Download e-book for kindle: The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Oxford Quick by Daniel Hahn

By Daniel Hahn

The final thirty years have witnessed the most fertile sessions within the historical past of kid's books: the flowering of innovative representation and writing, the Harry Potter phenomenon, the increase of younger grownup and crossover fiction, and books that take on terribly tricky matters. The Oxford better half to kid's Literature offers an vital and interesting reference consultant to the realm of kid's literature. Its 3,500 entries cover
every style from fairy stories to chapbooks; college tales to technology fiction; comics to kid's hymns.

Originally released in 1983, the significant other has been comprehensively revised and up to date by way of Daniel Hahn. Over 900 new entries carry the publication correct brand new. a complete iteration of latest authors and illustrators are showcased, with books like Dogger, The starvation video games, and Twilight making their first visual appeal. There are articles on advancements equivalent to manga, fan fiction, and non-print publishing, and there's more information on prizes and prizewinners.

This available A to Z is the 1st position to appear for info concerning the authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who've stimulated the advance of kid's literature, in addition to the tales and characters at their centre. Written either to entertain and to coach, the hugely acclaimed Oxford better half to kid's Literature is a reference paintings that nobody attracted to the area of kid's books might be without.

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