Children's Literature 34

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Children’s Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children’s literature that presents its competing histories, its cul……続きを見る

First serialized in Outing magazine, the book was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details W……続きを見る

Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster. The protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha “Judy” Abbot, was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children ……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

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 i……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

Grazia Deledda nacque a Nuoro, nella sua amatissima Sardegna, il 27 settembre 1871. Si sposò giovanissima e si trasferì a Roma. Studiò da autodidatta e all'età di 17 anni scrisse le sue prime storie……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

“Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The……続きを見る

Highly respected as a writer by critics and commentators, Hesba Stretton (1832-1911) was a vigorous campaigner for the rights of oppressed minorities and a founding member of the London Society for ……続きを見る

Jack Zipes presents the many faces of Little Red Riding Hood. Bringing together 35 of the best versions of the tale, from the Brothers Grimm to Anne Sexton, Zipes uses the tales to explore questions……続きを見る

Jack Zipes has reinvigorated storytelling as a successful and engaging tool for teachers and professional storytellers. Encouraging storytellers, librarians, and schoolteachers to be active in this ……続きを見る

This penetrating study of the white supremacy myth in books for the young adds an important dimension to American intellectual history. The study pinpoints an intersecting adult and child culture: i……続きを見る

Soviet literature in general and Soviet children’s literature in particular have often been labeled by Western and post-Soviet Russian scholars and critics as propaganda. Below the surface, however,……続きを見る

From the benighted Old Man with a Beard to the erudite Perpendicular Purple Polly, Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. One of the world's most loved writers, Lear'……続きを見る

For centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories bec……続きを見る

The Little Prince is a novella of equal appeal to children and adults. It is the most famous work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In addition, the thoughts and prayer of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry are in……続きを見る

Babas y risas es un cuento dirigido a público de todas las edades donde relata la historia de una niña llamada Valentina y su perro Lex, el cuento narra la relación desde que nace Vale hasta que Lex……続きを見る

From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to re-enchant the modern world Why are so many people drawn to fantasy set in medieval,……続きを見る

Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin’s storyーor thinks they do. But this innocent-seeming tale hides generations of women’s shrewd accounts of their relationships with men. And the verdict is not flatter……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

Highly illuminating for parents, vital for students and book lovers alike, Enchanted Hunters transforms our understanding of why children should read. Ever wondered why little children love listenin……続きを見る

Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for childrenーand nurturing their love of reading. A FAMILY OF……続きを見る

Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction examines the representation of selfhood in adolescent and children's fiction, using a Bakhtinian approach to subjectivity, language, and narrative. The i……続きを見る

'Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!' Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping……続きを見る