| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Books for the very young: pre-literature or pretend literature? -- Biography: fiction's kissing cousin -- Fantasy and reality: where do they meet? -- On "judging" -- Pictures at two exhibitions -- The tale of Mrs. William Heelis -- A curious literary correspondence -- Sendak at fifty -- Sendak's graphic grand operas -- Edward Gorey's tantalizing turns of the screw -- A reformed masochist: William Steig -- Tomi Ungerer's unlikely heroes -- Odes to two craftsmen -- Some editor -- E.B. White and read all over -- A talk with Natalie Babbitt -- The graphic history of piglet and toad -- Our homegrown fairy tale: The wonderful wizard of Oz -- PC or not to be? Songs of praise -- Hogwarts: Harry Potter's brave new world. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays and reviews examining the history of children's literature, and covering picture books, biography, and artists such as Beatrix Potter, Edward Gorey, Tomi Ungerer, William Steig, Margo Zemach, and Maurice Sendak. |
| Subject |
Children's literature -- History and criticism.
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Children -- Books and reading.
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Children -- Books and reading.
(OCoLC)fst00854849
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Children's literature. (OCoLC)fst01759351
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Kinderliteratur.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Lanes, Selma G. Through the looking glass. 1st ed. Boston : D.R. Godine, 2004 (OCoLC)647514771 |
| ISBN |
1567922627 (alk. paper) |
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9781567922622 (alk. paper) |
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9781567923186 |
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1567923186 |
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