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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In this sense , modern children ' s literature seems almost to have split its
readership . True , children have always read for different purposes : for personal
satisfaction and fulfillment , for relaxation , and for social peer approval . In the
past the ...
In this sense , modern children ' s literature seems almost to have split its
readership . True , children have always read for different purposes : for personal
satisfaction and fulfillment , for relaxation , and for social peer approval . In the
past the ...
Page 162
sensing that no one seems afraid of strangers , and by observing that a movie
costs only seventeen cents , and that Woolworth ' s is really a " five and dime
store . " Although the book has an aura of fantasyVictoria suffers a bump on the
head ...
sensing that no one seems afraid of strangers , and by observing that a movie
costs only seventeen cents , and that Woolworth ' s is really a " five and dime
store . " Although the book has an aura of fantasyVictoria suffers a bump on the
head ...
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But success in an absolute sense seems to elude most practitioners . The failure
of many picture books may be attributed to their adult content and emphasis ,
such as that in Raymond Briggs ' s Gentleman Jim ( 1980 ) who begins as a toilet
...
But success in an absolute sense seems to elude most practitioners . The failure
of many picture books may be attributed to their adult content and emphasis ,
such as that in Raymond Briggs ' s Gentleman Jim ( 1980 ) who begins as a toilet
...
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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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