Commire, Anne, ed. "Carolyn Sherwin Bailey." In Something About the Author.

Detroit: Gale, 1978. The editors have compiled a long list of Bailey's publications; there is also a section quoting Bailey on the art of writing for children.

Kunitz, Stanley, and Howard Haycraft, eds. The Junior Book of Authors. 2d ed.

Revised. New York: Wilson, 1951. An autobiographical essay.

Marquardt, Dorothy, and Martha Ward.

Authors of Books for Young People. 2d ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971. This short entry gives biographical information and a list of Bailey's writings.