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This book provides a detailed listing of titles authored by William Taylor Adams under his own name, as well as under his various pseudonyms. the title index lists the titles and title variations of books, series, magazines, and serializations, and provides cross-references to pertinent entry numbers throughout the work.

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The contributors to this collection of essays address children's literature as an art form, rather than an educational instrument, as has been the traditional approach. This strong presentation of international perspectives on children's literature will be a valuable resource for scholars of children's and comparative literature.

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Much literature for children appears in the form of series, in which familiar characters appear in book after book. While much has been written about the early juvenile science fiction series, particularly the Tom Swift books, comparatively little has been written about children's science fiction series published since 1945.

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Argues reading can develop positive values, and evaluates 300 books.

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Highly selective, the guide profiles only classic and recommended titles from School Library Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, The Bookfinder, and other publications.

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Are some of the world's most talented writers of children's books essentially children themselves

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Explores the facts and research on the topic of boys and literacy, and furnishes annotations of current, relevant journal and magazine articles. It gives strategies for making changes in the classroom and at home, and has chapters focusing on specific genres of particular interest to boys.

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An authoritative guide to literature for young readers concerning war in the twentieth-century - especially the two world wars. The authors discuss literature of all kinds - novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture books. In the process they provide the definitive study of the genre.

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Diana Marks looks at children's and young adult book awards in depth. Although some of this information is available online, this is a one stop handbook that contains lesser-known awards, and offers activities for enriching the study of each award, whether well-known or not.

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The classical heritage continues to impact modern culture in many ways. This bibliography lists and describes those books on Greek and Roman mythology from the mid-19th century to the present which are useful for introducing children to the classical world.

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But perhaps more surprisingly, children's literature is especially sensitive to such matters, and fiction for children often struggles with dark and unpleasant issues.

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Featuring close readings of commonly studied texts, this book takes students of Children's Literature through the key works, their contexts and critical and popular afterlives. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts.

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Featuring close readings of commonly studied texts, this book takes students of Children's Literature through the key works, their contexts and critical and popular afterlives. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts.

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Emerging from the Children's Literature Assembly's post conference workshop following the 1999 NCTE fall conference, this compilation of delivered speeches and reflective chapters offers insight into the broad development of American children's literature in the 20th century.

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Bringing together the expertise of high profile international teachers and researchers, this handbook provides anyone studying Children's Literature with useful and practical guidance on research methods. Wide-ranging and balanced in approach, the book covers core topics such as approaching history, visual material, archives and theory.

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An examination of personal development, maturation and rites of passage in children's literature, this title surveys the theme across a number of genres and analyses the work of key writers. It aims to answer to the question "What is a classic"

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Continuum has repackaged some of its key academic backlist titles to make them available at a more affordable price. These reissues will have new ISBNs, distinctive jackets and strong branding. They cover a range of subject areas that have a continuing student sale and make great supplementary reading more accessible.

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Schon, author of numerous bibliographies of children's and young adult literature in Spanish, compiled the information from responses given by the authors themselves to a questionnaire she developed.

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The entire second half of the book is devoted to activities, including some reproducibles, based on select titles.

During the past 30 years, the titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award have consistently presented excellent writing, storytelling, history, and values.

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Helbig and Perkins offer in one comprehensive volume information about fiction of recognized distinction written for children: entries give biographical data on authors, detailed plot summaries, information about outstanding characters, memorable settings, significant motifs.