The baptism of the Prince was to be a lavish event. By six in the morning, the entire royal family was dressed to the ni......more
L. Frank Baum and Mary Cowles Clark collaborated on the 1902 children’s novel The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Ak......more
English author E. Nesbit wrote the children’s book Five Children and It. The story revolves around the Psammead, or the ......more
Jennifer Griffiths’s At Risk: Black Youth and the Creative Imperative in the Post-Civil Rights Era focuses on literary r......more
Contributions by Cynthia Neese Bailes, Nina Batt, Lijun Bi, Hélène Charderon, Stuart Ching, Helene Ehriander, Xiangshu F......more
Contributions by Cynthia Neese Bailes, Nina Batt, Lijun Bi, Hélène Charderon, Stuart Ching, Helene Ehriander, Xiangshu F......more
Outside the world of children’s literature studies, children’s books by authors of well-known texts "for adults" are oft......more
Outside the world of children’s literature studies, children’s books by authors of well-known texts "for adults" are oft......more
Haley visits her Grandparents up on their mountain farm. She loves all the animals and learns a secret about the Humming......more
Expanding outward from previous scholarship on gender, queerness, and heteronormativity in children’s literature, this b......more
This is a picture, music book and teaching tool, with colourful bird photographs, lyrics, guitar chords and music notati......more
Jennifer Griffiths’s At Risk: Black Youth and the Creative Imperative in the Post-Civil Rights Era focuses on literary r......more
Atrocity presents a problem to the writer of children’s literature. To represent events of such terrible magnitude and i......more
Contributions by Miranda A. Green-Barteet, Kathleen Kellett, Andrew McInnes, Joyce McPherson, Rebecca Mills, Cristina Ri......more
Contributions by Miranda A. Green-Barteet, Kathleen Kellett, Andrew McInnes, Joyce McPherson, Rebecca Mills, Cristina Ri......more
Christmas Day’ had arrived! Jimmy and Louise were very excited as their cousins were coming with their Toboggans to play......more
An International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL) Honour Book for 2023 This book is a comprehensive an......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
The Shelf2Life Children’s Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, c......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
The Shelf2Life Children’s Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, c......more
The Shelf2Life Children’s Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, c......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
The Shelf2Life Children’s Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, c......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
Publishing for children between 1930 and 1960 has been denigrated as a relatively fallow period for creativity and quali......more
Contributions by Jani L. Barker, Rudine Sims Bishop, Julia S. Charles-Linen, Paige Gray, Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda ......more
Contributions by Jani L. Barker, Rudine Sims Bishop, Julia S. Charles-Linen, Paige Gray, Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda ......more
This edited volume explores how success is conceptualized and represented in texts for young people in Asia. The essays ......more
The first study of life narratives produced for, about, and written by children, this book examines the recent popularit......more
This book is a critical introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, but it also advances an argument about the novel in......more
Jane Newland explores how Deleuzian concepts can enhance and invigorate our readings of this literature, whose implied r......more
Who is the proper occupant of the nursery? The obvious answer is the child, and not an archive, a seductive troll-prince......more
Exploring a history of activists writing for and about children of colour from abolition to Black Lives Matter, this ope......more
Collection of newly-commissioned essays tracing cutting-edge developments in children’s literature research Time has pas......more
This book is a series of readings of phenomenological texts and novels for children that carves out an interdisciplinary......more
Mommy, I’m Okay! follows 7-year-old Melissa a.k.a. Moe as she battles cancer. She’s simply trying to understand her diag......more
This is a cute little story about a duck named Mallard, who roams the city streets at night searching and looking for th......more
This book is motivated by the desire to have young diaspora people grow up with exposure and attachment to their countri......more
Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade examines modern and contemporary Robinsonade texts written for young readers, looki......more
Shakespearean Spaces in Australian Literary Adaptations for Children and Young Adults offers a comprehensive examination......more
Youth Fiction and Trans Representation is the first book that wholly addresses the growth of trans and gender variant re......more
The story of Maglana a young mushroom who finds his cookies stolen. There is a trail of cookie crumbs that will lead him......more
This open access book is a unique study of the impact of lived experience on literate life, exploring how children’s rea......more
A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the ’Romantic’ period to the end of the First World War. It gathe......more
Named a 2023 Honour Book by the International Research Society for Children’s Literature Contributions by Christina M. C......more
A COMPANION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE A collection of international, up-to-date, and diverse perspectives on children’s l......more
The publication of the Harry Potter series in the United States coincided with the coming-of-age of its main target audi......more
Contributions by Christina M. Chica, Kathryn Coto, Sarah Park Dahlen, Preethi Gorecki, Tolonda Henderson, Marcia Hernand......more
A comet in the mounting firmament of third-world, non-white, female writers, Edwidge Danticat stands apart. An accomplis......more
This is a story of a small town that has all of the locations and heart of a big city with a few additional land marks t......more
In the context of changing constructs of home and of childhood since the mid-twentieth century, this book examines disco......more
Contributions by Lauren R. Carmacci, Keridiana Chez, Kate Glassman, John Granger, Marie Schilling Grogan, Beatrice Grove......more
Contributions by Lauren R. Carmacci, Keridiana Chez, Kate Glassman, John Granger, Marie Schilling Grogan, Beatrice Grove......more
2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books, Jennifer Mill......more
2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books, Jennifer Mill......more
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Memorable children’s narratives immerse readers in imaginary worlds that bring them into the story. Some of these places......more
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day. Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What......more
A feast for any lover of English children’s books. -Christian Herald Over sixty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, a......more
A feast for any lover of English children’s books. -Christian Herald Over sixty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and......more
Children’s Literature and Intergenerational Relationships: Encounters of the Playful Kind explores ways in which childre......more
Heidi is a book of children’s fiction published in 1881 by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri. It was initially published in two......more
This novel by Alexander Dumas pere, published in French as Les Trois Mousquetaires in 1844. It is a historical romance a......more
Lewis Carroll’s novel Through the Looking- Glass was published in 1871, it’s a sequel to Alice Adventures in Wonderland.......more
Peter Rabbit is the main character of Thornton Burgess’ The Burgess Animal Book for Children. He visits Old Mother Natur......more
Winner of the 2023 Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Book Award 2022 Longlist Nominee for the Best Non-Fiction......more
Winner of the 2023 Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Book Award 2022 Longlist Nominee for the Best Non-Fiction......more
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Richmal Crompton, Author of Just William: A Literary Life celebrates the first two William books, Just William (1922) an......more
Striving to develop interdisciplinary dialogue, the essays in this work explore children’s and young adult reading throu......more
Achievement is color blind All children need role models, but children of color often don’t see enough examples of inspi......more
Pinky and Winky is a children’s story inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s "The Jungle Book" characters. This short story is ab......more
Contributions by Beverly Lyon Clark, Christine Doyle, Gregory Eiselein, John Matteson, Joel Myerson, Sandra Harbert Petr......more
How are breasts and breastfeeding shown in literature? Why does the depiction of breastfeeding in literature matter? Wha......more
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When creating her post-apocalyptic world of The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins drew from various real-world histor......more
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have m......more
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have m......more
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have m......more
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have m......more