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Children's & teenage literature studies

Paperback. A practical guide providing a comprehensive introduction to English-language children's literature from the 18th century to 21st century. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211419
ISBN
9780631211419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

Hardback. After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230364127
ISBN
9780230364127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardback. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415818438
ISBN
9780415818438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Paperback. In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and people involved. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199560240
ISBN
9780199560240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Edited by one of the leading scholars in childrena s literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels. * Includes over 120 complete works, poems, stories and extracts from novels. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBF; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210498
ISBN
9780631210498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.17

Paperback. Provides important information for children's writers. With lists of reading-level specific words and a thesaurus of words annotated with reading levels, this guide aims to save writers time by collecting everything they need to know about age-appropriate language. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CBW; DSR; DSY; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
F&W Publications Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582974132
ISBN
9781582974132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.89

paperback. Presents a tool for choosing books for children of all ages. This title offers practical guidance on sorting through the bewildering array of picture books, pop-up books, books for beginning readers, young adult titles, classics, poetry, olktales, and factual books. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069284
ISBN
9780252069284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488162
ISBN
9781349488162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Hardback. Reception studies have transformed the classics. Editor(s): Lovatt, Helen; Hodkinson, Owen. Series: Library of Classical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HBLA1; HRKP3; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781788310208
ISBN
9781788310208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.70
€ 47.09

Paperback. Providing directions for storytelling, this book offers examples, and step-by-step plans for choosing stories to tell. It also features practice activities, and techniques that guide the teller through each of the major telling problems and catastrophes that can be encountered. Series: Crash Course. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591583998
ISBN
9781591583998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61

Paperback. The only anthology of classic and contemporary readings in children's literature to combine primary texts with critical selections. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 99 halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 193 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1080
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195134933
ISBN
9780195134933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 251.63

Hardback. Provides a mechanism for teachers - pre-service through veteran - to develop an understanding of multicultural literature and the criteria used to evaluate it. This work discusses picture books, folklore, fairytales, myth, legends, fantasy, historical fiction, realistic fiction, and nonfiction works appropriate for grades K-8. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850798
ISBN
9780810850798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.54

paperback. If societies have only memories of war, of cruelty, of violence, then why are we called humankind? This book marks a new trajectory in Memory Studies by examining cultural memories of nonviolent struggles from ten countries. The book reminds us of the enduring cultural scripts for human agency, solidarity, resilience and human kindness. Editor(s): Reading, A.; Katriel, Tamar. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; HBAH; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2015
SKU
V9781349441228
ISBN
9781349441228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Paperback. Utilizing new historicist, feminist, and cultural studies critiques, this collection of essays provides new perspectives on early children's literary texts and the work of children's literature scholar Mitzi Myers (1939-2001). Editor(s): Ruwe, Donelle. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810851825
ISBN
9780810851825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Bruhm, Steven; Hurley, Natasha. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642021
ISBN
9780816642021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Talcroft explores Sutcliff's use of sacred themes through twelve of her most famous novels. Num Pages: 177 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829824
ISBN
9780810829824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.92

Hardback. Series: Literature for Youth Series. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810885608
ISBN
9780810885608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.08

Paperback. Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa. Editor(s): Bompani, Barbara; Frahm-Arp, Maria. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; GTF; HRAM; JP; KCM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349315161
ISBN
9781349315161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137602725
ISBN
9781137602725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.62

Hardback. A comprehensive critical analysis of 19 novels, Donna Jo Napoli: Writing with Passion provides an understanding of how Napoli's life and profession as a professor of linguistics influences her writing for young adults. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810874466
ISBN
9780810874466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.71

Hardback. Presents over 200 selected original artworks from the collection Betsy Beinecke Shirley bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. This volume offers to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. It invites reader to recollect images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AKLB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1647.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126730
ISBN
9780300126730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. The "Psammead Trilogy" written by Edith Nesbit includes "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet", and "The Story of the Amulet". The essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the "Psammead Trilogy". These essays employ differing strategies and place Edith Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement. Editor(s): Jones, Raymond E. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810854017
ISBN
9780810854017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810861343
ISBN
9780810861343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.72

paperback. Editor(s): Hilton, Mary. Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; GTC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138250666
ISBN
9781138250666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

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