Product Description: How do you define children's literature? Can its study be justified? Are conventional critical approaches appropriate? In a collection of articles, the author shows how the criticism of children's literature has developed.

Product Description: An account of the life and a critical examination of the works of Ransome (1884-1967), considered the father of modern British children's literature. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Product Description: Passionately enjoyed as much by the young as by adults, children's literature is a vital part of Western culture. Attracting increasing scholarly attention, its indelible influences on most people's psyche attest to its widespread importance...read more

Analyzes the work within the context of author Kenneth Grahame's changing English society, and discusses its dual appeal to children and adults

An eclectic, extensively illustrated history of children's literature in English journeys from early hornbooks and classical translations, through nonsense rhymes and fairy tales, to present-day multimedia comic books and computer-based interactive adventures. UP.

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A collection for children includes simplified prose retellings of 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Hamlet,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'Othello,' 'The Tempest,' 'King Lear,' 'Macbeth,' 'As You Like It,' 'Twelfth Night,' and 'The Winter's Tale.' Reprint. AB. PW. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book offers a systematic introduction to some of the essential concepts necessary for the study of childrens literature. Incorporating thirteen essays from the highly-acclaimed International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature , the chapters guide the reader through the most relevant areas of criticism and theory and summarise their contexts and application...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Edited by one of the leading scholars in children's literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels. Includes over 120 complete works, poems, stories and extracts from novels...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers an introduction to the works of three fantasy writers and the alternative worlds they have created for children and adults.

Product Description: This is a magnificent new resource for promoting good singing in schools and choirs. Packed with songs and ideas, the book and double CD will inspire any choir and make singing fun.

Product Description: A comprehensive Reference Guide to over 250 locations from the World of Ian Fleming and James Bond… Now you can follow in the footsteps of the most famous secret agent of all time—from the exclusive gentlemen’s clubs of St James’s to the breathtaking skyscrapers of Docklands, Isle of Dogs...read more

Children's literature has recently produced a body of criticism with a highly distinctive voice. The book consolidates understanding of this area by including some of the most important essays published in the field in the last five years, demonstrating the links between literary criticism, education, psychology, history and scientific theory. It includes Peter Hollindale's award- winning essay on Ideology and Children's Literature, topics from metafiction and post-modernism to fractal geometry, and the examination of texts ranging from picture books to The Wizard of Oz and the the Australian classic Midnite . Sources are as disparate as Signal and the Children's Literature Association Quarterly , and the international community is represented by writers from Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and Germany. Each essay is set in its critical context by extensive quotation from authoritative articles.

Product Description: The International Companion Encyclopedia answers these questions and provides comprehensive coverage of children's literature from a wide range of perspectives. Over 80 substantial essays by world experts include Iona Opie on the oral tradition, Gillian Avery on family stories and Michael Rosen on audio, TV and other media...read more

Product Description: An inspired collection of pieces for Christmas, Voiceworks at Christmas meets the needs of all choral groups and overflows with festive cheer.· 30 fabulous carols and songs, from unison to four-part harmony and beyond ·Pieces for all occasions: school concerts, Advent and Christmas services, carol-singing · Ideal for youth and community choirs, school groups (Key Stage 2 upwards), choral societies, church choirs, and choral groups of all ages and experience · Vast range of repertoire: plainsong and early music, spirituals, folk pieces, carols in jazz style ·Introduces carols from the West Gallery and Sacred Harp traditions · Well-known carols in fresh arrangements and new songs by living composers · Tips and hints for warming up and preparing to rehearse · A complete lesson or rehearsal plan for each song · Photocopiable pages · CD with performances of all the songs and some backing track...read more

A tribute to more than 350 years of literary works features the fables, alphabet stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, and illustrations of 170 authors and artists, in a slipcased volume that includes discussions on the cultural contexts of children's literature as well as author annotations and bibliographies. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The study of children’s literature is currently centred on literary studies, educational studies, and a third more diverse group of many other related disciplines, including history, bibliography, sociology and psychology. All of these then overlap with cultural studies and contribute to the rapidly growing meta-discipline of childhood studies...read more