Introduction -- 1. Directions and trends -- 2. Books before school -- 3. The picture book -- 4. Junior books -- 5. Adventure and adventure plus -- 6. The animal world -- 7. Ecology and conservation -- 8. Domestic and social realism -- 9. Multicultural Australia -- 10. Aboriginal Australians -- 11. A sense of time and place -- 12. Fantasy -- 13. Anthologies and short stories -- 14. Poetry and verse -- 15. The young adult
Summary
The proof of the puddin': Australianchildren's literature 1970-1990
Notes
An update of: A history of Australianchildren's literature 1841-1941, and A history of Australianchildren's literature 1941-1970