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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In essence , all the survivors from the past are linked by this perception of security
. It applies as much to such books of extravagant imagination as The Twenty -
one Balloons and Mary Poppins as to the tales of sentiment . Only in a safe and ...
In essence , all the survivors from the past are linked by this perception of security
. It applies as much to such books of extravagant imagination as The Twenty -
one Balloons and Mary Poppins as to the tales of sentiment . Only in a safe and ...
Page 103
The immediate past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy
intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare ' s
grandfather ' s diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees
the ...
The immediate past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy
intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare ' s
grandfather ' s diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees
the ...
Page 187
Most of her books , being set in prehistoric times or in Roman Britain , are beyond
the knowledge of recorded speech , but it is part of her magic that she can make
the past so real without , as it were , the tools of the speech of the time .
Most of her books , being set in prehistoric times or in Roman Britain , are beyond
the knowledge of recorded speech , but it is part of her magic that she can make
the past so real without , as it were , the tools of the speech of the time .
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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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