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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 100
Fourteen - year - old Clare Mayfield in Penelope Lively ' s The House in Norham
Gardens ( 1974 ) , has the chief responsibility for the welfare of her brilliant , kind ,
eccentric , elderly aunts , a burden which is at times too much for her .
Fourteen - year - old Clare Mayfield in Penelope Lively ' s The House in Norham
Gardens ( 1974 ) , has the chief responsibility for the welfare of her brilliant , kind ,
eccentric , elderly aunts , a burden which is at times too much for her .
Page 311
... 75 Holiday House , 4 , 11 Holland , Isabelle , 71 , 73 Holm , Anne , 111 , 286 -
87 Holman , Felice , 52 Holme , Bryan , 196 Homer , 81 , 86 Homer Price , 22 , 59
Hopkins , Gerard Manley , 46 The Hound of Ulster , 214 The House in Norham ...
... 75 Holiday House , 4 , 11 Holland , Isabelle , 71 , 73 Holm , Anne , 111 , 286 -
87 Holman , Felice , 52 Holme , Bryan , 196 Homer , 81 , 86 Homer Price , 22 , 59
Hopkins , Gerard Manley , 46 The Hound of Ulster , 214 The House in Norham ...
Page
... 75 Holiday House, 4, 11 Holland, Isabelle, 71, 73 Holm, Anne, 111, 286-87
Holman, Felice, 52 Holme, Bryan, 196 Homer, 81, 86 Homer Price, 22, 59
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 46 The Hound of Ulster, 214 The House in Norham
Gardens, 75, ...
... 75 Holiday House, 4, 11 Holland, Isabelle, 71, 73 Holm, Anne, 111, 286-87
Holman, Felice, 52 Holme, Bryan, 196 Homer, 81, 86 Homer Price, 22, 59
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 46 The Hound of Ulster, 214 The House in Norham
Gardens, 75, ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adult adventure American animal appear approach become begins century characters child childhood children's literature concerned cultural Dark death described earlier early Earth emotional English epic evil experience expressed fact Fairy fantasy father feeling forces genre George girl gives historical House human humor Illus illustrations images imagination individual interest Italy John kind language light literary lives London look means Moon mother myths nature never night novel offer Oxford parents past perhaps period picture book play plot Poems poetry poets present problem protagonists published readers realistic Robert says science fiction seems seen sense simply social society space story style tale tales theme things tion traditional translation turn Univ verse writers written York young
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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |