Divided into two parts, this world directory features collections and archives of childrens' art. The first part of the volume provides information about the collections before October 1989. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order according to the French spelling of the various countries and include the following information for each entry: name of the collection, reason for the collection, caretaker of the collection, original collector, number of children represented, childrens' ages, art work done between what years, type of art in the collection, origins of the collection, conservation, diffusion methods, and the date the information was received. Twenty-one countries are represented including: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Part 2 consists of 11 indices that provide access to the entries. In these indices, each collection or archive is represented by the name of the country, the name of the collection or archive, and a number that corresponds to its entry number in the first part of the directory. Indices include specific types of art, collections, and archives including research projects, and collections and archives with computerized systems. An appendix provides the French and English language versions of the questionnaire sent out to compile the directory. (KM)