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Big and Small: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies
A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference—particularly unusual bodie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English
A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Modern Library Classics)
'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole . . . without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Charles Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)
by Michael Joseph • Beverly Lyon Clark • Michelle Martin • Peter Hunt • Karen Sánchez-Eppler • Colleen Glenney Boggs • Elizabeth Marshall • Clémentine Beauvais • Lynne Vallone • Philip Nel • Lissa Paul • Robin Bernstein • Evelyn Arizpe • Katharine Capshaw • Vanessa Joosen • Patricia Crain • Kerry Mallan • Kenneth Kidd • Kimberley Reynolds • Mavis Reimer • Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair • Clare Bradford • JonArno Lawson • Nicole Markotić • Ute Dettmar • Karen Coats • Louise Joy • Naomi Hamer • Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer • Jacqueline Reid-Walsh • Joseph T. Thomas • Hugh Crago • Debra Dudek • Claudia Nelson • Derritt Mason • Zoe Jaques • Charles Hatfield • Anna Stemmann • Sandra L. Beckett • Kelly Hager • Mike Cadden • Boel Westin • Lydia Kokkola • Marah Gubar • Victoria Ford Smith • Nina Christensen • Sarah Park Dahlen • Eric L. Tribunella • Richard Flynn • B. j. McDaniel • Ebony Elizabeth Marshall • Elisabeth Lies Wesseling • Deirdre Baker • Karin E. Westman • Peter Hollindale • Michael Heyman • Kevin Shortsleeve • William Moebius • Stine Liv Johansen • Cathryn M. Mercier • Åse Marie Ommundsen • Emer O’SullivanIntroduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Waylon: An Autobiography
Waylon Jennings relates the story of his life as a country music star. His beginnings were poor but he became Buddy Holly's protege before sinking into drug abuse and 3 failed marriages. His success came when he met his present wife, Jessi Colter.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996