| Description |
xxxviii, 2471 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 2429-2449) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Alphabets -- Chapbooks -- Primers and readers -- Fairy tales -- Animal fables -- Classical myths -- Legends -- Religion: Judeo-Christian stories -- Fantasy -- Science fiction -- Picture books -- Comics -- Verse -- Plays -- Books of instruction -- Life writing -- Adventure stories -- School stories -- Domestic fiction. |
| Summary |
A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others. |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English.
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Children's literature, American.
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Literature -- Collections.
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| Added Author |
Zipes, Jack, 1937-
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| ISBN |
039397538X paperback |
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