Children's Literature Products

Edited by Heidi Hansson, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Anka Ryall

As a setting for juvenile literature, the Arctic has traditionally been a space for adventure, the exotic and the fantastic. More recent works have used the Arctic setting to explore a dystopian future, often related to climate change. The aim of the present volume is to examine themes in Arctic…

Hardback – 2020-03-03 
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Children's Literature and Culture

Edited by Donelle Ruwe, James Leve

Bringing together scholars from musicology, literature, childhood studies, and theater,　this volume examines the ways in which children's musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of…

Hardback – 2020-02-01 
Routledge
Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present

Edited by Keith Barker

First published in 1992, this book will be an invaluable help to librarians, teachers and parents looking for quality information books for children. Four Hundred and Seventy titles have been selected by an experienced team of reviewers for young people between the ages 3 and 16. Written by…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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Routledge Revivals

By John Cooper

First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls were also taking on a more exciting…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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Routledge Revivals

By Olivia Noble Gunn

Who is the proper occupant of the nursery? The obvious answer is the child, and not an archive, a seductive troll-princess, or poor fosterlings. Nevertheless, characters in Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and Little Eyolf intend to host these improper occupants in their children’s rooms. Dr. Gunn…

Hardback – 2020-01-31 
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Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present

Edited by Susan Hancock

First published in 1998 , A Guide to Children’s Reference Books and Multi Material provides essential information on over 250 children’s reference products for parents, teachers and librarians wishing to purchase the best books and multimedia material in the late 90’s.…

Paperback – 2020-01-01 
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Routledge Revivals

By Ariane M. Balizet

A modern-day　Taming of the Shrew　that concludes at a high school prom. An agoraphobic Olivia from　Twelfth Night　sending video dispatches from her bedroom. A time-traveling teenager finding romance in the house of Capulet. Shakespeare and Girls’ Studies posits that Shakespeare in popular culture is…

Hardback – 2019-12-19 
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Routledge Studies in Shakespeare

By Harry Rand

Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin's story. Or thinks they do. We heard it as children. We might affectionately remember the adult voices reciting the tale or recall the light in the room and the time of day when we enjoyed hearing this scripted performance. A grownup's voice added roughness and pitch…

Paperback – 2019-12-16 
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Edited by Brenda Ayres, Sarah Elizabeth Maier

Whether a secularized morality, biblical worldview, or unstated set of mores, the Victorian period can and always will be distinguished from those before and after for its pervasive sense of the "proper way" of thinking, speaking, doing, and acting. Animals in literature taught Victorian children…

Hardback – 2019-12-09 
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Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture

By Graham Anderson

This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where awareness of most fairy tales tends to begin. It presents versions of Cinderella, The Emperor’s New…

Paperback – 2019-12-06 
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By Raphael E. Rogers

Drawing on critical race theory, critical race feminism, critical multicultural analysis, and intertextuality this book examines how slavery is represented in contemporary children’s picture books. Through analysis of recently published picture books about slavery, Rogers discusses how these books…

Paperback – 2019-12-03 
Routledge

By Michelle Elleray

Attending to the mid-Victorian boys’ adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the South Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volume…

Hardback – 2019-11-26 
Routledge
Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present