This is the 29th volume in a series of studies on children's literature. It features articles on: guarding the British Bible from Rousseau; philanthropy in 19th-century French children's literature; parodic play with paintings in picture books; and more.

Children's Literature: Volume 29

Literature & Fiction

Pfeiffer

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Annual of The Modern Language Association Division on Children's Literature and The Children's Literature Association Articles: Donelle Ruwe Guarding the British Bible from Rousseau; Ruth Carver Capasso Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century French Children's Literature; Ken Parille "Wake up, and be a man"; Claudia Nelson Drying the Orphan's Tear; Kate Lawson The "Disappointed" House; Fern Kory Once upon a Time in Aframerica; Laura B. Comoletti and Michael D. C. Drout How They Do Things with Words; Philip Nel "Never overlook the art of the seemingly simple"; Sandra Beckett Parodic Play with Paintings in Picture Books; Clare Bradford The End of Empire? Reviews: Gillian Adams The Key to the Treasure; Carolyn Sigler Was the Snark a Boojum?; Katharine Capshaw Smith B Is for Battle; Michelle H. Martin "Dis house done gone crezzeh"; Nina Mikkelsen Little Black Sambo Revisited; Mary Galbraith Freud and Toad Are Friends; Philip Nel Inside Picture Books, Outside of History Dissertations of Note Elizabeth Mayfield and Rachel Fordyce

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Teen & Young Adult

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