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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Page 124
... exactly ? " said James . " ... I suppose , " she said after a moment , " you could call it the Land of Cockayne .... And I suppose they do live on forever and ever after - in the hearts of little children . " " They don't in mine ...
... exactly ? " said James . " ... I suppose , " she said after a moment , " you could call it the Land of Cockayne .... And I suppose they do live on forever and ever after - in the hearts of little children . " " They don't in mine ...
Page 134
... exactly build Deimos ; the Martians did that , starting with a spare asteroid that they hap- pened to have handy . But some millions of years back they grew tired of space travel and devoted all their time to the whichness of what and ...
... exactly build Deimos ; the Martians did that , starting with a spare asteroid that they hap- pened to have handy . But some millions of years back they grew tired of space travel and devoted all their time to the whichness of what and ...
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... exactly what he is about . " Hugo is Hugo . And no one else . The rest is unimportant . " Being at one with himself gives him a maturity uncommon for his years . When his mother dies , he does not need comforting . " Yes . She's dead ...
... exactly what he is about . " Hugo is Hugo . And no one else . The rest is unimportant . " Being at one with himself gives him a maturity uncommon for his years . When his mother dies , he does not need comforting . " Yes . She's dead ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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