| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Published in 1963 under title: From primer to pleasure. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 283-313. |
| Contents |
PART ONE: Sources -- Printing, Its Heritage and Promise -- Romance and Traditional Literature -- Developments in the 16th and 17th Centuries -- PART TWO: Foundations -- Reason Versus Fairy Lore -- John Newbery and the Beginnings of the Publishing Trade for Boys and Girls -- The Christian Tradition: From Isaac watts to the Sunday Schools -- Rousseau and the Moral School -- PART THREE: The Dawn of Imagination -- From Songs of Innocence to Grimms Fairy Tales -- PART FOUR: Flood Tide: The Victorian Age and Edwardian Aftermath -- Developments in the 19th Century -- Fairy Lore and Fantasy -- Nonsense, Verse, and Drama -- The Story of Home and School -- The Tale of Adventure -- The Recreation of the Past -- The Animal Story -- Picture-Books and Books for Young Children -- Books of Knowledge -- Periodicals -- PART FIVE: Children's Books from Abroad -- North America -- Australia -- Western Europe |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.
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Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1473-1914.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Thwaite, M. F. (Mary Florence), 1908-1966. From primer to pleasure in reading. 1st American ed. Boston, Horn Book [1972] (OCoLC)647365915 |
| ISBN |
087675275X |
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9780876752753 |
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