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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Its intuitive mix of fear , memory , and love evokes a powerful response , as do
others of his mature , affectively memorable poems . Other practitioners of stylistic
change whose work involves a more spontaneous improvisation of forms created
...
Its intuitive mix of fear , memory , and love evokes a powerful response , as do
others of his mature , affectively memorable poems . Other practitioners of stylistic
change whose work involves a more spontaneous improvisation of forms created
...
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Works Cited Aiken , Conrad . Cats and Bats and Things with Wings : Poems .
Drawings by Milton Glaser . New York : Atheneum , 1965 . [ 32 ] pp . - A Little Who
' s Zoo of Mild Animals . Illus . by John Vernon Lord . New York : Atheneum , 1977
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Works Cited Aiken , Conrad . Cats and Bats and Things with Wings : Poems .
Drawings by Milton Glaser . New York : Atheneum , 1965 . [ 32 ] pp . - A Little Who
' s Zoo of Mild Animals . Illus . by John Vernon Lord . New York : Atheneum , 1977
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I Am the Darker Brother : An Anthology of Modern Poems by Negro Americans .
Arnold Adoff , comp . Drawings by Benny Andrews . New York : Macmillan , 1968
. 128 pp . I Never Saw Another Butterfly : Children ' s Drawings and Poems from ...
I Am the Darker Brother : An Anthology of Modern Poems by Negro Americans .
Arnold Adoff , comp . Drawings by Benny Andrews . New York : Macmillan , 1968
. 128 pp . I Never Saw Another Butterfly : Children ' s Drawings and Poems from ...
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
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| 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 | 20 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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