A critical handbook of children's literature / Rebecca J. Lukens, Professor Emerita, Miami University ; Jacquelin J. Smith, University of Northern Iowa ; Cynthia Miller Coffel, Independent Writer

Author: Lukens, Rebecca J., 1922-
Published: Boston : Pearson, [2013]
Copyright Date: ©2013
Edition: Ninth edition.
Physical Description: xxxiii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Smith, Jacquelin J. and Miller Coffel, Cynthia

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Contents

1. Literature : what is it? -- 2. Issues and fundamentaal change in children's literature -- 3. Picture books -- 4. Genre in children's literature -- 5. Character -- 6. Plot -- 7. Setting -- 8. Point of view -- 9. Style and tone -- 10. Theme -- 11. From rhyme to poetry -- 12. Biography -- 13. Information books -- 14. A lifetime of reading.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc

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9780137056385 (pbk.)
0137056389 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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