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 134
The decades of the 1940s and 1950s were the heyday of the science fiction "
pulps " in adult literature , the " space operas , " an image that still calls forth
disparagement of the genre . Heinlein has the dubious distinction of introducing
the ...
The decades of the 1940s and 1950s were the heyday of the science fiction "
pulps " in adult literature , the " space operas , " an image that still calls forth
disparagement of the genre . Heinlein has the dubious distinction of introducing
the ...
Page 144
mander , scarred both physically and mentally by his experience , tries to explain
to the children the loneliness of space : “ They tell you that space is emptiness ,
nothingness — the void . They suggest that space , empty space , is something ...
mander , scarred both physically and mentally by his experience , tries to explain
to the children the loneliness of space : “ They tell you that space is emptiness ,
nothingness — the void . They suggest that space , empty space , is something ...
Page 148
Although beginning with an Earth family environment , the action quickly moves
into space , not by means of scientific technology but by " tesseracting " ( kitty -
cornering through space ) . Hailed as science fiction , it is similar in many ways to
...
Although beginning with an Earth family environment , the action quickly moves
into space , not by means of scientific technology but by " tesseracting " ( kitty -
cornering through space ) . Hailed as science fiction , it is similar in many ways to
...
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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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