Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureBeschrijving van de ontwikkeling van het hedendaagse Engelstalige kinder- en jeugdboek, in de vorm van een schets van diverse genres, toonaangevende auteurs en afzonderlijke titels. |
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... seems there is strong polarization in reading purpose and content . For example , the Judy Blumes and the Hardy Boys seem to be read largely because they are " in . " They offer a kind of social glue . Conversely , those children who ...
... seems there is strong polarization in reading purpose and content . For example , the Judy Blumes and the Hardy Boys seem to be read largely because they are " in . " They offer a kind of social glue . Conversely , those children who ...
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... seems to appeal . The strong links of such stories with the folktale tradition go a long way toward explaining their continued popularity . As such books play with the child's expectation of story , so other eminent survivors play with ...
... seems to appeal . The strong links of such stories with the folktale tradition go a long way toward explaining their continued popularity . As such books play with the child's expectation of story , so other eminent survivors play with ...
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... seems to elude most practitioners . The failure of many picture books may be attributed to their adult content and ... seem not . A new market is already commercially viable— adults , teenagers , older children . Perhaps the greatest ...
... seems to elude most practitioners . The failure of many picture books may be attributed to their adult content and ... seem not . A new market is already commercially viable— adults , teenagers , older children . Perhaps the greatest ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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