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 59
Paula Fox , John Rowe Townsend , William Mayne and K . M . Peyton are writers
who do bring the young into the present , but they see their protagonists as fairly
unsophisticated and certainly not emotionally falling apart . While some few ...
Paula Fox , John Rowe Townsend , William Mayne and K . M . Peyton are writers
who do bring the young into the present , but they see their protagonists as fairly
unsophisticated and certainly not emotionally falling apart . While some few ...
Page 81
In fantasy what is past is present and what is present is past . But certain
innovations herald some new rules for an old game . In the works of the major
modern fantasists — Alan Garner , Susan Cooper , William Mayne , Ursula
LeGuin ...
In fantasy what is past is present and what is present is past . But certain
innovations herald some new rules for an old game . In the works of the major
modern fantasists — Alan Garner , Susan Cooper , William Mayne , Ursula
LeGuin ...
Page 132
Even the once common criterion which attempted to define science fiction as
novels of the future presents difficulties and ultimately fails to apply . The present
has an uncanny habit of leaping ahead of itself and what seems to be the distant
...
Even the once common criterion which attempted to define science fiction as
novels of the future presents difficulties and ultimately fails to apply . The present
has an uncanny habit of leaping ahead of itself and what seems to be the distant
...
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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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