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 86
The protagonists find themselves in precarious situations ; there is danger in
falling off the edge . They can lose not only their lives but their souls , as the
Walker loses his in The Dark Is Rising . Here , too , Susan Cooper typifies the
genre in ...
The protagonists find themselves in precarious situations ; there is danger in
falling off the edge . They can lose not only their lives but their souls , as the
Walker loses his in The Dark Is Rising . Here , too , Susan Cooper typifies the
genre in ...
Page 97
They are also still children in the sense that they are not usually alienated from
their parents , as are many of the protagonists in realistic fiction , Nor do the
parents play an active role in the events . This is usurped by a surrogate parent
figure ...
They are also still children in the sense that they are not usually alienated from
their parents , as are many of the protagonists in realistic fiction , Nor do the
parents play an active role in the events . This is usurped by a surrogate parent
figure ...
Page 174
Despite their far - away and long - ago settings , Paterson ' s novels are very
much of the present in their concentration on the protagonists ' growth to maturity
. In both The Sign of the Chrysanthemum and Of Nightingales That Weep the
crises ...
Despite their far - away and long - ago settings , Paterson ' s novels are very
much of the present in their concentration on the protagonists ' growth to maturity
. In both The Sign of the Chrysanthemum and Of Nightingales That Weep the
crises ...
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
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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