Children's & teenage literature studies
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Children's & teenage literature studies
Hardback. Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842502
- ISBN
- 9780810842502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.77
€ 133.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310548713
- ISBN
- 9780310548713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219588
- ISBN
- 9780230219588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Paperback. A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by "Akai Tori" (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 5AF; DQ; DSY; YQF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780765605566
- ISBN
- 9780765605566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239371
- ISBN
- 9780230239371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.22
€ 123.22
Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319428925
- ISBN
- 9783319428925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSY; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514455
- ISBN
- 9781137514455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.89
€ 133.89
Hardback. In 1969, Dr Weiss began making videos of authors, illustrators, and editors in the children's literature field. The result was a collection of videos, "Profiles in Literature". This text summarizes and quotes from the interviews in the video series and also expands/updates guest's background data. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837874
- ISBN
- 9780810837874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.17
€ 141.17
Hardback. This supplement updates the work begun in the 1993 publication. It builds upon the first volume, indexing books published between 1991 and 1997. Books are accessible through three indexes: title, date, and series. The first volume should be consulted for titles older than 1991. Num Pages: 976 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 148 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837287
- ISBN
- 9780810837287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.27
€ 294.27
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSY; FQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199738700
- ISBN
- 9780199738700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311622
- ISBN
- 9781477311622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311615
- ISBN
- 9781477311615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415818018
- ISBN
- 9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSY; JFSL9; JNLB; JNU; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822405
- ISBN
- 9780810822405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.24
€ 107.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715542
- ISBN
- 9780198715542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres may be read. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253202031
- ISBN
- 9780253202031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Exploring how adults mistreat children, this book focuses on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners. Num Pages: 332 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFC; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000886
- ISBN
- 9780691000886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures, exploring ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308565
- ISBN
- 9780230308565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardcover. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293007
- ISBN
- 9780230293007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113401
- ISBN
- 9781551113401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.40€ 40.69
€ 51.40
€ 40.69