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 74
A rare problem novel successfully avoids the landmines of a clichéd form to
become something else : a novel that employs all the stylistic and thematic
devices of the genre while maintaining an emotionally charged credibility . Ursula
LeGuin ...
A rare problem novel successfully avoids the landmines of a clichéd form to
become something else : a novel that employs all the stylistic and thematic
devices of the genre while maintaining an emotionally charged credibility . Ursula
LeGuin ...
Page 146
It becomes simply a question of what succeeds and what does not . The
formlessness and confusion ... The young heroine Menolly wishes to become a
harpist , but this is an occupation reserved for men . Pern ' s nobility is
represented by the ...
It becomes simply a question of what succeeds and what does not . The
formlessness and confusion ... The young heroine Menolly wishes to become a
harpist , but this is an occupation reserved for men . Pern ' s nobility is
represented by the ...
Page 166
Her life takes a turn for the better when the intellectual M . Armand becomes her
tutor and mentor and she meets her ... Henchman does not only observe the state
of medicine in the first years of the nineteenth century , he is to become a doctor ...
Her life takes a turn for the better when the intellectual M . Armand becomes her
tutor and mentor and she meets her ... Henchman does not only observe the state
of medicine in the first years of the nineteenth century , he is to become a doctor ...
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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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| 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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