1st Edition

Historical Fiction for Children Capturing the Past

Edited By Fiona M. Collins, Judith Graham Copyright 2001
176 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

180 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

180 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

Historical fiction has a great deal to offer as its readers and devotees have always known. The time is ripe however for the historical novel and historical picture book to be promoted more emphatically so that many more are made aware of the delight and learning to be found in the genre. The editors of this book invited authors, academic writers and teachers to reflect on the nature, scope, range... Read more
Exploring the narrative past; 1. Dogs and cats: the nineteenth-century historical novel for children, Dennis Butts; 2. The twentieth century – giving everybody a history, Fiona M. Collins, Judith Graham; 3. The silent ages: prehistory and Peter Dickinson, Peter Hollindale; 4. A havey-cavey business: language in historical fiction with Part Icular reference to the novels of Joan Aiken and Leon Garfield, Gillian Lathey; 5. ‘Time no longer’ – history, enchantment and the classic time-slip story, Linda Hall; 6. The historical picture book – is it a ‘good thing’?, Judith Graham; 7. Beyond expectations: historical fiction and working children, Liz Thiel; 8. Passage to America: migration and change, Fiona M. Collins; Writing about the narrative past; 9. Waking quests, Julian Atterton; ch0010 ‘Over the stile and into the past’: Children of Winter and other historical fiction, Berlie Doherty; 11. Flesh on the bones, Michael Foreman; 12. Daddy, or serendipity, Philip Pullman; 13. History and time, Rosemary Sutcliff; Teaching the narrative past; 14. Up and Down the City Road: history through dramatic action, Geoff Fox; 15. Stimulating the historical imagination: working with primary age children on books about the plague, Andrea Fellows; 16. Getting under the skin: the EACH Project, Alun Hicks, Dave Martin; 17. Slavery and the Underground Railroad: working with students, Liz Laycock;

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Edited by Collins, Fiona M.; Graham, Judith