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Children's & teenage literature studies

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

Hardcover. Editor(s): Horne, Jackie C.; Sanders, Joe Sutliff. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881877
ISBN
9780810881877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.99

Paperback. Mesquakie, Missouri, Iowa. Ages 9-12. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570980107
ISBN
9781570980107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.81

Paperback. For centuries the real Mother Goose has been shrouded in mystery; now, finally, her secret identity is revealed. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Moon Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782790228
ISBN
9781782790228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837624830
ISBN
9783837624830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.43

Hardcover. Dealing with both adult and child aspects of Hans Christian Andersen's texts, this volume, consisting of papers read at the Odense Conference in 2005, endeavours to do justice to the whole of Andersen, whose immortal genius has a message for young and old all over the world. Editor(s): Mylius, Johan De; Jorgensen, Aage; Pedersen, Viggo Hjornager. Num Pages: 639 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
639
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776742560
ISBN
9788776742560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kryger, Lene. Num Pages: 99 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBF; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 270 x 13. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776749330
ISBN
9788776749330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.93

Hardback. This book demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. The authors explore the 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: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230020054
ISBN
9780230020054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. The essays in this collection use the interpretative lens to interrogate the meanings of Meyer's books, making a compelling case for the cultural relevance of Twilight and providing insights on how we can "read" popular culture to our best advantage. Editor(s): Anatol, Giselle Liza. Num Pages: 255 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; DSY; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110670
ISBN
9780230110670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Hardback. While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272866
ISBN
9780230272866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardback. In this work about the precursor to the comic book, Kelly Boyd traces the evolution of the boy's story paper and its impact on the imaginative world of working-class readers. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSY; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641729
ISBN
9780333641729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.21

Hardcover. Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 250 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274656
ISBN
9781137274656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the responses of adults to their reading choices. It argues for the revaluing of the story paper in the inter-war years, giving the genre a pivotal role in the development of children's literature. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293053
ISBN
9781137293053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. Children, Film and Literacy examines children's engagements with film and how these engagements impact on their developing literacy, identity and textual productions. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; DSY; JFD; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137294326
ISBN
9781137294326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. Fascination with the dark and death threats are now accepted features of contemporary fantasy and fantastic fictions for young readers. These go back to the early gothic genre in which child characters were extensively used by authors. The aim of this book is to rediscover the children in their work. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137306067
ISBN
9781137306067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137355997
ISBN
9781137355997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. Internationalism in Children's Series brings together international children's literature scholars who interpret 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses. From imperialism to transnationalism, from Tom Swift to Harry Potter, this book addresses the unique ability of series to introduce children to the world. Editor(s): Sands-O'Connor, Karen; Frank, Marietta. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137360304
ISBN
9781137360304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardcover. Technology and Identity in Young Adult Fiction is not a historical study or a survey of narrative plots, but takes a more conceptual approach that engages with the central ideas of posthumanism: the fragmented nature of posthuman identity, the concept of agency as distributed and collective and the role of embodiment in understandings of selfhood. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137362056
ISBN
9781137362056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

Hardcover. Examining culturally significant works of children's culture through a posthumanist, or animality studies lens, Animality and Children's Literature and Film argues that Western philosophy's objective to establish a notion of an exclusively human subjectivity is continually countered in the very texts that ostensibly work to this end. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137373151
ISBN
9781137373151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSY; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395405
ISBN
9781137395405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.21

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