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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While the foregoing future - past survival stories show some optimism regarding
the toughness of the individual human spirit , if not in society , those that deal with
future technological societies show them as crushing the individual ...
While the foregoing future - past survival stories show some optimism regarding
the toughness of the individual human spirit , if not in society , those that deal with
future technological societies show them as crushing the individual ...
Page 173
Neither the Flambards trilogy nor A Question of Courage has the emotional
impact of Rosemary Sutcliff ' s works or the individual books of historical fiction by
Paula Fox and Scott OʻDell . The reason for this is only partly a matter of lesser
skill ...
Neither the Flambards trilogy nor A Question of Courage has the emotional
impact of Rosemary Sutcliff ' s works or the individual books of historical fiction by
Paula Fox and Scott OʻDell . The reason for this is only partly a matter of lesser
skill ...
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Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff. sake that much of their work pays direct homage to individual styles and
artists . Mitsumasa Anno in Topsy - Turvies ( 1970 ) created several pictures ...
Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature Egoff, Sheila, Sheila
A. Egoff. sake that much of their work pays direct homage to individual styles and
artists . Mitsumasa Anno in Topsy - Turvies ( 1970 ) created several pictures ...
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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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| 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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