Northern Illinois University, June, 1991
  • Speaker, Butler University, February, 1991
  • Speaker, Erikson Institute, May, 1992
  • Speaker, Third Biennale, Tehran, Iran, November, 1993
  • Speaker, Shenandoah University, July, 1994
  • Speaker, Virginia Library Association, October, 1994
  • Speaker, Champaign Public Library, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
  • Speaker, University of Iowa, 1995
  • Speaker, American Library Association Conference, July, 1996
  • Speaker, IBBY Congress in Groningen, the Netherlands, August, 1996
  • Speaker, Library of Congress, November, 1996
  • Speaker, Conference on The History of Print Culture, Madison, Wisconsin, April, 1997
  • Speaker, International Research Society for Children's Literature, York, England, August, 1997
  • Speaker and organizer, Allerton Institutes #34 (1992) and #39 (1997)
  • Speaker, Marquis Lecture Series, Coe College, Iowa, November, 1998
  • Speaker, Society of Children's Book Writers, Michigan, October, 1999
  • Speaker, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, March, 2000.
  • Speaker, National Reading Conference, Phoenix, December, 2000
  • Speaker, Ohio State University Children's Literature Conference, scheduled January, 2001
  • Speaker, University of Wisconsin/Madison Children's Literature Conference, April, 2001
  • Guest lecturer, Information School at U. Washington, Seattle, August 2001
  • Speaker, The Art Institute, March, 2002
  • Speaker, Children's Literature Conference, Augusta, Maine, April, 2002
  • Speaker, University of Redlands, CA, March, 2003
  • Speaker, Oregon Library Association Conference, April, 2003
  • Speaker, Alliance Library System, Literacy for Youth Institute, Illinois, April, 2003
  • Speaker, Illinois Library Association, Chicago IL October 2004; October 2005
  • Speaker, Texas Library Association, Austin, TX April 2005
  • Speaker, Washington University, St. Louis MO April 2005
  • Speaker, Children’s Literature New England, Harvard University, Boston MA August 2005
  • Speaker, Youth Literature Interest Group Research Showcase, GSLIS/UIUC, Urbana IL October 2005
  • Speaker, Lois Lenski Lecture, Illinois State University, Bloomington IL March 2006