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 61
Yet the story is filled with perceptions of nature , of family life , and of a leisurely
childhood . The two boys do not change but simply add to their perceptions of
adult life through their experience . Minnow on the Say is far removed from
Harriet ...
Yet the story is filled with perceptions of nature , of family life , and of a leisurely
childhood . The two boys do not change but simply add to their perceptions of
adult life through their experience . Minnow on the Say is far removed from
Harriet ...
Page 62
His controlled treatment of a natural sexuality would , in the hands of the writers
of the problem novels , be turned into blatant sex . Southall also achieves with
success what many of the newer writers only attempt weakly : to project the ...
His controlled treatment of a natural sexuality would , in the hands of the writers
of the problem novels , be turned into blatant sex . Southall also achieves with
success what many of the newer writers only attempt weakly : to project the ...
Page 114
The animals have to escape man ' s scientific world and return to their natural
habitat even when , as Rowf says musingly and in existential terms , ' The tod
was right ; you ' d wonder why we take so much trouble to stay alive . ' As in most
...
The animals have to escape man ' s scientific world and return to their natural
habitat even when , as Rowf says musingly and in existential terms , ' The tod
was right ; you ' d wonder why we take so much trouble to stay alive . ' As in most
...
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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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