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 22
This sense of play can be seen most obviously in those books that are best
described as books of invention , wit , and light , extravagant imagination - Astrid
Lindgren ' s Pippi Longstocking ( 1950 ) , Mary Norton ' s The Borrowers ( 1952 )
...
This sense of play can be seen most obviously in those books that are best
described as books of invention , wit , and light , extravagant imagination - Astrid
Lindgren ' s Pippi Longstocking ( 1950 ) , Mary Norton ' s The Borrowers ( 1952 )
...
Page 23
Part of the lure of such books is their similarity to the ways children actually play ,
the sparking of an imaginative world based on some common household object
or situation . A more sophisticated sense of play is evident in surviving books for ...
Part of the lure of such books is their similarity to the ways children actually play ,
the sparking of an imaginative world based on some common household object
or situation . A more sophisticated sense of play is evident in surviving books for ...
Page 97
Nor do the parents play an active role in the events . This is usurped by a
surrogate parent figure , generally the Merlin character from the supernatural
world , or an older person from the real world , such as Mrs . Hepplewhite in
Penelope ...
Nor do the parents play an active role in the events . This is usurped by a
surrogate parent figure , generally the Merlin character from the supernatural
world , or an older person from the real world , such as Mrs . Hepplewhite in
Penelope ...
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
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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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