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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... folktale where magic is childlike and taken for granted , a child is still delighted with a dragon who wants a quiet life ... folktales of the oral tradition survive over the centuries . A different sense of play , that based on domestic ...
... folktale where magic is childlike and taken for granted , a child is still delighted with a dragon who wants a quiet life ... folktales of the oral tradition survive over the centuries . A different sense of play , that based on domestic ...
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... folktales . Every illustrator of note has seemed compelled to illustrate one of the classic folktales , much as many an actress has yearned to play Lady Macbeth as the peak point in a career . Since children are highly influenced by ...
... folktales . Every illustrator of note has seemed compelled to illustrate one of the classic folktales , much as many an actress has yearned to play Lady Macbeth as the peak point in a career . Since children are highly influenced by ...
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... Folktales ( 1969 ) . With a satirical eye to white history and an angry eye to black history , he puts together a mélange of traditional African tales , southern tales , ballads , and northern ghetto street lore and humor . These are ...
... Folktales ( 1969 ) . With a satirical eye to white history and an angry eye to black history , he puts together a mélange of traditional African tales , southern tales , ballads , and northern ghetto street lore and humor . These are ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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