Benet, Rosemary. "Review." Saturday Review of Literature 24 (November 1941): 9. Discusses My Friend Flicka's appeal both to horse lovers and to others.

Commire, Anne, ed. Something about the Author. Vol. 34. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. Contains autobiographical excerpts by O'Hara.

Ferguson, Otis. "Review." New Republic 105 (September 1941): 380. A glowing review, emphasizing the western setting.

Hauser, Marianne. "Review." New York Times (August 24, 1941). A very favorable review of My Friend Flicka.

Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. Twentieth-Century Children's Authors. New York: St.

Martin's Press, 1978. Contains a brief biographical and critical sketch.

Kunitz, Stanley J., ed. Twentieth Century Authors. Supp. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1955. The essay on O'Hara features many comments by O'Hara herself.

Williams, Mabel. "Review." Horn Book 18 (January 1942): 37. A favorable review stressing that the book is for mature readers.