Children's Fiction Sourcebook
Children's Fiction Sourcebook

Author: Margaret Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-17

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0429867530

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First published in 1992, this Sourcebook is a basic working tool for all those concerned with children’s reading. It will help librarians and teachers to select a comprehensive stock of children’s’ fiction for their institutions.The authors in the sourcebook have been selected on the grounds of importance, popularity and current availability. Author entries are arranged in alphabetical order and indexes provided by title, series, age-range and genre. Each entry consists of some background information, and evaluative comment on style of the book, a list of the authors books with publisher, date and price, and literary agent where applicable. There is a suggestion of similar authors, sequels, related series and reader age range.

British Children's Writers, 1914-1960
British Children's Writers, 1914-1960

Author: Donald R. Hettinga

Publisher: Detroit, MI : Gale Research

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Essays on authors and poets in this volume represent some of the best-known writers of children's literature in the twentieth century. This period is marked by certain characteristics, such as stories of groups of children bonded together, the emergence of strong female protagonists, the "career books", and a consciously subdued presence of pain and suffering. Many of these works are valued for the window they provided upon a culture now gone

The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket
The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket

Author: Eleanor Farjeon

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket" by Eleanor Farjeon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
The Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People

Author: Wayne State University. Libraries

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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This comprehensive guide embraces all aspects of modern design: graphics, products, interiors, furniture and industrial and architectural design. Guy Julier examines not only the work of important designers worldwide, but also the many dramatic changes that have influenced design and its uses since 1900. Thus political and ideological concepts such as feminism and green design are defined and explained, as are technological advances, new materials and techniques, and influential movements in modern culture. The text incorporates extensive cross-referencing and full bibliographical notes.