Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureSketches the history of children's literature, looks at the genres of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, folklore, poetry, problem novels and picture books, and recommends specific works |
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With a hugely expanded market , American publishers were moved to select
books that reflected the new American manners and mores or that at least were
not alien to them . And , it was in the 1960s that the United States came to
exercise a ...
With a hugely expanded market , American publishers were moved to select
books that reflected the new American manners and mores or that at least were
not alien to them . And , it was in the 1960s that the United States came to
exercise a ...
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simple to say that it is merely a matter of schooling - both American and British
protagonists go to school . But what one often senses in the British books is an
excitement toward learning , a growth of analytical thought , and so the
protagonists ...
simple to say that it is merely a matter of schooling - both American and British
protagonists go to school . But what one often senses in the British books is an
excitement toward learning , a growth of analytical thought , and so the
protagonists ...
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Since the writers of the American problem novel purport to be honestly translating
into print the lives of everyday American children , they offer their books for an
obvious comparison to books in translation . In general , the books that come to
us ...
Since the writers of the American problem novel purport to be honestly translating
into print the lives of everyday American children , they offer their books for an
obvious comparison to books in translation . In general , the books that come to
us ...
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature |
| Authors | Egoff, Sheila, Sheila A. Egoff |
| Contributor | American Library Association |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | American Library Association, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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