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“gail edwards”

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  • Picturing Canada

    A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing

    by Judith Saltman, Gail Edwards ...
    The study of children's illustrated books is located within the broad histories of print culture, publishing, the book trade, and concepts of childhood. An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries.Gail Edwards ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

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  • CINDERELLA

    by Anonymous ...
    A classic of children's book illustrator of pen-and-ink line drawings and watercolors.There is a story-book that will be occupied for children to read at bedtime or anytime. You can have this e-book for an incredibly lower price. ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

    by Beatrix Potter ...
    The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written and illustrated by the famous author of children's stories: Beatrix Potter: The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. In Benjamin Bunny, Potter deepened the rabbit universe she ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

    by Beatrix Potter ...
    The Tale of Ginger and Pickles is a children's book written and illustrated by the famous author of children's stories: Beatrix Potter: Ginger, a yellow tomcat, and Pickles, a terrier, are partners in operating a village shop that offers a variety of goods including red spotty handkerchiefs, "sugar, snuff, and goloshes". Ginger inspires fear in their mouse customers and Pickles their rabbit ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature

    Edited by M. O. Grenby, Andrea Immel ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling ... Read more

    Was $31.99 USD Now $28.69 USD

  • Laura Ingalls Wilder

    American Writer on the Prairie

    by Sallie Ketcham ...
    Series series Routledge Historical Americans
    Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote stories that have defined the American frontier for generations of readers. As both author and character in her own books, she became one of the most famous figures in American children’s literature. Her famous Little House on the Prairie series, based on her childhood in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, blended memoir and fiction into a vivid depiction of ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature

    by Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, Peter D. Sieruta ...
    Secret lives, scandalous turns, and some very funny surprises — these essays by leading kids’ lit bloggers take us behind the scenes of many much-loved children’s books.Told in lively and affectionate prose, this treasure trove of information for a student, librarian, parent, or anyone wondering about the post–Harry Potter children’s book biz brings contemporary illumination to the warm-and-fuzzy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Freud in Oz

    At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature

    by Kenneth B. Kidd ...
    Children’s literature has spent decades on the psychiatrist’s couch, submitting to psychoanalysis by scores of scholars and popular writers alike. Freud in Oz turns the tables, suggesting that psychoanalysts owe a significant and largely unacknowledged debt to books ostensibly written for children. In fact, Kenneth B. Kidd argues, children’s literature and psychoanalysis have influenced and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Victorian Fairy Tales

    The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves

    Edited by Jack Zipes ...
    This is an irresistible and unique anthology of fairy tales written by some of the most notable writers of the Victorian period, including Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling and Edith Nesbitt. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Who Writes for Black Children?

    African American Children’s Literature before 1900

    Edited by Katharine Capshaw, Anna Mae Duane ...
    Until recently, scholars believed that African American children’s literature did not exist before 1900. Now, Who Writes for Black Children? opens the door to a rich archive of largely overlooked literature read by black children. This volume’s combination of analytic essays, bibliographic materials, and primary texts offers alternative histories for early African American literary studies and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • World According to Narnia

    Christian Meaning in C. S. Lewis's Beloved Chronicles

    by Jonathan Rogers ...
    A lively and engaging exploration of the many Christian themes in the popular and universally loved children's fantasy series.Since their original publication in the 1950s, C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia have captivated generations of readers. The seven adventure novels feature heroic children in a magical realm of talking animals, mythological creatures, and supernatural beings engaged in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Seriality and Texts for Young People

    The Compulsion to Repeat

    Edited by M. Reimer, N. Ali, D. England, M. Dennis Unrau ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Seriality and Texts for Young People is a collection of thirteen scholarly essays about series and serial texts directed to children and youth, each of which begins from the premise that a basic principle of seriality is repetition. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD