The Cambridge companion to children's literature / edited by M.O. Grenby and Andrea Immel.

Contributor Grenby, M. O. (Matthew Orville), 1970-

Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2009.

Descriptionxxv, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:The origins of children's literature / M.O. Grenby -- Children's books and the constructions of childhood / Andrea Immel -- The making of children's books / Brian Alderson -- Picture-book worlds and ways of seeing / Katie Trumpener -- The fear of poetry / Richard Flynn -- Retelling stories across time and cultures / John Stephens -- Classics and canons / Deborah Stevenson -- Learning to be literate / Lissa Paul -- Gender roles in children's fiction / Judy Simons -- Children's texts and the grown-up reader / U.C. Knoepflmacher -- Ideas of difference in children's literature / Lynne Vallone -- Changing families in children's fiction / Kimberley Reynolds -- Traditions of the school story / Mavis Reimer -- Fantasy's alternative geography for children / Andrea Immel, U.C. Knoepflmacher, Julia Briggs -- Animal and object stories / David Rudd -- Humour and the body in children's literature / Roderick McGillis.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and index.

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