Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition

Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition

Author: Carrie Hintz

Publisher: Broadview Press

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 1460406699

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Reading Children’s Literature offers insights into the major discussions and debates currently animating the field of children’s literature. Informed by recent scholarship and interest in cultural studies and critical theory, it is a compact core text that introduces students to the historical contexts, genres, and issues of children’s literature. A beautifully designed and illustrated supplement to individual literary works assigned, it also provides apparatus that makes it a complete resource for working with children’s literature during and after the course. The second edition includes a new chapter on children’s literature and popular culture (including film, television, and merchandising) and has been updated throughout to reflect recent scholarship and new offerings in children’s media.


The Second Child

The Second Child

Author: Caroline Bond

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Published: 2018-03-22

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1786493373

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Chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo 'A carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale of lost opportunity and impossible choices.' Amanda Brooke, author of The Affair Why do you love your child? Is it because they're a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because they're yours? Sarah and Phil love both their children, James and Lauren. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their perfect baby daughter has been born with a flaw; a tiny, but life-changing glitch that is destined to shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably. Over time the family adapt and even thrive. Then one day a blood test casts doubt on the very basis of their family. Lauren is not Phil's child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction. But the truth they face is far more complex and challenging than simple infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it raises the question of what makes - and what breaks - a family.


Night-night, Little Pookie

Night-night, Little Pookie

Author: Sandra Boynton

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780375854095

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"Pookie gets ready for bed, with a little Pookie flair."--p.[4] of cover.


Swinton's Second Reader

Swinton's Second Reader

Author: William Swinton

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-05-30

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 3385481945

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.


The Beacon Second Reader

The Beacon Second Reader

Author: James H. Fassett

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-21

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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The Beacon Second Reader is a collection of classical fairy tales arranged by James H. Fassett. Excerpt: "There was once an old goat who had seven little kids. She loved them all as much as any mother ever loved her children. One day the old goat wished to go into the woods to get food for her kids. Before she started she called them all to her and said: "Dear children, I am going into the woods. Now do not open the door while I am away. If the old wolf should get into our hut, he would eat you all up, and not a hair would be left. You can easily tell him by his rough voice and his black feet." "Dear mother," cried all the young kids, "we will be very careful not to let the old wolf in. You need not think of us at all, for we shall be quite safe." So the old goat went on her way into the dark woods. She had not been gone long when there came a loud rap at the door, and a voice cried: "Open the door, my dear children. I have something here for each of you." But the young kids knew by the rough voice that this was the old wolf."