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 248
Adults seem willing to judge a " written " book as a whole where they would not
do so for a picture book . A related factor is that adults cannot avoid responsibility
for the selection of their children ' s picture books . Even the most zealous and ...
Adults seem willing to judge a " written " book as a whole where they would not
do so for a picture book . A related factor is that adults cannot avoid responsibility
for the selection of their children ' s picture books . Even the most zealous and ...
Page 255
The wordless picture book is equally strongly defended as an opportunity for the
extension of a child ' s imagination and visual stimulation in an often depressingly
mediocre pictorial age . The best offer opportunities for visual puns and the ...
The wordless picture book is equally strongly defended as an opportunity for the
extension of a child ' s imagination and visual stimulation in an often depressingly
mediocre pictorial age . The best offer opportunities for visual puns and the ...
Page 266
older child ' s acceptance of a new baby , another may simply want a book for
delight . An even stronger partisanship is aroused by the visual arts in picture -
book form : while one adult may respond to the sophistication of magic realism ...
older child ' s acceptance of a new baby , another may simply want a book for
delight . An even stronger partisanship is aroused by the visual arts in picture -
book form : while one adult may respond to the sophistication of magic realism ...
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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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