Pat Pflieger studies and writes about books for children; she's also taught children's literature to college students. She is especially interested in magazines and newspapers created for American children before 1873. She's the author of a book on Beverly Cleary and her books, "A Reference Guide to Modern Fantasy for Children", and a collection of letters written by children and teenagers in the 1800s. Other works for children include "The Fog's Net", a picture book published by Houghton Mifflin.
American Children's Periodicals, 1789-1872 is an attempt to describe every American periodical for children founded or publicly proposed before 1873. It is the most complete discussion available of these periodicals and the result of over 30 years of research. It should be valuable to anyone interested in the history of works for children or the history of American periodicals.