CANONICAL BILBLIOGRPHY of ANIMATION, essembled by Jim Ovelmen
  Cavalier, Steven. The World History of Animation.
University of California Press, 2011

Solomon, Charles. Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation.
Random House, 1994

Furniss, Maureen, The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating
from Flipbooks to Flash, Abrams, 2008

Furniss, Maureen. Art in Motion, Revised Edition: Animation Aesthetics
Indiana University Press, 2008

Furniss, Maureen. Animation: Art and Industry
Indiana University Press, 2009

Johnson, Ollie and Frank Thomas. The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation.
Disney Editions, 1995

Faber, Liz and Helen Walters. Animation Unlimited: Innovative Short Films Since 1940 Harper Design, 2004

Wells, Paul and Johhny Hardstaff. Re-Imagining Animation: The Changing Face of
the Moving Image (Required Reading Range) William Morrow Press, 1994

Robinson, Chris Canadian Animation: Looking for a Place to Happen
Indiana University Press, 2008

Murakami, Takeshi and Jeff Fleming. My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation. Independent Curators International, 2001

Robinson, Chris. Animators Unearthed: A Guide to the Best of Contemporary
Animation, Continuum 2010

Bendazzi, Giannalberto Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation Indiana University Press, 1995

Beckerman, Howard. Animation: The Whole Story, Allworth Press; Revised edition, 2003

Harryhausen, Ray and Tony Dalton A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman, Watson-Guptill 2008

Neupert, Richard, French Animation History, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Grant, John Masters of Animation, Watson-Guptill, 2001

Crafton, Donald, Before Mickey, University Of Chicago Press, 1993