The Bloomsbury introduction to children's and young adult literature /

From Hans Christian Andersen, Dr Seuss and Lewis Carroll to Disney and the Harry Potter series, this is a comprehensive introduction to studying the infinitely varied worlds of literature for children and young adults.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coats, Karen, 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2018]
Subjects:	Children's literature > History and criticism. Young adult literature > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Ideologies of Childhood and the History of Children's Literature
2. Contemporary Insights into Child Development
3. Reading, Researching, and Writing about Children's Literature
4. Thinking about Story
5. Reading with Pictures
6. Poetry and Poetic Language
7. Folk and Fairy Tales
8. Narrative Fiction: Realism
9. Narrative Fiction: Speculative Fiction
10. Nonfiction
11. Film, New Media, and Hybrid Forms and Genres
12. Entering the Professional Conversation
Glossary of Critical Terms
Bibliography
Index.