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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In Wild Things, Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most insightful, creative, and witty authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ever since children have learned to read, there have been children's literature. Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter.
The only single-volume work to capture the rich and diverse history of children's literature in its full panorama, this extraordinary audiobook reveals why...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Demonstrates how to think about and critically evaluate several different genres of children's books." Also includes information about how books evolve from manuscripts to bound books, about the parts of a book (jacket flaps, title page, copyright, Cataloging-in-Publication information, etc.), and about "how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that others can learn about books they have not yet read."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
In Tending the Heart of Virtue, Vigen Guroian illuminates the power of classic tales and their impact on the moral imagination. He demonstrates how these stories teach the virtues through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, while he also unveils components of the good, the true, and the beautiful in plot and character. With clarity and elegance, Guroian reads deeply into the classic stories. He demonstrates how these stories challenge...
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Before Austen Comes Aesop presents an in-depth examination of the Children's Great Books, that is, the literature that has made the most profound impact on the lives of children throughout Western history...The book's premise is that children often do not spend enough time with literature written or adapted for them before diving into adult works.
13) Through the looking glass: further adventures & misadventures in the realm of children's literature
Author
Publisher
David R. Godine
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English