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 194
Today , after centuries of almost purely childhood enjoyment , the circle of interest
seems to have come round again . ... and those of the late nineteenth - and early
twentieth - century retellers for children from Lucy Crane to Wanda Gág . These ...
Today , after centuries of almost purely childhood enjoyment , the circle of interest
seems to have come round again . ... and those of the late nineteenth - and early
twentieth - century retellers for children from Lucy Crane to Wanda Gág . These ...
Page 234
Children ' s poets have adopted the stylistic flexibility and experimentation with
form of twentieth - century adult poetry , but their work nonetheless remains at
least a generation behind contemporary adult writing . On the whole , adult poetry
of ...
Children ' s poets have adopted the stylistic flexibility and experimentation with
form of twentieth - century adult poetry , but their work nonetheless remains at
least a generation behind contemporary adult writing . On the whole , adult poetry
of ...
Page 265
A return to the nineteenth - century " gimmick " books has also occurred and there
are now available pop ups , like Nicola ... Nostalgia is also evident in the
reprinting of the classic illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries ...
A return to the nineteenth - century " gimmick " books has also occurred and there
are now available pop ups , like Nicola ... Nostalgia is also evident in the
reprinting of the classic illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries ...
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Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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