Block, Ann, and Carolyn Riley, eds.

Children's Literature Review. Vol. 1.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. Contains excerpts from articles of literary criticism about many of Hamilton's earlier works, including M.C. Higgins, the Great.

Carpenter, Humphrey , and Mari Prichard. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Contains a brief, basic biographical sketch and evaluation of Hamilton's writings.

De Montreville, Doris, and Elizabeth D. Crawford, eds. Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978. Contains an autobiographical sketch of Hamilton that is most helpful; also contains a biographical sketch and short bibliography of articles about her.

Nasso, Christine, ed. Contemporary Authors, First Revision Series. Vols.

25-28. Detroit: Gale Research, 1977.

Includes a biographical sketch highlighting Hamilton's personal background, career, and writings.

Rush, Theressa Gunnels, Carol Fairbanks Myers, and Esther Spring Arata. Black American Writers Past and Present: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary...