Digilio, Alice. Review of The Carnival in My Mind. Washington Post Book World (August 8, 1982): 6. Positive review which comments on the author's appropriate application of humor.

Poe, Elizabeth A. Presenting Barbara Wersba.

Twayne Publishers, 1998. In-depth analysis of the life and writing career of Wersba, from her birth to the present.

"Wersba, Barbara." In Something about the Author Autobiography Series, Volume 2.

Detroit: Gale, 1986. Brief autobiographical essay, now rather outdated.