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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As a group they also offer differences in readership from the present . They are
read by the best and the most mature readers as well as the slower readers ,
usually at a later age . They conform to Thomas C . Haliburton ' s definition of a
good ...
As a group they also offer differences in readership from the present . They are
read by the best and the most mature readers as well as the slower readers ,
usually at a later age . They conform to Thomas C . Haliburton ' s definition of a
good ...
Page 105
Writers of enchanted realism do not offer solutions to specific dilemmas ; they
offer instead a gentle but courageous view of life as a whole . Issues of morality
and values are suggested but lightly and obliquely . They take the ordinary world
...
Writers of enchanted realism do not offer solutions to specific dilemmas ; they
offer instead a gentle but courageous view of life as a whole . Issues of morality
and values are suggested but lightly and obliquely . They take the ordinary world
...
Page 151
However , she does offer an arresting , strongly physical treatment of Justice ' s
initiation into her heretofore unsuspected powers by a nextdoor - neighbor ,
whose slatternly country persona is a disguise for secret pursuits as a medium .
However , she does offer an arresting , strongly physical treatment of Justice ' s
initiation into her heretofore unsuspected powers by a nextdoor - neighbor ,
whose slatternly country persona is a disguise for secret pursuits as a medium .
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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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