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 154
While there has been an increase in the general memorability of individual
characters as opposed to those in earlier works , the larger and more important
character , society itself , has decreased in attractiveness . Whereas earlier
writers gave ...
While there has been an increase in the general memorability of individual
characters as opposed to those in earlier works , the larger and more important
character , society itself , has decreased in attractiveness . Whereas earlier
writers gave ...
Page 299
Earlier writers conveyed a sense of slow , easy , organic Althouse new
literfeterminating with the propounatend " wisdom of a sual books woul books ,
the impressiense of slow , time in dealing with childhood and its concerns .
Nowadays 299 ...
Earlier writers conveyed a sense of slow , easy , organic Althouse new
literfeterminating with the propounatend " wisdom of a sual books woul books ,
the impressiense of slow , time in dealing with childhood and its concerns .
Nowadays 299 ...
Page 301
While the protagonists , usually " old children " or young teenagers , frequently
make very perceptive remarks about themselves and their feelings at a level of
sophistication which makes the earlier literature seem very old - fashioned
indeed ...
While the protagonists , usually " old children " or young teenagers , frequently
make very perceptive remarks about themselves and their feelings at a level of
sophistication which makes the earlier literature seem very old - fashioned
indeed ...
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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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