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 93
Came Ashore ( 1975 ) , Rovanied works as Mollis not only the figures from myth
but also its comprehensive view of life . Explanations are not given ... of the
ballad of Tamlane . There is even a group based on the Scottish myths of the
Selkie ...
Came Ashore ( 1975 ) , Rovanied works as Mollis not only the figures from myth
but also its comprehensive view of life . Explanations are not given ... of the
ballad of Tamlane . There is even a group based on the Scottish myths of the
Selkie ...
Page 177
Like the myths , Sutcliff ' s works are by no means monochromatic . Her works are
filled with images of light as well as dark . Amidst the clang and clash of war , the
horrors of a slave ship or arena , or in the picture of the dark people who live ...
Like the myths , Sutcliff ' s works are by no means monochromatic . Her works are
filled with images of light as well as dark . Amidst the clang and clash of war , the
horrors of a slave ship or arena , or in the picture of the dark people who live ...
Page 210
While myth , folklore , and legend are all textures of one fabric , the presumption
is that myth , the more universal and primal ... Although the making of myths
undoubtedly preceded the development of graphic symbols , myths became
widely ...
While myth , folklore , and legend are all textures of one fabric , the presumption
is that myth , the more universal and primal ... Although the making of myths
undoubtedly preceded the development of graphic symbols , myths became
widely ...
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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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