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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... contemporary children's books and increasingly from contemporary children's lives . This sense of play can be seen most obviously in those books that are best described as books of inven- tion , wit , and light , extravagant imagination ...
... contemporary children's books and increasingly from contemporary children's lives . This sense of play can be seen most obviously in those books that are best described as books of inven- tion , wit , and light , extravagant imagination ...
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... contemporary adults tend to distrust what they perceive as archaic values or a patronizing manner in these older books , children themselves do not appear to be affected by such scruples . They take delight and security in such old ...
... contemporary adults tend to distrust what they perceive as archaic values or a patronizing manner in these older books , children themselves do not appear to be affected by such scruples . They take delight and security in such old ...
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... contemporary southern California , yet the book , through its distortions , tells us a great deal about life there and indeed about contemporary life in general . So Harriet is the first child protagonist to use her notebook not only as ...
... contemporary southern California , yet the book , through its distortions , tells us a great deal about life there and indeed about contemporary life in general . So Harriet is the first child protagonist to use her notebook not only as ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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