Children's Literature
The Essential Guide to Children`s Books and Their Creators
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This update to CHILDREN`S BOOKS AND THEIR CREATORS provides information about children`s literature as well as profiles of popular and important authors and illustrators. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
From Andy Pandy to Tiger Tim, penny dreadfuls to school stories, this is an indispensable reference book for anyone interested in children's books.
Write for Children
Writing for children is not about writing little stories, it is about writing big stories, shorter. Children's literature is an art form in its own right, and this book is for everyone who wants not just to write for children, but to write well for them.
Translating for Children
Translating for Children is not a book on translations of children's literature but a book on translating for children.
Reading Series Fiction
This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US, traditional and contemporary - are analysed, and using these examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series writing for children.
Voracious Children
Exploring the way food is used to seduce, pleasure and coerce not only the characters within children's literature, but also its readers, this book tackles a number of gripping questions concerning the quantity and quality of the food featured in children's fiction, such as: why