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 5
With the later Victorians , the whole concept of childhood changed . For the first
time a separate state called " childhood ” was envisioned . Now the child was
thought of as basically good and innocent , although quite often mischievous in a
...
With the later Victorians , the whole concept of childhood changed . For the first
time a separate state called " childhood ” was envisioned . Now the child was
thought of as basically good and innocent , although quite often mischievous in a
...
Page 7
The Edwardians who followed intensified the sense of difference and distance
between childhood and adulthood . Nowhere is this more charmingly expressed
than in Kenneth Grahame ' s account of his own childhood , The Golden Age ...
The Edwardians who followed intensified the sense of difference and distance
between childhood and adulthood . Nowhere is this more charmingly expressed
than in Kenneth Grahame ' s account of his own childhood , The Golden Age ...
Page 223
Although children can appreciate much mature work , they also respond to poetry
that perceives the world with the vibrant curiosity and wonder that is natural to
childhood . Indeed , many poets have claimed that the thrust of their work is to ...
Although children can appreciate much mature work , they also respond to poetry
that perceives the world with the vibrant curiosity and wonder that is natural to
childhood . Indeed , many poets have claimed that the thrust of their work is to ...
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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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