1st Edition
Here Comes the Bogeyman Exploring contemporary issues in writing for children
By Andrew Melrose
Copyright 2012
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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Here Comes the Bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice to be shared with writers, students of children’s writing... Read more
Part 1 1. Here comes the bogeyman… 2. A cultural, critical and creative context 3. Bridging the gap between child reader and adult author 4. The (im)possibility of writing for children… 5. Elements of storytelling for children 6. Engaging with Icarus Part 2 7. Considering the bogeyman… 8. Story Structure 9. Early Readers 10. Social realism, narrative non-fiction and The Tiger Who Came to Tea 11. Poetry for Children
Biography
Andrew Melrose is Professor of Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. He has also written Write for Children and Monsters Under the Bed available from Routledge.
