Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual challenges.

This invaluable Guide surveys the key critical works and debates in the vibrant field of children's literature since its inception.

Beginning with the publication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1950 and concluding with the appearance of The Last Battle in 1956, C.

The first study of life narratives produced for, about, and written by children, this book examines the recent popularity of children's biographies and how they engage with the biggest issues of our time: environmental change, health crises, education, and children's personal and political development.

The first study of life narratives produced for, about, and written by children, this book examines the recent popularity of children's biographies and how they engage with the biggest issues of our time: environmental change, health crises, education, and children's personal and political development.

The 'golden age' of children's literature in the late 19th and early 20th century coincided with a boom in the production and trade of commodities.

The 'golden age' of children's literature in the late 19th and early 20th century coincided with a boom in the production and trade of commodities.

An International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) Honour Book for 2023This book is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to children's and young adult literature in English language education.

An International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) Honour Book for 2023This book is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to children's and young adult literature in English language education.

Focusing on the mythological narratives that influence Irish children's literature, this book examines the connections between landscape, time and identity, positing that myth and the language of myth offer authors and readers the opportunity to engage with Ireland's culture and heritage.

Focusing on the mythological narratives that influence Irish children's literature, this book examines the connections between landscape, time and identity, positing that myth and the language of myth offer authors and readers the opportunity to engage with Ireland's culture and heritage.

Why are spicy cuisines characteristic of hot climates?

Why are spicy cuisines characteristic of hot climates?

Metaphysics of Children's Literature is the first sustained study of ways in which children's literature confronts metaphysical questions about reality and the nature of what there is in the world.

Metaphysics of Children's Literature is the first sustained study of ways in which children's literature confronts metaphysical questions about reality and the nature of what there is in the world.

While most scholars who study children's books are pre-occupied with the child characters and adult mediators, Vanessa Joosen re-positions the lens to focus on the under-explored construction of adulthood in children's literature.

While most scholars who study children's books are pre-occupied with the child characters and adult mediators, Vanessa Joosen re-positions the lens to focus on the under-explored construction of adulthood in children's literature.

A complete critical guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Children's and Young Adult Comics helps readers explore how comics have engaged with one of their most crucial audiences.

A complete critical guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Children's and Young Adult Comics helps readers explore how comics have engaged with one of their most crucial audiences.

Alice to the Lighthouse is the first and only full-length study of the relation between children's literature and writing for adults.

What Katy Read focuses on a much neglected area of literary criticism: literature for girls.

Children's literature is increasingly exposed to critical debate in England and America.

This book focuses on food policy, and its relationship to public health, as an increasingly important issue in today's society.

This book focuses on food policy, and its relationship to public health, as an increasingly important issue in today's society.

Recent scholarship on children's literature displays a wide variety of interests in classic and contemporary children's books.

Recent scholarship on children's literature displays a wide variety of interests in classic and contemporary children's books.

Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery.

Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery.

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon.

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon.

The 'evil child' has infiltrated the cultural imagination, taking on prominent roles in popular films, television shows and literature.

The 'evil child' has infiltrated the cultural imagination, taking on prominent roles in popular films, television shows and literature.

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.

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.

The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth.

The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

There are a number of outstanding dissertations in folklore which warrant a wider readership and which belong in the library of any educational institution or individual with a serious interest in folklore.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary British writers-J.

This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary British writers-J.

Since the "e;Automatic Binding Bricks"e; that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO "e;System of Play"e; that began with the release of Town Plan No.

Since the "e;Automatic Binding Bricks"e; that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO "e;System of Play"e; that began with the release of Town Plan No.

This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.