| Description |
xiii, 359 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Horn book magazine
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| Contents |
pt. 1 Status A short talk with a prospective children's writer / Astrid Lindgren -- On children's literature : a runcible symposium / Betty Jean Lifton -- Reviewers' railments : a game for children's book people / Aidan Chambers |
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pt. 10 Translation Random thoughts by a translator of Andersen / Erik Christian Haugaard -- A few words on translation / Maria Polushkin -- An adventure in translation / Elizabeth Shub -- Blind idiot : the problems of translation / Edward Fenton |
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pt. 11 Books and authors Letter from England : great leaping lapins! / Aidan Chambers -- Old worlds and new : anti-feminism in "Watership down" / Jane Resh Thomas -- Letter from England : literary crossword puzzle ... or masterpiece? / Aidan Chambers -- Off the beaten path / Paul Heins -- A second look : a centennial for Tom / Clifton Fadiman -- Letter from England : a tale of two Toms / Aidan Chambers -- A second look : "The mouse and his child" / John Rowe Townsend -- High fantasy : "A wizard of Earthsea" / Eleanor Cameron -- The narrative art of Penelope Lively / David Rees |
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pt. 2 Classification What is a juvenile book? / John Tunis -- The walls of childhood / Isabelle Holland -- When the magic has to stop / Janet McNeill -- An elusive border / John Rowe Townsend -- Where do all the prizes go? The case for nonfiction / Milton Meltzer |
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pt. 3 Standards Depth and direction / Ivan Southall -- In literary terms / John Rowe Townsend -- Out on a limb with the critics : some random thoughts on the present state of the criticism of children's literature / Paul Heins -- Coming to terms with criticism / Paul Heins -- Literature bedeviled : a searching look at filmstrips / Ethel L. Heins |
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pt. 4 At critical cross-purposes McLuhan, youth, and literature / Eleanor Cameron -- "Charlie and the chocolate factory" : a reply / Roald Dahl -- A reply to Roald Dahl / Eleanor Cameron |
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pt. 5 The current scene Children's books : a Canadian's view of the current American scene / Sheila Egoff -- Tilting at taboos / Isabelle Holland -- Why write for today's teenagers? / Sylvia Louise Engdahl -- Jewish identity in juvenile fiction : a look at three recommended books / Eric A. Kimmel -- High John is risen again / Virginia Hamilton |
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pt. 6 In defense of fantasy / Ursula Le Guin High fantasy and heroic romance / Lloyd Alexander -- "Realism plus fantasy equals magic" / Roger W. Drury -- The weak place in the cloth : a study of fantasy for children / Jane Langton |
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pt. 7 Humor Laughter and children's literature / Sid Fleischman -- Children, humor, and folklore / Alvin Schwartz |
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pt. 8 Making the past understandable History is fiction / Jill Paton Walsh -- Children and memory / Penelope Lively -- Johnny and Sam : old and new approaches to the American revolution / Christopher Collier -- Writing about Abraham Lincoln / Olivia Coolidge |
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pt. 9 The international world of children's books A collage : eight women who write books in Swedish for children / Mary Ørvig -- A Russian view of childhood : the contribution of Kornei I. Chukovsky (1882-1969) / Mary Ørvig |
| Analysis |
Children Books and reading |
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Children's literature History and criticism |
| Notes |
These essays were originally published in The Horn Book Magazine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Horn book magazine
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| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading.
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Children's literature -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Heins, Paul.
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Horn book magazine
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| LC no. |
77024256 |
| ISBN |
087675034X |
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0876750358 (paperback) |
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