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Exploring a range of international works such as films, streaming television series, a graphic novel, and a picture book......more

Exploring the history of Cold War censorship legislation and its impact on the French publishing industry for children, ......more

This collection specifically and solely focuses on Young Adult literature texts where cancer plays a prominent role, inc......more

Investigating the widespread but understudied presence of the Persephone myth within 21st-century young adult literature......more

The first English-language study on contemporary Chinese children’s literature, focusing on the theoretical framing of a......more

Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures challenges the notion that the fu......more

Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures challenges the notion that the fu......more

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Unearthing the ethical entanglements of early children’s books with the Atlantic slave economy. What ethical lessons are......more

Explores the educational potential of empathy in literary studies, offering interdisciplinary readings of popular texts ......more

Drawing on a wealth of material from children’s periodicals from the Victorian era to the early twentieth century, Krist......more

Uranian Children’s Literature and the Early Gay Movement in England: The Romance of Youth considers how writers associat......more

Children’s literature is a rapidly expanding and ever-evolving field, so this research guide is devoted to the specialis......more

Children’s literature is a rapidly expanding and ever-evolving field, so this research guide is devoted to the specialis......more

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Harry Potter, Psychoanalysis, and the Unconscious studies the Harry Potter series through the lens of psychoanalysis foc......more

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This groundbreaking volume delves into a diverse selection of trans-themed children’s and adolescent literature publishe......more

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of the research and practice of engaging with children’s and young adult l......more

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From Peter Rabbit to Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, The Tailor of Gloucester to The Fairy Caravan, the works and characters of Beatr......more

Applying the approach of ’reading-as-a-writer’ to the craft of writing for young people, this textbook combines critical......more

Applying the approach of ’reading-as-a-writer’ to the craft of writing for young people, this textbook combines critical......more

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children’s Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study ......more

This book explores the ways that figures of Black children and writing for them articulate complex and contested notions......more

Food Places in Children’s Literature analyses how food, place and social interactions are intertwined in children’s and ......more

For the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Winnie-the-Pooh," Gyles Brandreth chronicles the writing of this belove......more

Susana S. Martínez’s Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail maps the contours of agency in young adult literature invol......more

Susana S. Martínez’s Coming of Age(ncy) on the Migrant Trail maps the contours of agency in young adult literature invol......more

Fairytales form a cornerstone of children’s and YA literature studies, and the tale of ’Hansel and Gretel’ has been tran......more

Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more

Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more

A beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty ......more

Risk in Children’s Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of......more

This book documents the findings of a one-year research project engaging the children’s publishing sector for feedback o......more

Theorising Oliver Jeffers’ Picturebooks examines semiotic, affective, and metafictive storytelling in Oliver Jeffers’ po......more

How modern Yiddish children’s literature gave expression to emerging forms of Jewish identity As migration carried Yiddi......more

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Mind of Steel is a powerful coming-of-age story set in Cairo in the mid-20th century. It follows Muhammad, a boy shaped ......more

Mind of Steel is a powerful coming-of-age story set in Cairo in the mid-20th century. It follows Muhammad, a boy shaped ......more

Even after he achieved world-wide fame through books such as The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Screwtape Lett......more

Deep in the Wildwood Forest lives a light hearted creature full of wonder. Mousey uses his courage and compassion to see......more

Rod and Ricky are inseparable ten-year-old best friends growing up in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. Full of energy, ......more

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Children’s Literature & Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children......more

Contributions by Jennifer Ansbach, Jani L. Barker, Melissa Bedford, Helen Bond, Wanda M. Brooks, Susan Browne, Sabrina C......more

Contributions by Jennifer Ansbach, Jani L. Barker, Melissa Bedford, Helen Bond, Wanda M. Brooks, Susan Browne, Sabrina C......more

Contributions by Daniela Brockdorff, Nina Christensen, Jill Coste, Katrin Dautel, Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Giuliana Fe......more

Focusing on significant and cutting-edge preoccupations within children’s literature scholarship, The Routledge Companio......more

This book compares the interrelationship of Irish writer James Joyce’s literary works and specific Nordic literature in ......more

Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and curated by Jennie Orchard, an anthology of essays about the joys of giving books to ch......more

Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature offers an accessible guide to studying Children’s and Young Adult......more

Engagements with Children’s and Young Adult Literature offers an accessible guide to studying Children’s and Young Adult......more

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Children’s Literature in Place: Surveying the Landscapes of Children’s Culture is an edited collection dedicated to indi......more

This edited collection traces the evolution of writing, retelling, and critically reading children’s and young adult tal......more

Contributions by Marina Balina, Sibelan Forrester, Anna Krushelnitskaya, Dmitri Manin, Svetlana Maslinskaya, Ainsley Mor......more

The first full-length analysis of beloved children’s series, The Chalet School in the Twentieth Century considers how th......more

This volume examines how texts addressed to children are meant to assist socioemotional education and whether we put for......more

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On the urgent need to promote critical reading skills amidst rising authoritarianism Children’s author Philip Pullman fa......more

This open access book presents fresh archival evidence to explore the underexamined manuscript cultures of girls living ......more

Contributions by Mary Berman, Mary M. Burke, Abigail C. Fine, Juliette Holder, KC Hysmith, Mackenzie Kwok, Esther Martin......more

Contributions by Mary Berman, Mary M. Burke, Abigail C. Fine, Juliette Holder, KC Hysmith, Mackenzie Kwok, Esther Martin......more

Bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, this open access book explores how children’s literature......more

Decades after captivating the globe with the Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling ignited fierce controversy by promoting ......more

Decades after captivating the globe with the Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling ignited fierce controversy by promoting ......more

Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe is a delightful children’s adventure tale written by David Cory, a prolific early 20th-c......more

Contributions by Anna Bugajska, Dayna Campbell, Dallas Ducar, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, Melanie Goss, Joseph Holloway, Jerem......more

Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media creates a kaleidoscope of the various functions of sw......more

Following the material turn in the humanities, this book brings perspectives from science and ecology into dialogue with......more

Understanding Oscar Wilde’s characteristically unique approach to writing difference Over the course of his remarkable c......more

Whether watching Studio Ghibli adaptations of British children’s books, visiting Harry Potter sites in Britain or eating......more

Producing Children imagines the possibility, indeed the inevitability, of a creative relation between children as produc......more