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 5
With the later Victorians , the whole concept of childhood changed . For the first
time a separate state called " childhood ” was envisioned . Now the child was
thought of as basically good and innocent , although quite often mischievous in a
...
With the later Victorians , the whole concept of childhood changed . For the first
time a separate state called " childhood ” was envisioned . Now the child was
thought of as basically good and innocent , although quite often mischievous in a
...
Page 7
The Edwardians who followed intensified the sense of difference and distance
between childhood and adulthood . Nowhere is this more charmingly expressed
than in Kenneth Grahame ' s account of his own childhood , The Golden Age ...
The Edwardians who followed intensified the sense of difference and distance
between childhood and adulthood . Nowhere is this more charmingly expressed
than in Kenneth Grahame ' s account of his own childhood , The Golden Age ...
Page 61
Yet the story is filled with perceptions of nature , of family life , and of a leisurely
childhood . The two boys do not change but simply add to their perceptions of
adult life through their experience . Minnow on the Say is far removed from
Harriet ...
Yet the story is filled with perceptions of nature , of family life , and of a leisurely
childhood . The two boys do not change but simply add to their perceptions of
adult life through their experience . Minnow on the Say is far removed from
Harriet ...
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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 | 20 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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