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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Page 58
Still , both boys want to know about their past as they live out lives that are not
going to be dramatically changed by their knowledge . A sense of where they are
and where they have come from simply enriches their lives . Although Mayne is a
...
Still , both boys want to know about their past as they live out lives that are not
going to be dramatically changed by their knowledge . A sense of where they are
and where they have come from simply enriches their lives . Although Mayne is a
...
Page 164
... closed " tribal life of the small , dark people who live beyond the Roman Wall
and the luxury and majesty of Rome with ... people in crisis , ordinary young
people who are caught in the net of history and whose lives are altered by its
forces .
... closed " tribal life of the small , dark people who live beyond the Roman Wall
and the luxury and majesty of Rome with ... people in crisis , ordinary young
people who are caught in the net of history and whose lives are altered by its
forces .
Page 283
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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Bibliographic information
| 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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