This is the first monograph that brings together the fields of Gothic Studies and children’s fiction to analyse a range ......more
This collection explores the influence of girls’ series books on popular American culture and girls’ everyday experience......more
Collection of newly-commissioned essays tracing cutting-edge developments in children’s literature research Time has pas......more
Leicht zu lesender Kommentar zu zentralen Themen, die in J.K. Rowlings B chern um Harry Potter und seine phantastischen ......more
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Drawing evidence from transatlantic literary texts of childhood as well as from nineteenth and early twentieth century c......more
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Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ’boys’ own’ literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct typ......more
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In this volume sixteen essays, in either German or English, present readings of international narratives for children an......more
On a long journey of farm life, Mr. Fallon Froulie teaches his animal friends Cammi, Penny, Lillo, Mimi and Louie the tr......more
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The essays in Home Words explore the complexity of the idea of home through various theoretical lenses and groupings of ......more
Young adult literature featuring teenage lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning characters is fast growing ......more
Though popular opinion would have us see Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice F......more
Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Honor Book Award This volume establishes a dialogue between East and Wes......more
The first of its kind, this volume unpacks the cultural construction of transnational adoption and migration by examinin......more
This book provides scholars, both national and international, with a basis for advanced research in children’s literatur......more
With a Preface by Perry Nodelman, this book represents the current state of research on picturebooks and adjacent hybrid......more
The connection between childhood and poetry runs deep. And yet, poetry written for children has been neglected by critic......more
With contributions by: Eti Berland, Rebecca A. Brown, Christiane Buuck, Joanna C. Davis-McElligatt, Rachel Dean-Ruzicka,......more
Children s literature today is dominated by the gothic mode, and it is in children s gothic fictions that we find the ......more
This book examines how children s and young adult literature addresses and interrogates the legacies of American school......more
Runner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017 Winner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth & Fantasy Stud......more
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of character focalization in ten contemporary realistic children’s novels. The......more
Racially mixed children make up the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S., and teachers of diverse populations n......more
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Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism analyzes young adult (YA) literature as a cultural phenomen......more
This volume focuses on the (de)canonization processes in children s literature, considering the construction and cultur......more
Writing Youth: Young Adult Fiction as Literacy Sponsorship shows how many young adult novels model for young people ways......more
This collection of essays turns to misfit children as those found in-between socio-cultural, psychological and physical ......more
Katie is too young to use the stove so she dreams of making her very own pancakes. JoinKatie and her friend Baxter as th......more
This book visits contemporary British children s and young adult (YA) fiction alongside cosmopolitanism, exploring the ......more
Children s book awards have mushroomed since the early twentieth-century and especially since the 1960s, when literary ......more
This book explores representations of child autonomy and self-governance in children’s literature.The idea of child rule......more
This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon......more
Lucy Pearson’s lively and engaging book examines British children’s literature during the period widely regarded as a ’s......more
Two conjoined babies are born at the intersection of two social worldviews. The girls are named Faith and Hope. After sp......more
Much of the criticism on Stephenie Meyer’s immensely popular ’Twilight’ novels has underrated or even disparaged the boo......more
Taking up the various conceptions of heroism that are conjured in the Harry Potter series, this collection examines the ......more
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Examining more than 120 titles, this book discusses the history of verse novels, analyzes key works, and considers how t......more
The further adventures of Diane the Turtle. Written by twin brothers Jim and Brad Tonner who have owned Diane since 1968......more
Applying critical race theory to contemporary African American children’s and young adult literature, this book explores......more
Offering a wide range of critical perspectives, this volume explores the moral, ideological and literary landscapes in f......more
Anne of Green GablesA Novel BONUS! - Includes Download a FREE Audio Books Inside (Classic Book Collection)In the first b......more
Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally co......more
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Eight Children in Narnia is a detailed study of C.S. Lewis s The Chronicles of Narnia, exploring the story s influences,......more
From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic......more
Focusing on his evocative and profound references to children and their stories, Children’s Stories and ’"Child-Time" in......more
Emerging in several different versions during the author s lifetime, Lewis Carroll s Alice novels have a publishing hi......more
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This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response and ......more
This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response and ......more
The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In......more
On a summer’s day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematic......more
Dr. Seuss’s infectious rhymes, fanciful creatures, and roundabout plots not only changed the way children read but imagi......more
Cart s authoritative survey is already a go-to text for students of literary studies, teachers, and YA staff. In this ne......more
In her extensively researched exploration of China in British children’s literature, Shih-Wen Chen provides a sustained ......more
The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children’s Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed ......more
In this book the authors describe their strategies for critically reading global and multicultural literature and the ra......more
Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) stands out as one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century. Though......more
This book investigates the reappearance of the 19th-century dream-child from the Golden Age of Children s Literature, b......more
Evolutionary theory sparked numerous speculations about human development, and one of the most ardently embraced was the......more
What, exactly, does one mean when idealizing tolerance as a solution to cultural conflict? This book examines a wide ran......more
In examining the relationship between fairy tales and Victorian culture, Molly Clark Hillard concludes that the Victoria......more
This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children s a......more
From didactic nursery rhymes to Coraline and The Hunger Games, an engagement with the vital figure of the mother Contrib......more
Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children s literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little ......more
Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children s literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little ......more
Contributions by Rebecca A. Brown, Justine Gieni, Holly Harper, Emily L. Hiltz, A. Robin Hoffman, Kirsten Kowalewski, Pe......more