Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Children's Literature - Storytelling    5. Children's literature    6. History and criticism    7. Juvenile Literature    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Reference    11. Children's literature studies: general    12. English    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    14. Literary studies: general    15. Literary theory   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. American - General    3. American literature    4. Books and reading    5. Children    6. Children's Literature - General    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Slavery in literature    12. United States    13. United States - Civil War    14. Women Authors   

Reviews (2)

Enjoyable and informative
I was very impressed with Ms. Lurie's previous book, Don't Tell the Grownups, because she recognized and applauded the inherent subversion of great children's literature. I would have chucked any book that the anti-Harry Potter forces liked, with namby-pamby characters who ALWAYS followed the rules - straight into the donation bin - only because I NEVER throw books in the garbage. This book picks up on the same theme, showing that books such as Little Women, which are considered "sweet and sentimental" today, were actually quite radical for the time they were written. She also looks at the lives of the authors and the influences on them. I certainly never realized that L. Frank Baum's wife and mother-in-law were outspoken feminists, which probably explains the presence of so many strong female characters in his work, sometimes to the detriment of the males.
Your favorite childhood books, deconstructed!
I just finished this, and loved it, loved it, loved it!Alison Lurie, besides being a great novelist, teaches Children's Literature at Cornell. This book "deconstructs" classics such as Little Women, The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte's Web, etc, with such acute observations that it was a great joy to read. Of course the book talks about Harry Potter and the criticism it has received from certain religious circles. This is not new in children's lit: The Wizard of Oz suffered the same kind of stigma.It was interesting to read how nothing is new in the realm of religious intolerance.
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Subjects:  1. (Hans Christian),    2. Andersen, H. C    3. Books and reading    4. Children    5. Children's Literature - General    6. Children's stories, American    7. Children's stories, English    8. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    9. English-speaking countries    10. History and criticism    11. Juvenile Literature    12. Literary Criticism    13. Literature - Classics / Criticism    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / Children's Literature   

Subjects:  1. Bibliography    2. Book lists    3. Books and reading    4. Children's Literature - General    5. Education / Teaching    6. High school libraries    7. Literary Criticism    8. Reference    9. Secondary    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    11. Teenagers    12. United States    13. Young adult literature    14. English    15. Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science    16. Language readers   

Editorial Review

Once it was hard to find books for girls that didn't feature damsels loitering on the sidelines or being rescued by dashing princes. Now paper heroines are generally brave and resourceful, but, alas, many of the books aren't memorable. Enter Erica Bauermeister and Holly Smith (Read more

Reviews (10)

Pretty Good Book
This was another nice listing of recommended books. There were many books to choose from, such as Anne of Green Gables, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Missing May, and so much more! There are summaries for each book, along with the number of pages, the author, year it was published, and the genre or subject. My only complaint is that the book does not divide the book into specific categories. For example, there will be a chapter called "Moving On: Books for Ages 10 and Up", but it's not divided into historical fiction, biography, sports, or another subject. It would be easier to find books that way! Otherwise, it was a fantastic book!

Good but not the best guide out there
This is a decent guide, so it's too bad it lacks age levels.If you are looking for a more up-to-date guide with more books and an age range for each book, try Great Books for Girls by Kathleen Odean, revised in 2002.

Fabulous life-changing book for my daughter!
Let's Hear it for the Girls inspired my daughter to read Anne of Green Gables and then she went on to read all of LM Montgomery's juvenile work plus one adult book of hers too! Now my daughter is reading Gone with the Wind! Your Let's Hear it moved her from the Babysitters Club to big fulfilling healthy books! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bibliographies & Indexes    2. Bibliographies Of Juvenile Literature    3. Bibliography    4. Children's Literature - General    5. Children's literature    6. Children's stories, English    7. Education    8. Girls    9. Juvenile fiction    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Children's literature studies: general    12. Reference / Personal & Practical Guides   

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Classic of Children's Literature
Received my order in excellcent condtion, would use this supplier for other purchases.

Classics of Children's Lilterature
This is an amazing collection of stories.All the classics are in one book.Well put together. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children's literature    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Collections    6. General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Literary Criticism & Collections    9. Literature    10. Rhetoric    11. Children's literature studies: general    12. Literary Criticism & Collections / General   

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Children's literature    5. Education / Teaching    6. History and criticism    7. Juvenile Literature    8. Literary Criticism    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. Children's literature studies: general    11. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading   

Subjects:  1. Best books    2. Books & Reading    3. Books And Reading    4. Children    5. Children's Literature - General    6. Family    7. Juvenile Literature    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. United States    11. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Children's literature, America    5. Children's literature, American    6. Children's literature, English    7. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    8. English-speaking countries    9. History and criticism    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Children's literature studies: general    13. English    14. Literary studies: general   

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Now or Neverland
In "Now or Neverland," Ann Yeoman invites her readers to explore the complex world of the archetype of the eternal boy (puer aeternus) through her lively psychological analysis of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.Yeoman's book is an outstanding example of interdisciplinary scholarship. She intelligently integrates the work done in such seemingly diverse fields as Mythological Studies (Eliade, Campbell, Kerenyi), Literary Criticism (Frye, Calvino, Armitt), and Analytical Psychology (Jung, Hillman, von Franz). Her use of literature, both poetry (Coleridge, Auden, Keats, Wordsworth, Shelley) and fiction (Dostoyevsky, Joyce, Melville), to illuminate various dimensions of puer psychology is outstanding and speaks highly of her as a literary scholar. Her cultural contextualization of Peter Pan in history (Edwardian England, the current Information Revolution, the British public school system) presents a provocative analysis of the collective psychology of the times. Finally, her reinterpretation and elaboration of earlier (1970s) studies of puer psychology and psychopathology by analytical (Jungian) psychologists, makes her one of the foremost authorities on the psychology of what popular culture has called the "Peter Pan Syndrome". There is little doubt that Now or Neverland will become a classic and take its place alongside Hillman's "Puer Papers" and von Franz's "The Problem of Puer Aeternus."

A New Persective on the Peter Pan Myth
Peter Pan was always a childhood favorite of mine. Now, having read Ann Yeoman's "Now and Neverland. Peter Pan on the Myth of Eternal Youth",I will approach the story and its characters with a new and, dare I say it, "grown-up" (sorry Peter) perspective.
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Subjects:  1. (James Matthew),    2. 1860-1937    3. 20th Century English Novel And Short Story    4. Barrie, J. M    5. Children's Literature - General    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. History and criticism    8. Jungian Psychology    9. Knowledge    10. Movements - Psychoanalysis    11. Peter Pan    12. Peter Pan (Fictitious character)    13. Psychoanalysis and literature    14. Psychological fiction, English    15. Psychology    16. English    17. Myths & mythology    18. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    19. Popular psychology   

Subjects:  1. Children's Literature - General    2. Children's Studies    3. Criminology    4. Juvenile delinquency    5. Juvenile justice, Administrati    6. Juvenile justice, Administration of    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature: Classics    9. Mystery & Detective Fiction    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. Causes & prevention of crime    13. Social Science / Criminology   

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Love this book
When I was a young, my mom was taking college classes and got this book for her class on children's lit.When the class was over, we would sit around and flip through the 1000s of poems, fairy tales and story excerpts from ya novels.
Riverside Anthology of Children's Literature
This book is quite a treasure for any parent, but especially for teachers!Some of the material available include:Mother Goose Rhymes (104); Singing Games, Jingles and Chants (130); Riddles, Puzzles, Tongue Twisters (21); Lullibies and Folk Songs (29); all kinds of stories according tovoice, fiction, nonfiction, or biography; and a treasure of poetry. Anyteacher who needs good resource material will love this book!The price ishigh, but the material is priceless. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's literature    4. Children: Babies & Toddlers    5. Collections    6. General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Literary Criticism & Collections    9. Literature    10. Children's literature studies: general   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Children's Literature - General    3. Children's literature    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Themes, motives    9. British Isles    10. Children's literature studies: general    11. USA   

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Beautiful Pictures
Wonderful glossy full spread pictures of the beautiful grasses and flowers. Makes you want to live on the prairie!! Rather disappointing
I was disappointed in this book right from the start. To pay [the money I had to pay], I expected to get a hardcover book. Instead, what I found was a flimsy paperback which was as thin as a magazine. Instead of showing scenery from the time Laura lived in places, there were a lot of pictures of plain grasslands of the present time. I turned the page only to find a big picture of a piece of grass! How boring! To my dismay, there were no pictures of Mr. Edwards, Nellie Oleson, Mr. and Mrs. Boast, Mary Power, Reverend Alden, and absolutely no mention of the beloved bulldog, Jack. One advantage in owning this book is that it is much more detailed informative than the "Little House" books. We learn about Laura's younger brother, the fact that the Ingalls once owned a hotel, how Rose Wilder also had a son and died, and shockingly, that Rose obtained a divorce. If you are a hardcore enthusiast for Laura Ingalls Wilder things, then one reason you might want to get this book is because of the pictures from the Ingalls family album. There are lovely pictures of all of Laura's sisters, Ma, Pa, Rose, and Almanzo. The family portrait of the Wilder's is also a plus. Overall, this book was OK. The pictures of Laura and Almanzo's farm, homes, car, horses, and family settings are all good and the information is refreshing. However, the author fails to mention numerous important people in Laura's childhood as well as pictures of them. Instead of putting pictures of friends and family, he puts in way too much scenery from which the pictures were taken in the 1990's, and not from the 1880's.

A lovely book
A beautifully photographed book that gives the reader an idea of what the places in Wilder's books really looked like.These sights are what Laura was envisioning when she wrote her childhood memories.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1867-1957    2. 20th century    3. Authors, American    4. Biography    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Frontier and pioneer life    7. General    8. History: American    9. Homes and haunts    10. United States    11. Wilder, Laura Ingalls,    12. Biography & Autobiography / General    13. Children's literature studies: general    14. English    15. Places & peoples: general interest    16. USA    17. Wilder, Laura Ingalls   

Subjects:  1. Child psychology    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. General    4. Grammar, Comparative and gener    5. Grammar, Comparative and general    6. Language acquisition    7. Learning ability    8. Philosophy    9. Psychology    10. Semantics    11. Child & developmental psychology    12. Children's literature studies: general    13. Cognition & cognitive psychology    14. Popular psychology    15. Psycholinguistics    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

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what a find
for anyone wanting an insite into the world of the fairy tale,i could not think or a better place to start,each tale takes the reader onto a differant plane altogather,the wording,the moral implications(some of which we could well do with today!),are as captivating as thay are intresting,a wholey fantastic read

A Wonderful Textbook
If I was teaching a course on fairy tales, this book would be the course's primary text.Editor Jack Zipes compiled the book with such a purpose in mind and it's a job well done.The largest section, The Texts of the Great Fairy Tale Tradition, is comprised of fairy tale texts grouped into over 35 themes.Examples of themes include: Love Conquers All, Abandoned Children, Shrewd Cats, and Envious Sisters. Each theme has a minimum of two tales--usually more--with an introduction explaining the history of the theme and its tales.Zipes' introduction includes a definition of the literary fairy tale and its history as a genre.Critical essays by respected scholars are included in the Criticism section.Short biographies of the authors, black and white illustrations, and a selected bibliography add to the resources found inside.My only wish is that an index to aid with finding and cross-referencing tales had been included.This book makes a great reference book or textbook for the armchair scholar at an affordable price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Literature - General    2. Fairy Tales    3. Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology    4. Fiction    5. Folklore & Mythology    6. History and criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Literature: Folklore/Mythology    9. Children's literature studies: general    10. Folklore    11. Literary studies: 19th century   

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Invaluable to Alexander's fans
The Prydain Chronicles have become a fantasy classic, a collection of five novels and one short story collection that are considered by many to be up there just below J.R.R. Tolkien's works (which the Chronicles resemble, in their depth and use of mythology). Now Michael Tunnell's guide to the Prydain Chronicles has been rereleased, and it's definitely worth getting. Wonderful!
If you love the Prydain Chronicles, as I do, this companion is a must have.It's an excellent resource if you want to find out about a character in the Chronicles without going back and re-reading.It's veryeasy-to-use, and well done, one volume I definitely recommend adding toyour personal library when you have the chance. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alexander, Lloyd    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy    3. Children's stories    4. Children's stories, American    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    6. Chronicles of Prydain    7. Dictionaries    8. Fantasy fiction, American    9. General And Reference Works (Young Adult)    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Literature (Young Adult)    12. Reference - General    13. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic   

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Children's literature    5. History and criticism    6. History in literature    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature: Classics    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / Children's Literature   

Reviews (8)

Full of interesting facts....
I always wondered why someone would use a name that started with initials. This and other interesting facts are explained in this book by Sean Smith about the life of JK Rowling. If you are a fan of the Harry Potter series this book would be an enjoyable read.

Very good for book reports!
I read this book for a book report, and found that it was extremely interesting. While a bit dry at times, it got very interesting around the time at which she was getting the book published. I highly recommend this book for Harry Potter fans, and for teenagers needing to read biographies for book reports.

A must for Harry fans!
I found this book very entertaining. JK Rowling's life has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride but the downs like her messy marriage and her mother's long term illness made me want to turn the pages all the more to see how it all turned out for her. It's an unpretentious read packed with facts about the author that I had no idea about. You can't always believe what you read in the newspapers! It's fun joining the author in trying to find Harry Potter references in her own life story and this book doesn't take itself too seriously. JK Rowling is a good writer but her own story is a great one. Thoroughly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Children's Literature - General    5. Literary    6. Women Authors    7. Biography: general    8. English    9. Humor / General    10. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    11. Women    12. Rowling, J. K    13. Women authors, English    14. 20th century   

Subjects:  1. African Americans in literature    2. American - African American & Black    3. American - General    4. Children's Literature - General    5. Children's literature, American    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Myers, Walter Dean    10. Young adult literature, American    11. English    12. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    13. USA