Kunitz, Stanley, and Howard Haycraft, eds. The Junior Book of Authors. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935. An autobiographical sketch explains Chrisman's ancestral heritage and interest in storytelling.

Reed, Elizabeth Connell. "Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1889-1953." In Newbery Medal Books: 1922-1955, edited by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field. Boston: Horn Book, 1955. This biographical note lists the storytellers and books that influenced Chrisman's writing.