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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For the Dark , the Dark is rising . The Walker is abroad ; the Rider is riding ; they
have woken ; the Dark is rising . The power which such a breakthrough by the
supernatural into the familiar can exercise is seen even in a bald summary of the
...
For the Dark , the Dark is rising . The Walker is abroad ; the Rider is riding ; they
have woken ; the Dark is rising . The power which such a breakthrough by the
supernatural into the familiar can exercise is seen even in a bald summary of the
...
Page 95
faun carrying an umbrella , Ruth Nichols that A Walk Out of the World emerged
with the dream of an Indian longhouse , and Susan Cooper that The Dark Is
Rising came from translating the image of a New England winter landscape into
that of ...
faun carrying an umbrella , Ruth Nichols that A Walk Out of the World emerged
with the dream of an Indian longhouse , and Susan Cooper that The Dark Is
Rising came from translating the image of a New England winter landscape into
that of ...
Page 257
Kay Saari's The Kidnapping of the Coffee Pot ( 1974 ) , with Trinkalike pictures by
Henri Galeron , is a modern fable about junkbizzare , personified figures who are
threatened in the dark world of the junkyard . After a tense kidnapping , the ...
Kay Saari's The Kidnapping of the Coffee Pot ( 1974 ) , with Trinkalike pictures by
Henri Galeron , is a modern fable about junkbizzare , personified figures who are
threatened in the dark world of the junkyard . After a tense kidnapping , the ...
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
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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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