wired - Children's Literature 1

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! ‘I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?’ she said aloud. ‘I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that……続きを見る

A Past Without Shadow examines 50 years of German children's books in which the darkest horrors of the Third Reich have routinely remained hidden. The horrors of the Third Reich are systematically s……続きを見る

A LIST OF THE FABLES The Wolf and the Kid The Tortoise and the Ducks The Young Crab and His Mother The Frogs and the Ox The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox Belling the Cat The Eagle and the Jackdaw The B……続きを見る

This volume of 14 original essays by historians and literary scholars explores childhood and children's books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800. The collection aims to reposition childhood as a comp……続きを見る

Examine the Twilight Saga series through a Biblical lens. People around the world are asking the same question, enraptured with Edward and Bella’s forbidden romance in the Twilight Saga, a four-book……続きを見る

A collection of essays by a career C . S . Lewis scholar on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death. C. S. Lewis scholar Don W. King has kept a critical eye on the work by and abou……続きを見る

It is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives--Graham Greene The luminous books of our childhood will remain the luminous books of our lives.--Joyce Carol Oates Writers, as……続きを見る

“Will inspire, inform, and delight those of any age who areengaged inーor byーthe arts.” ー The Horn Book Renowned children’s literature authority Leonard S. Marcus speaks with twenty-one of the wor……続きを見る

The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, transl……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful illustrations from the original book • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book……続きを見る

The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursue an elusive creature known as a Snark. The Bellman, the B……続きを見る

Beautifully Illustrated Over 150 illustrations Active Table of Contents Free Audiobook Links OVERVIEW: The Call of the Wild is a novella by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story t……続きを見る

"Children’s literature is a contested terrain, as is multicultural education. Taken together, they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics…. Rather than deny the inheren……続きを見る

Full Version illustrations + Free AudioBook Links Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts (Illustrated) is the story of an Englishman, Lemuel Gulliver, is a novel by Irish wr……続きを見る

+ ++Active Table of Contents +++Original Illustrated Over 110 since 1814 +++Illustrated Edition So much has been already said concerning Æsop and his writings, both by ancient and modern authors, th……続きを見る

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON was written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, t……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents * Free Audiobook Download The Federalist Papers[ Illustrated ][ Free Audiobooks Download ] The Wind in the Willows is a classic of ch……続きを見る

Alice in Wonderland is not just any ordinary child fiction. This classic story is full of philosophy, and truisms. Alice can't believe her eyes when a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and carrying a……続きを見る

In this volume, Jan Susina examines the importance of Lewis Carroll and his popular Alice books to the field of children’s literature. From a study of Carroll’s juvenilia to contemporary multimedia ……続きを見る

A new biography of Lewis Carroll, just in time for the release of Tim Burton's all-star Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll was brilliant, secretive and self contradictory. He reveled in double meanin……続きを見る

This bookbuilds upon and contributes to the growing academic interest in feminism within the field of children's literature studies. Christie Wilkie-Stibbs draws upon the work of Luce Irigaray, Hele……続きを見る

Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Book Award This book visits a range of textual forms including diary, novel, and picturebook to explore the relationship between second-generation mem……続きを見る

In a period of ongoing debate about faith, identity, migration and culture, this timely study explores the often politicised nature of constructions of one of Britain’s longest standing minority com……続きを見る

"What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the bo……続きを見る

Secret lives, scandalous turns, and some very funny surprises ー these essays by leading kids’ lit bloggers take us behind the scenes of many much-loved children’s books. Told in lively and affectio……続きを見る

This study of children's literature as knowledge, culture, and social foundation bridges the gap between science and literature and examines the interconnectedness of fiction and reality as a two-wa……続きを見る

This book is the first to offer a justice-focused cognitive reading of modern YA speculative fiction in its narrative and filmic forms. It links the expansion of YA speculative fiction in the 20th c……続きを見る

Inspired by a vivid dream, Stephenie Meyer, a stay-at-home mom, wrote a manuscript that started a worldwide sensation that has yet to abate. In 2005 her debut novel, Twilight, crashed onto the shore……続きを見る

In 2004, the original Broadway production of Wicked earned 10 Tony nominations, including best musical. Based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the show continues to run on Broadway and ……続きを見る

Cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rar……続きを見る