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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Preface The last twenty - five years have been a period of astonishing growth in
the publication of children's books . In Britain and the United States alone over
100,000 titles have been issued since 1957 — perhaps as many as in all the
years ...
Preface The last twenty - five years have been a period of astonishing growth in
the publication of children's books . In Britain and the United States alone over
100,000 titles have been issued since 1957 — perhaps as many as in all the
years ...
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This assumption also is made in other books of the period , such as The Wind in
the Willows ( in which the animals are really children ) , the Nesbit books , and ,
most of all , Barrie's Peter Pan ( produced first as a play in 1904 ) . It was not that
...
This assumption also is made in other books of the period , such as The Wind in
the Willows ( in which the animals are really children ) , the Nesbit books , and ,
most of all , Barrie's Peter Pan ( produced first as a play in 1904 ) . It was not that
...
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Edwardian period , 7 , 9 Classics , children's , 1 , 6 , 8 , 19 , 20 , eighteenth
century , 4 25 , 35 , 83-84 , 227 , 288 in fantasy , 95-98 , 99-100 Cleary , Beverly ,
25 in historical fiction , 164 , 183-84 Cleaver , Elizabeth , illus . , 208 in Middle
Ages , 3 ...
Edwardian period , 7 , 9 Classics , children's , 1 , 6 , 8 , 19 , 20 , eighteenth
century , 4 25 , 35 , 83-84 , 227 , 288 in fantasy , 95-98 , 99-100 Cleary , Beverly ,
25 in historical fiction , 164 , 183-84 Cleaver , Elizabeth , illus . , 208 in Middle
Ages , 3 ...
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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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