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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Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... They were the first to realize that children are interested in other
children and that their books should therefore have child characters who were ...
Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... They were the first to realize that children are interested in other
children and that their books should therefore have child characters who were ...
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Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... The sheer number of children ' s books published in the English
language in the last two decades ( over a hundred thousand ) suggests that there
are ...
Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... The sheer number of children ' s books published in the English
language in the last two decades ( over a hundred thousand ) suggests that there
are ...
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Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... By Mordecai Richler , a well - known Canadian writer of adult books ,
who had the advantage of a ready - made entrée to the publishing world when he
...
Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff ... By Mordecai Richler , a well - known Canadian writer of adult books ,
who had the advantage of a ready - made entrée to the publishing world when he
...
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Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 48 |
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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