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 10
Whatever the variations of style and theme between an Eleanor Estes in Rufus M
or a C . S . Lewis in his “ Narnia " Chronicles , the fine writers of the period all
infused their books with a marvelous warmth of feeling - most vividly that of the ...
Whatever the variations of style and theme between an Eleanor Estes in Rufus M
or a C . S . Lewis in his “ Narnia " Chronicles , the fine writers of the period all
infused their books with a marvelous warmth of feeling - most vividly that of the ...
Page 76
The stability of family life was taken for granted in children ' s literature until
changes in life - styles and the liberated attitudes of the sixties made this
convention seem mythical . A society where roles and standards are clear and
consistently ...
The stability of family life was taken for granted in children ' s literature until
changes in life - styles and the liberated attitudes of the sixties made this
convention seem mythical . A society where roles and standards are clear and
consistently ...
Page 147
Similar to Dragonsong in tone and spirit , but far stronger in style ,
characterization , and plot is Lawrence Yep ' s Sweetwater ( 1973 ) . Like
McCaffrey , Yep writes of a feudal society on another planet inhabited by humans
originally from Earth .
Similar to Dragonsong in tone and spirit , but far stronger in style ,
characterization , and plot is Lawrence Yep ' s Sweetwater ( 1973 ) . Like
McCaffrey , Yep writes of a feudal society on another planet inhabited by humans
originally from Earth .
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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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