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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Also , in a relatively brief study such as this , I believe it advisable to concentrate
on those individual books which represent achievement of one kind or another .
So while I do not ignore the fact that a great deal of inferior writing has been ...
Also , in a relatively brief study such as this , I believe it advisable to concentrate
on those individual books which represent achievement of one kind or another .
So while I do not ignore the fact that a great deal of inferior writing has been ...
Page 114
There are no highly colored individual villains , no Miltonic Satans , in these
modern beast tales . The animals have to escape man's scientific world and
return to their natural habitat even when , as Rowf says musingly and in
existential terms ...
There are no highly colored individual villains , no Miltonic Satans , in these
modern beast tales . The animals have to escape man's scientific world and
return to their natural habitat even when , as Rowf says musingly and in
existential terms ...
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sake that much of their work pays direct homage to individual styles and artists .
Mitsumasa Anno in Topsy - Turvies ( 1970 ) created several pictures based on
the work of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher ; John Steptoe has been greatly
influenced ...
sake that much of their work pays direct homage to individual styles and artists .
Mitsumasa Anno in Topsy - Turvies ( 1970 ) created several pictures based on
the work of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher ; John Steptoe has been greatly
influenced ...
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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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