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Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature Hardback - 1996

by John Rowe Townsend

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This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of children's literature from its origins through the beginnings of the multimedia revolution. In effortless and entertaining style, Townsend, a world-renowned authority in the field, examines the changing attitudes toward children and their literature and analyzes the various strands that make up this important field. While examining many well-known American classics, Townsend also looks at British works that American audiences may have overlooked. With illustrations and bibliography.

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  • Title Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature
  • Author John Rowe Townsend
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 6 Sub
  • Pages 399
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1996-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780810831179 / 0810831171
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.7 x 8.6 x 1.4 in (14.48 x 21.84 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's literature, American - History, Children's literature, English - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95047714
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.992

About the author

John Rowe Townsend has published more than twenty books for children and young people and has lectured extensively on children's literature in the United States, Britain, Australia, and Japan.
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