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  • Space and Place in Children’s Literature, 1789 to the Present

    by Maria Sachiko Cecire, Hannah Field, Malini Roy ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
    Focusing on questions of space and locale in children’s literature, this collection explores how metaphorical and physical space can create landscapes of power, knowledge, and identity in texts from the early nineteenth century to the present. The collection is comprised of four sections that take up the space between children and adults, the representation of 'real world' places, fantasy travel ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Anne of Green Gables : Free Audio Book Link

    by L.M. Montgomery ...
    Series series Angel Nova Publication
    Anne of Green Gables (1908) is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written as fiction for readers of all ages, the literary classic has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, a young orphan girl mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who have a farm on Prince ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

    A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

    by Thomas C. Foster ...
    Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Denslow's Humpty Dumpty : Pictures Book

    by Denslow, W. W. ...
    A classic of children's book illustrator of pen-and-ink line drawings and watercolors by Denslow, W. W. ( William Wallace )There is a pictures 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

    $0.99 USD

  • Castaway Tales

    From Robinson Crusoe to Life of Pi

    by Christopher Palmer ...
    Series series Early Classics of Science Fiction
    Ever since Robinson Crusoe washed ashore, the castaway story has survived and prospered, inspiring a multitude of writers of adventure fiction to imitate and adapt its mythic elements. In his brilliant critical study of this popular genre, Christopher Palmer traces the castaway tales' history and changes through periods of settlement, violence, and reconciliation, and across genres and languages. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Child Savage, 1890–2010

    From Comics to Games

    Edited by Elisabeth Wesseling ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
    Taking up the understudied relationship between the cultural history of childhood and media studies, this volume traces twentieth-century migrations of the child-savage analogy from colonial into postcolonial discourse across a wide range of old and new media. Older and newer media such as films, textbooks, children's literature, periodicals, comic strips, children's radio, and toys are deeply ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Beloved Does Not Bite

    Moral Vampires and the Humans Who Love Them

    by Debra Dudek ...
    Series series Children's Literature and Culture
    In this new monograph, author Debra Dudek defines a new era of vampire texts in which vampires have moved from their iconic dark, feared, often seductive figure lingering in alleys, to the beloved and morally sensitive vampire winning the affections of teen protagonists throughout pop culture. Dudek takes a close look at three hugely-popular vampire series for young adults, drawing parallels ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture

    by Dr Anthony Lioi ...
    Series series Environmental Cultures
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove

    The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales

    by G. Ronald Murphy ...
    The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are among the best known and most widely-read stories in western literature. In recent years commentators such as Bruno Bettelheim have, usually from a psychological perspective, pondered the underlying meaning of the stories, why children are so enthralled by them, and what effect they have on the the best-known tales (Hansel and Gretel, Little Red ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • The Science of Harry Potter

    How Magic Really Works

    by Roger Highfield ...
    Behind the magic of Harry Potter—a witty and illuminating look at the scientific principles, theories, and assumptions of the boy wizard's world, newly come to life again in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldCan Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • British Hymn Books for Children, 1800-1900

    Re-Tuning the History of Childhood

    by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
    Examining nineteenth-century British hymns for children, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre argues that the unique qualities of children's hymnody created a space for children's empowerment. Unlike other literature of the era, hymn books were often compilations of many writers' hymns, presenting the discerning child with a multitude of perspectives on religion and childhood. In addition, the agency afforded ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Discourses of Postcolonialism in Contemporary British Children's Literature

    by Blanka Grzegorczyk ...
    Series series Children's Literature and Culture
    This book considers how contemporary British children’s books engage with some of the major cultural debates of recent years, and how they resonate with the current preoccupations and tastes of the white mainstream British reading public. A central assumption of this volume is that Britain’s imperial past continues to play a key role in its representations of race, identity, and history. The ... Read more

    $70.99 USD