Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureBeschrijving van de ontwikkeling van het hedendaagse Engelstalige kinder- en jeugdboek, in de vorm van een schets van diverse genres, toonaangevende auteurs en afzonderlijke titels. |
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... simply nothing a child can do to change it , the ideal of simply doing what one can ( as in The Railway Children ) is a fine survival technique . And in such books as At the Back of the North Wind and Charlotte's Web , although written ...
... simply nothing a child can do to change it , the ideal of simply doing what one can ( as in The Railway Children ) is a fine survival technique . And in such books as At the Back of the North Wind and Charlotte's Web , although written ...
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... simply that in the USSR it is customary for a woman to have a career . Nor does the fact that his parents are " perfect " -they enjoy cold showers , jogging , and healthful foods- send Sergei into a trauma which would be the expected ...
... simply that in the USSR it is customary for a woman to have a career . Nor does the fact that his parents are " perfect " -they enjoy cold showers , jogging , and healthful foods- send Sergei into a trauma which would be the expected ...
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... simply observes how much more suitably his mother is dressed for a boating picnic in her blue jeans than is a neighbor in a flowery , fragile dress . So too , judging by Maria Gripe's The Night Daddy ( 1971 ) and Julia's House ( 1975 ) ...
... simply observes how much more suitably his mother is dressed for a boating picnic in her blue jeans than is a neighbor in a flowery , fragile dress . So too , judging by Maria Gripe's The Night Daddy ( 1971 ) and Julia's House ( 1975 ) ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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