Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureBeschrijving van de ontwikkeling van het hedendaagse Engelstalige kinder- en jeugdboek, in de vorm van een schets van diverse genres, toonaangevende auteurs en afzonderlijke titels. |
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... animal characters depicting human traits , notably weak- nesses , as the ideal introduction to reading . Would he have come to the same conclusion about today's stories of talking animals ? These are , in general , as highly moralistic ...
... animal characters depicting human traits , notably weak- nesses , as the ideal introduction to reading . Would he have come to the same conclusion about today's stories of talking animals ? These are , in general , as highly moralistic ...
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... animal . Thus there is a circular " feed - back " between animal and human . Of course , the wonder really is that the technique works so well . E. B. White keeps his animals " in their place " to a greater extent than Grahame . The ...
... animal . Thus there is a circular " feed - back " between animal and human . Of course , the wonder really is that the technique works so well . E. B. White keeps his animals " in their place " to a greater extent than Grahame . The ...
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... animal tales a joy and an intimacy not frequently offered by those in other genres , with the exception of the animal - fantasy picture book . Few writers have skirted the boundaries of this difficult genre of animal fantasy with such ...
... animal tales a joy and an intimacy not frequently offered by those in other genres , with the exception of the animal - fantasy picture book . Few writers have skirted the boundaries of this difficult genre of animal fantasy with such ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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