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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Like the traditional nonsense verse of Lear or Carroll , their work is both a release
of pure pleasure and a tool of acerbic social observation . But contemporary
nonsense differs in its development of a deeper sophistication ; there is in it a
touch ...
Like the traditional nonsense verse of Lear or Carroll , their work is both a release
of pure pleasure and a tool of acerbic social observation . But contemporary
nonsense differs in its development of a deeper sophistication ; there is in it a
touch ...
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Ciardi ' s other collections of nonsense verse are written with the same piquant
candor and jaunty gags . Many of his books such as I Met a Man ( 1961 ) and You
Read to Me , I ' ll Read to You ( 1962 ) are innovative experiments with ...
Ciardi ' s other collections of nonsense verse are written with the same piquant
candor and jaunty gags . Many of his books such as I Met a Man ( 1961 ) and You
Read to Me , I ' ll Read to You ( 1962 ) are innovative experiments with ...
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In addition to these overviews , there is a glut of anthologies that concentrate on a
theme , as does William Cole ' s collection , A Book of Animal Poems ( 1973 ) ; on
a poetic genre such as narrative verse in Rising Early : Story Poems and ...
In addition to these overviews , there is a glut of anthologies that concentrate on a
theme , as does William Cole ' s collection , A Book of Animal Poems ( 1973 ) ; on
a poetic genre such as narrative verse in Rising Early : Story Poems and ...
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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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| 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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