International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Edited by Peter Hunt

Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education,...

Published October 28th 2004 by Routledge.

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Speaking Out

Storytelling and Creative Drama for Children

By Jack Zipes

In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building children's imaginations. In Speaking...

Published September 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Constructing the Canon of Children's Literature

Beyond Library Walls and Ivory Towers

By Anne Lundin

In this pioneering historical study, Anne Lundin argues that schools, libraries, professional organizations, and the media together create and influence the constantly changing canon of...

Published August 2nd 2004 by Routledge.

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The Robber with a Witch's Head

More Stories from the Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach

By Jack Zipes, Laura Gonzenbach

The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's...

Published July 29th 2004 by Routledge.

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Writing Across Worlds

Contemporary Writers Talk

Edited by Susheila Nasta

Writing Across Worlds brings together a selection of interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by a wide...

Published July 23rd 2004 by Routledge.

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Original Writing

By Sue Morkane

Original Writing:
* provides students with the practical skills they need to write confidently and effectively for different purposes and audiences
* examines the conventions and styles...

Published March 18th 2004 by Routledge.

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Brown Gold

Milestones of African American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002

By Michelle H. Martin

Brown Gold is a compelling history and analysis of African-American children's picture books from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. At the turn of...

Published February 19th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Making of the Modern Child

Children's Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century

By Andrew O'Malley

The Making of the Modern Childn explores how the concept of childhood in the late 18th century constructed through the ideological work performed by...

Published June 12th 2003 by Routledge.

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Medieval Literature for Children

Edited by Daniel T. Kline

This volume will be a critical anthology of primary texts whose main audience was children and/or adolescents in the medieval period. Texts will include theoretical...

Published April 11th 2003 by Routledge.

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Beatrix Potter

Writing in Code

By M. Daphne Kutzer

Beatrix Potter was one of the inventors of the contemporary picture book, and her small novels published at the turn of the twentieth century are...

Published December 27th 2002 by Routledge.

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