Oxford Companion to Children's Literature Paperback / softback
by Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard
Part of the Oxford Companions series
Paperback / softback
Description
The indispensable reference book for anyone concerned with children's books.
Over 900 biographical entries deal with authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who have influenced the development of children's literature.
The range of literature covered includes traditional narrative materials such as legends as romances; fairy tales; chapbooks; genres such as school stories, adventure stories, doll stories, and science fiction; ABC and other learning books; children's magazines, comics, and story papers; picture books; teenage novels; children's hymns; and children's stories on radio television and film.
Other entries include: concise plot summaries, from familiar favourites like The Secret Garden to less well-known works such as My Friend Mr Leaky by the eminent scientist J.
B. S. Haldane; characters, Andy Pandy to Tiger Tim, Captain Nemo to Shere Khan and Winnie-the-Pooh; literary and historical background, Puritans and penny dreadfuls, libraries and reviewers, racism and sexism; mythical and legendary creatures, trolls, dragons, witches, giants, dwarfs, and goblins; national surveys, including the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Australia, and India.
Written both to entertain and instruct, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature is a reference work no one interested in the world of children's books should be without.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:600 pages, numerous black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:25/02/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198602286
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:600 pages, numerous black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:25/02/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198602286
