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 106
No wonder he recommended Aesop ' s Fables , with its animal characters
depicting human traits , notably weaknesses , as the ideal introduction to reading
. Would he have come to the same conclusion about today ' s stories of talking ...
No wonder he recommended Aesop ' s Fables , with its animal characters
depicting human traits , notably weaknesses , as the ideal introduction to reading
. Would he have come to the same conclusion about today ' s stories of talking ...
Page 114
In many of its details , in its portrayal of a miniature world , and in its optimistic
view of animal ( human ) nature , it sits more easily amid the earlier animal
fantasies than the new bleak science fiction . Such softness is not a part of John
Donovan ...
In many of its details , in its portrayal of a miniature world , and in its optimistic
view of animal ( human ) nature , it sits more easily amid the earlier animal
fantasies than the new bleak science fiction . Such softness is not a part of John
Donovan ...
Page 148
Meg and her five - year - old brother Charles William can communicate mentally
with one another and in a vague location in space they battle for the survival of
civilization itself , fighting for genius , individualism , and human excellence in the
...
Meg and her five - year - old brother Charles William can communicate mentally
with one another and in a vague location in space they battle for the survival of
civilization itself , fighting for genius , individualism , and human excellence in the
...
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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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