Fuller, Muriel, ed. More Junior Authors.

New York: H. W. Wilson, 1983. Contains a brief autobiographical sketch by Speare.

Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. Twentieth Century Children's Writers. 2d ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. The entry on Speare summarizes her career, lists her publications, and gives brief critical comments on her major works.

Sloan, Eric. Diary of an Early American Boy. New York: Ballantine, 1984. A historical reconstruction of the daily life of a young man who lived in the same era as Matt Hallowell.