CONTENTS
Alternate Table of Contents by Genre =xx
Preface =xxxv
"BOOK" by George Ella Lyon(b. 1949) =xliii
PART1 TO TEACH OR TO ETERTAIN? =1
C.S.LeWIS(1898-1963) =6
"On Three Ways of Writing for Children" =6
Sheila Egoff (1918-2005) =6
Sheila Egoff(1918-2005) =12
"Precepts, Pleasures, and Portents: Changing Emphases in Children's Literature" =12
John Rowe Townsend (b. 1922) =16
"Didacticism in Modern Dress" =16
Aelfric(c. 955-c.1010) =19
"Carius est nobis flagellari pro doctrina quam nescire" =20
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) =23
"Little Red Riding-HOOD" =23
"The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" =24
"Blue Beard" =27
sarah Trimmer(1741-1810) =29
"On the Care Which Is Requisite in the Choice of Books for Children" =29
Review of The History of Little Goody Two Shoes =31
Review of Nursery Tales =31
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) =32
"Against Idleness and Mischief" =32
"The Sluggard" =33
"Obedience to Parents" =33
Robert Southey(1774-1843) =33
"The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" =34
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) =35
"The Purple Jar" =35
"The Birthday Present" =38
Jane Taylor (1783-1824) =44
"The Little Fisherman" =44
Jane Tayor 91783-1824) and Ann Taylor gilbert(1782-1866) =45
"The Star" =46
Mary Botham Howitt(1799-1888) =46
"The Spider and the Fly" =47
Peter Parlery (Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1793-1860) =48
"The Pleasure Boat : or, The Broken Promise" =48
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) =50
From A Wonder Book For Boys and Girls =51
Tangle woodd Play-Room =51
The Paradise of Children =52
Jacob Abbott(1803-79) =59
"Notice to Parents" =60
From Rollo Learning to Talk =61
Feeding the Chickens =61
The Dog in the Water =61
The Great Black Bear =62
Lewis Carroll(1832-98) =62
From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland =63
Chapter 1. down the Rabit-Hole =63
Chapter 5. Advice from a Caterpillar =69
Chapter 10. The Lobster Quadrille =73
From Chapter 12. Alice's Evidence =76
From Through the Looking Glass =77
Chapter 8. Jo Meets Apollyon =82
Mark Twain (1835-1910) =87
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =88
Elizabeth Enright (1909-68) =90
From The saturdays =91
Saturday Two =91
Beverly Cleary (b. 1916) =99
Chapter 1. Ramona's Great Day =100
Gary Paulsen(b. 1939) =106
From The Island =107
R.L.Stine (b. 1943) =109
Fom Be Careful What You Wish For... =109
Floyd Cooper (b. 1956) =118
Coming Home : From The Life of Langston Hughes =118
Langston HUGHES (1902-67) =121
" Aunt Sue's Stories" =122
Lucille Clifton (b. 1936) =123
"Elevator" =124
"Under the Rainbow" =124
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
C. S. LeWIS (1898-1963), The LION, the Witch and the Wardrobe =124
Louise Fitzhugh (1928-74), Harriet the Spy =125
PART 2 SUBJECTION OF THE CHILD OR SUBVERSION
OF ADULT AUTHORITY? =127
Alison Lurie (b. 1926) =130
" A Child's Garden of Subversion " =130
Marina Warner (b. 1946) =133
John Huddlestone Wynne (1743-188) =141
"Of the Danger of Pleasure " =141
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) =142
"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" =143
Jacob Grimm(1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =146
"Hansel and Gretel" =149
"Mother Holle" =152
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) =153
"The Emperor's New (1809-94) =156
"The Sad Tale of the Match-Box" =157
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1809-1907) =158
From The Story of a Bad Boy =158
Chapter 7. One Memorable Night =158
Chapter 8. The Adventures of a Fourth =162
Chapter 7. One Memorable Night =158
Chapter 8 . The Adventures fo a Fourth =162
L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942) =166
From Anne of Green Gables =166
Chaper 10. Anne's Apology =166
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) =169
From Pippi Longstocking,
Chapter 3. Pippi Plays Tag with Some Policemen =170
Nina Mikkelsen (b. 1942) =186
From The Abduction =187
"On Writing The abduction" =195
Gudrun Pausewang(b. 1928) =196
From The Final Journey = 196
Libby Hathorn (b. 1943) =201
"Up Taree Way" =201
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Mildred Taylor (b. 1943), Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry =206
PART 3 ORAL AND wRITTEN LITERARY TRADITIONS =209
Ashanti Tribe (Africa) =218
"How Spider Obtatined the Sky-God's Stories" =219
Anne Pellowski (b. 1933) =220
From The World of Storytelling =221
Chapter 4. Folk Storytelling =232
Chapter 15. Visuality, Orality, Literacy : Their Meaning in Relation to Storytelling for Entertainment, Education, and Health =244
Kay F. Stone (b. 1939) =253
" Oral Narration in Contemporary North America" =253
Bruno Bettelheim (1903-90) =264
Bruno Bettelheim (1939) =253
"Oral Narration in Contemporary North America" =253
Bruno Bettelheim (1903-90) =264
"Reflections: The Uses of Enchatment" =265
Maria Tatar (b. 1945) =284
"Reading Fairy Tales" =284
John Langstaff (1920-2005) =291
"The Oral Tradition : Alive, Alive-oh" =292
Iona Opie (b. 1923) and Peter Opie (1918-92) =294
From The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes =296
" Pat-a-cake" =296
"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" =296
"Hey Diddle Diddle" =297
"Mary, Mary, quite Contrary" =297
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" =297
"Jack and Jill" =298
"Ladybird, Ladybird" =298
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" ==299
"Three Blind Mice" =300
" I See the Moon" =301
"Humpty Dumpty" =301
"In Marble Halls" =302
"Little Miss Muffet" =302
"As I Was Going to St. Ives" =304
"Wee Willie Winklie" =304
Kate Greenaway(1846-1901) =305
A Apple Pie =305
Folk Song =306
"The Tree in the Wood" =306
Jame Still (1906-2001) =306
From An Appalachian Mother Goose =308
Preface =308
"Pat-a-cake" =308
"Humpth Dumpty" =308
"Hey Diddle Diddle" =308
"Jack and Jill" =309
"The Man in the Moon" =309
Folk Song =310
"A Frog Went A-Courting" =311
Edward Lear (1812-88) =312
"The Owl and the Pussy-cat" =312
"The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker, and the Tongs" =313
"There Was an Old Man with a Beard" =314
"There Was an Old Man of Bohemia" =314
"There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" =315
Shel Silverstein (1932-99) =315
"Sarah Cynthia sylvia Stout Would Not Take the garbage Out" =316
"Zebra Question " =317
Jeanne Steig(b. 1930)and William Steig (1907-2003) =317
"Worrywart" =318
Grace Nichols (b. 1950) =319
From Come On into My Tropical Garden =319
"Poor grandma" =319
"Riddle" =320
"Wha Me Mudder Do" =320
"I Like to Stary Up" =320
"Moon-Gazer" =320
"The Sun" =321
"They Were My People" =321
"Sky" =321
"I Am the Rain" =321
"For Forest" =322
"Sea Timeless Song" = 322
Shonto Begay (B. 1954) =323
From Navajo visions and Voices Across the Mesa =323
"Creation" =323
"Grandmother" =324
"In My Mother's Kitchen" =324
Josph Bruchac (b. 1942) and Gayle Ross(b. 1951) =325
The Story of the Milky Way : A Cherokee Tale =325
Terri Cohlene (b. 1950)=327
Dancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend =327
Ovid (43 B.C.E.-17 or 18 C.E.) =330
"The Story of Daedalus and Icarus" =330
Aesop's Fables =332
"The Bear and the Two Travelers" =333
"The Cat and Venus" =333
"The Crow and the Pitcher" =334
"The Fox and the Goat" =334
"The Fox and Grapes" =335
"The Hare and Tortoise" =335
"The Hen and the Golden Eggs" =336
"Gercules and Wagoner" =336
"the Lion and the Mouse" =336
"Mercury and the Workmen" =337
"The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk" =338
"The North Wind and the Sun" =338
"The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf" =339
"The Town Mouse and the country Mouse" =339
"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" =340
Chinua Achebe(b. 1930) =340
"How Christen Asbjornsen *1812-85) =342
"The Pancake" =343
African American Ballad =345
"John Henry" =345
James Berry (b. 1926) =346
"Anancy and the Making of the Bro Title" =346
Diane Wolkstein(b. 1942) =350
From The Magic Orange Tree =351
Introduction =351
"The Magic Orange Tree " =353
"Mother of the Waters" =356
Angela Carter(1949-92) =358
"Vasilissa the Fair" =359
Rieko Okuhara(b. 1974) =359
"Hachi-kazuki-hime: The princess Who Wore a Hachi" =363
Marie Le Prince de beaumont (1711-80) =366
"Beauty and the Beast" =367
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =373
"snow-White and the seven Dwarfs" =374
"Rapunzel" =378
"The Water of Life" =380
Ballad =382
"Kemp Owye (The Laidly Worm)" =383
Jane Yolen(b. 1939) =384
"The Brothers Grimm and sister jane" =386
"The Brothers Grimm an sister Jane" =386
"Dove Isabeau" =389
Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) =393
"Jack and the Beanstalk" =394
Appalachian Folktale =397
"Munsmeg" =398
R.Rex Stephenson(b. 1943) =401
"Mutsmag" =402
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Virginia Hamilton(1936-2002), The People could : American Black Folktales =410
PART 4 REALISM AND FANTASY =411
Elizabeth Segel (b. 1938) =417
"realism and Children's Literature : Notes from a Historical Perspective" =417
C.W. Sullivan III(b. 1944) =420
"Fantasy" =420
Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929) =428
"why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" =429
Perry Nodelman (b. 1945) =432
"Liking and Not Liking Fantasy" =432
Charles Dickens (1812-70) =433
From Hard Times =434
Chapter 1. The One Thing Needful =434
Chapter 2. Murdering the Innocents =434
Chapter 3. A Loophole =437
Carlo Lorenzini (Carlo Collodi)(1826-90) =439
From A Child's Garden of Verses =443
"The Land of Counterpane" =443
"My Shadow" =443
"Foreign children " =443
"Foreign Lands" =444
"The Unseen Playmate " =444
"My Kingdom" 444
"the Land of Sory-Books" =445
"The Flowes" 445
"The Dumbsoldier =445
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) and W.W. Denslow(1856-1915) =446
Frin Father Goose, His Book =447
From The Wonerfyk Wizard =Oz=448
Introducion =448
Chapter 3. HoW Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow =450
Kenneth Grahame(859-1932) =453
From The Wind in the Willows =455
Chapter 2. The Open Road =455
Chapter 5. Dule Dule Domum =460
E.B. White (1889-1985) 467
From Charlotte's Web =468
chapetr 13. Good Proggress =468
chapter 14. DR. Dorian =471
Philippa Pearce (b. 1920) =473
From Tom's Midnight Garden
Chapeter 9. Hatty =473
Chapter 10. Games and Tales =475
Madeleing L'ngle (B. 1918) =478
From A Wrinkle in Time =479
Chapter 1. Mrs. Whatsit =479
Chapter2. Mrs. Who=485
Chapter3. Mrs. Which =489
Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943) =495
"knoxville, tennessee" =495
Gillian Rubinstein(b. 1942) =496
"Dolphin Dreaming" =496
Maya Angelou(b. 1928) =502
"I Love the Look of Words" =502
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Ted Hughes (1930-98), The Iron Giant =503
Virginia Hamilton(1936-2002) , Zeely=503
Katherine Paterson (b. 1932), Bridge to Terabithia =503
Monica Hughes (1925-2003), The Keeper of the Isis Light =504
Lois Lowry(b. 1937), The Giver =504
PART 5. BOY'S BOOKS AND GIGLS' BOOKS: GENDER ISSUES =507
Elizabeth Segel(b. 1938) =511
" 'As the Twig Is Bent ...' : Gender and Childhood Reading"
Louise Bernikow(b. 1940) =524
"Cinderella : Saturday Afternoon at the MOVIES " =525
Charles perrault (1728-1703) =534
" Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper" =534
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =538
"Ashputtle" =541
Micmac (Native American) =541
"The Indian Cinderella" retold by Cyrus MACmillan =542
Thomas Hughes (1822-96) =543
From Tom Brown's School Days =543
Chapter 5. Rugby and Football =544
Chapter 6. After the Match =552
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) =559
From Little Women =560
Chapter 7. Amy's Valley of Humiliation =560
Chapter 9. Meg Goes to Vanity Fair =563
Chapter 34. Friend =571
Mark Twain(1835-1910) =578
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =579
Chapter 6. Self-Examination-Dentistry-The Midnight Charm-
Witches and Devils -Cautious Approaches-Happy Hours =579
Chapter 20. Becky in a Dilemma-Tom's Novility Asserts Itself =583
William Dean Howells (187-1920) =585
Review of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =586
Robert Louis Stevenson(1850-94) =587
From Treasure Island =588
Chapter 13. How My Shore Adventure Began =588
Chapter 14. The First Blow =590
Chapter 15. The Man of the Island =592
Frances Hodgson Burnett(1849-1924) =595
From the secret garden =595
Chapter1. there is no one left =595
Chapter2. mistress mary quite contrary =597
Chapter3. across the moor =601
Chapter4. martha =602
Chaper27. in the garden =609
Elizabeth lennox keyser(b.1942) =615
"'Quite contrary': frances hodgson burnett's the secret garden" =615
E. vincent maillay(1892-1950) =622
"Friends" =622
L.M. montgomery(1874-1942) =623
From emily of new moon =624
Chapter29. sacrilege =624
From emily's quest =628
Franklin W. dixon =636
"A little ghostly history" by leslie mcfarlane =636
From the tower treasure =638
Chapter1. the speed demon =638
Chapter2. the stolen roadster =639
Carolyn keene =642
"Keeping nancy drew alive" by sara paretsky =642
From the secret of the old clock =644
Chapter1. the lost will =644
Isabelle holland(1920-2002) =647
From the man without a face =648
Katherine paterson(b.1932) =662
Fom jacob have i loved =663
Phyllis reynolds naylor(b.1933) =676
From the year of the gopher =677
Christopher paul curtis(b.1954) =692
From the watsons go to birmingham-1963 =692
Chapter3. the world's greatest finosaur war ever =692
Victor martinez(b.1949) =697
From parrot in the oven: mi vida =698
Chapter7. the boxing match =698
Further recommended reading =705
Part6 Words and pictures =707
Perry nodelman(b.1942) =714
"The relationship of pictures and words" =715
Maurice sendak(b.1928) =729
From caldecott & co: notes on books & pictures =730
"Winsor mccay" =730
"Rancolph caldecott" =733
Johan amos comenius(1592-1670) =735
"The ship-wreck" =735
Thomas bewick(1753-1828) =736
From a general history of quadrupeds =737
From a history of british birds, volume 1 =737
From a history of british birds, volume 2 =738
Walter crane(1845-1915) =738
"Rapunzel" =740
Randolph caldecott(1846-86) =741
From hey diddle diddle =742
From three jovial huntsman =742
Kate greenaway(1846-1901) =743
From under the window =744
Beatrix potter(1866-1943) =744
From the roly-poly pudding =746
Wanda ga@g(1893-1946) =747
From snow white and the seven dwarfs =748
Clement hurd(1908-88) =748
Fome the runaway bunny =749
Robert mccloskey(1914-2003) =750
From blueberries for sal =751
Garth williams(1912-1996) =751
From bedtime for frances =753
From charlotte's web =753
Maurice sendak(b.1928) =754
"Hans my hedgehog" =754
Mercer mayer(b.1943) =755
From frog goes to dinner =756
Tom feelings(1933-2003) =757
From jambo means hello =758
Mitsumasa anno(b.1926) =758
From anno's alphabet: an adventure in imagination =760
Trina schart hyman(1939-2004) =760
From jane, wishing =761
Chris van allsburg(b.1949) =762
From the z was zapped: a play in twenty-six acts =763
Futher recommended reading
Beatrix potter(1866-1943), the tale of peter rabbit =764
Maurice sendak(b.1928), where the wild things are =764
Part7 Satires and spin-offs: reworking classic children's literature =767
Julaine gillispie(b.1975) =775
"American film adaptations of the secret garden: reflections of historical and sociological change" =775
Joe winston(b.1953) =787
"Revising the fairy tale through magic: antonia barber's the enchanter's daughter" =787
Antonia barber(b.1932) =793
The enchanter's daughter =794
Fiona french(b.1944) =798
Snow white in new york =798
Jon c. stott(b.1939) =799
"'Will the real dragon please stand up?' convention and parody in children's stories" =800
E. nesbit(1858-1924) =805
"The last of the dragons" =806
Jack prelutsky(b.1940) =809
From the dragons are singing tonight =810
"A dragon's lament" =810
"My dragon's been disconsolate" =810
"My dragon wasn't feeling good" =810
"Dragonbrag" =810
"I have a secret dragon" =810
"If you don't believe in dragons" =811
Roald dahl(1916-90) =811
"Little red riding hood and the wolf" =812
Vivian vande velde(b.1951) =813
"Twins" =813
Sara henderson hay(1906-87) =818
"Juvenile court" =819
Francesca lia block(b.1962) =819
From weetzie bat =820
"Weetzie wants a baby" =820
Bruce coville(b.1950) =824
"Am i blue?" =825
Ellen seiter(b.1957) =830
"Toy-based videos for girls: my little pony" =830
Marina warner(b.1946) =844
"Boys will be boys: the making of the male" =844
Further recommended reading
Priscilla galloway(b.1930), truly grim tales =851
Jane yolen(b.1939), briar rose =852
Part8 Values and censorship =853
Mark i. west(b.1955) =857
"Teaching banned children's books" =858
Judy blume(b.1938) =862
From forever... =863
Hazel rochman(b.1938), masha kabakow rudman(b.1933), and diane stanley(b.1943) =866
"Is that book politically correct? truth and trends in historical literature for young people" =867
Herbert R. kohl(b.1937) =877
"Should we burn babar? questioning power in children'sliterature" =877
Hans christian andersen(b.1805-75) =891
"The little mermaid" =892
A. waller hastings(b.1952) =903
"Moral simplification in disney's the little mermaid" =903
Mark twain(1835-1910) =909
From adventures of huckleberry finn =910
E.L.doctorow(b.1931) and david bradley(b.1950) =916
"Huck, continued" =917
May justus(1898-1989) =919
New boy in school =920
Louise fitzhugh(1928-74) =926
From nobody's family is gonig to change =927
Katherine paterson(b.1932) =937
From the great gilly hopkins =938
Harassing miss harris =938
Homecoming =941
"Hope and happy endings" =942
Lee harding(b.1937) =949
"Night of passage" =949
Laura ingalls wilder(b.1867-1957) =954
From little house on the prairie =955
Chapter11. indians in the house =955
Chapter21. indian jamboree =958
Chapter23. indian war-cry =960
Chapter24. indians ride away =963
Michael dorris(1945-97) =965
"Trusting the words" =966
Louise erdrich(b.1954) =970
From the birchbark house =971
Chapter1. the birchbark house =971
Chapter2. Old tallow =974
Chapter3. The return =978
Jon stott(b.1939) =983
"Discovery and recovery in children's novels by native writers" =983
Marilyn nelson(b.1946) =987
From a wreath for emmett till =987
Further recommended reading
Paula fox(b.1923), the slave dancer =988
E.L.konigsburg(b.1930), the view from saturday =988
Selected bibliography: history and criticism of children's literature =989
Timeline of children's literature =995
Credits =1003
Index =1011
Alternate Table of Contents by Genre =xx
Preface =xxxv
"BOOK" by George Ella Lyon(b. 1949) =xliii
PART1 TO TEACH OR TO ETERTAIN? =1
C.S.LeWIS(1898-1963) =6
"On Three Ways of Writing for Children" =6
Sheila Egoff (1918-2005) =6
Sheila Egoff(1918-2005) =12
"Precepts, Pleasures, and Portents: Changing Emphases in Children's Literature" =12
John Rowe Townsend (b. 1922) =16
"Didacticism in Modern Dress" =16
Aelfric(c. 955-c.1010) =19
"Carius est nobis flagellari pro doctrina quam nescire" =20
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) =23
"Little Red Riding-HOOD" =23
"The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" =24
"Blue Beard" =27
sarah Trimmer(1741-1810) =29
"On the Care Which Is Requisite in the Choice of Books for Children" =29
Review of The History of Little Goody Two Shoes =31
Review of Nursery Tales =31
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) =32
"Against Idleness and Mischief" =32
"The Sluggard" =33
"Obedience to Parents" =33
Robert Southey(1774-1843) =33
"The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" =34
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) =35
"The Purple Jar" =35
"The Birthday Present" =38
Jane Taylor (1783-1824) =44
"The Little Fisherman" =44
Jane Tayor 91783-1824) and Ann Taylor gilbert(1782-1866) =45
"The Star" =46
Mary Botham Howitt(1799-1888) =46
"The Spider and the Fly" =47
Peter Parlery (Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1793-1860) =48
"The Pleasure Boat : or, The Broken Promise" =48
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) =50
From A Wonder Book For Boys and Girls =51
Tangle woodd Play-Room =51
The Paradise of Children =52
Jacob Abbott(1803-79) =59
"Notice to Parents" =60
From Rollo Learning to Talk =61
Feeding the Chickens =61
The Dog in the Water =61
The Great Black Bear =62
Lewis Carroll(1832-98) =62
From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland =63
Chapter 1. down the Rabit-Hole =63
Chapter 5. Advice from a Caterpillar =69
Chapter 10. The Lobster Quadrille =73
From Chapter 12. Alice's Evidence =76
From Through the Looking Glass =77
Chapter 8. Jo Meets Apollyon =82
Mark Twain (1835-1910) =87
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =88
Elizabeth Enright (1909-68) =90
From The saturdays =91
Saturday Two =91
Beverly Cleary (b. 1916) =99
Chapter 1. Ramona's Great Day =100
Gary Paulsen(b. 1939) =106
From The Island =107
R.L.Stine (b. 1943) =109
Fom Be Careful What You Wish For... =109
Floyd Cooper (b. 1956) =118
Coming Home : From The Life of Langston Hughes =118
Langston HUGHES (1902-67) =121
" Aunt Sue's Stories" =122
Lucille Clifton (b. 1936) =123
"Elevator" =124
"Under the Rainbow" =124
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
C. S. LeWIS (1898-1963), The LION, the Witch and the Wardrobe =124
Louise Fitzhugh (1928-74), Harriet the Spy =125
PART 2 SUBJECTION OF THE CHILD OR SUBVERSION
OF ADULT AUTHORITY? =127
Alison Lurie (b. 1926) =130
" A Child's Garden of Subversion " =130
Marina Warner (b. 1946) =133
John Huddlestone Wynne (1743-188) =141
"Of the Danger of Pleasure " =141
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) =142
"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" =143
Jacob Grimm(1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =146
"Hansel and Gretel" =149
"Mother Holle" =152
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) =153
"The Emperor's New (1809-94) =156
"The Sad Tale of the Match-Box" =157
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1809-1907) =158
From The Story of a Bad Boy =158
Chapter 7. One Memorable Night =158
Chapter 8. The Adventures of a Fourth =162
Chapter 7. One Memorable Night =158
Chapter 8 . The Adventures fo a Fourth =162
L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942) =166
From Anne of Green Gables =166
Chaper 10. Anne's Apology =166
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) =169
From Pippi Longstocking,
Chapter 3. Pippi Plays Tag with Some Policemen =170
Nina Mikkelsen (b. 1942) =186
From The Abduction =187
"On Writing The abduction" =195
Gudrun Pausewang(b. 1928) =196
From The Final Journey = 196
Libby Hathorn (b. 1943) =201
"Up Taree Way" =201
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Mildred Taylor (b. 1943), Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry =206
PART 3 ORAL AND wRITTEN LITERARY TRADITIONS =209
Ashanti Tribe (Africa) =218
"How Spider Obtatined the Sky-God's Stories" =219
Anne Pellowski (b. 1933) =220
From The World of Storytelling =221
Chapter 4. Folk Storytelling =232
Chapter 15. Visuality, Orality, Literacy : Their Meaning in Relation to Storytelling for Entertainment, Education, and Health =244
Kay F. Stone (b. 1939) =253
" Oral Narration in Contemporary North America" =253
Bruno Bettelheim (1903-90) =264
Bruno Bettelheim (1939) =253
"Oral Narration in Contemporary North America" =253
Bruno Bettelheim (1903-90) =264
"Reflections: The Uses of Enchatment" =265
Maria Tatar (b. 1945) =284
"Reading Fairy Tales" =284
John Langstaff (1920-2005) =291
"The Oral Tradition : Alive, Alive-oh" =292
Iona Opie (b. 1923) and Peter Opie (1918-92) =294
From The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes =296
" Pat-a-cake" =296
"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" =296
"Hey Diddle Diddle" =297
"Mary, Mary, quite Contrary" =297
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" =297
"Jack and Jill" =298
"Ladybird, Ladybird" =298
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" ==299
"Three Blind Mice" =300
" I See the Moon" =301
"Humpty Dumpty" =301
"In Marble Halls" =302
"Little Miss Muffet" =302
"As I Was Going to St. Ives" =304
"Wee Willie Winklie" =304
Kate Greenaway(1846-1901) =305
A Apple Pie =305
Folk Song =306
"The Tree in the Wood" =306
Jame Still (1906-2001) =306
From An Appalachian Mother Goose =308
Preface =308
"Pat-a-cake" =308
"Humpth Dumpty" =308
"Hey Diddle Diddle" =308
"Jack and Jill" =309
"The Man in the Moon" =309
Folk Song =310
"A Frog Went A-Courting" =311
Edward Lear (1812-88) =312
"The Owl and the Pussy-cat" =312
"The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker, and the Tongs" =313
"There Was an Old Man with a Beard" =314
"There Was an Old Man of Bohemia" =314
"There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" =315
Shel Silverstein (1932-99) =315
"Sarah Cynthia sylvia Stout Would Not Take the garbage Out" =316
"Zebra Question " =317
Jeanne Steig(b. 1930)and William Steig (1907-2003) =317
"Worrywart" =318
Grace Nichols (b. 1950) =319
From Come On into My Tropical Garden =319
"Poor grandma" =319
"Riddle" =320
"Wha Me Mudder Do" =320
"I Like to Stary Up" =320
"Moon-Gazer" =320
"The Sun" =321
"They Were My People" =321
"Sky" =321
"I Am the Rain" =321
"For Forest" =322
"Sea Timeless Song" = 322
Shonto Begay (B. 1954) =323
From Navajo visions and Voices Across the Mesa =323
"Creation" =323
"Grandmother" =324
"In My Mother's Kitchen" =324
Josph Bruchac (b. 1942) and Gayle Ross(b. 1951) =325
The Story of the Milky Way : A Cherokee Tale =325
Terri Cohlene (b. 1950)=327
Dancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend =327
Ovid (43 B.C.E.-17 or 18 C.E.) =330
"The Story of Daedalus and Icarus" =330
Aesop's Fables =332
"The Bear and the Two Travelers" =333
"The Cat and Venus" =333
"The Crow and the Pitcher" =334
"The Fox and the Goat" =334
"The Fox and Grapes" =335
"The Hare and Tortoise" =335
"The Hen and the Golden Eggs" =336
"Gercules and Wagoner" =336
"the Lion and the Mouse" =336
"Mercury and the Workmen" =337
"The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk" =338
"The North Wind and the Sun" =338
"The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf" =339
"The Town Mouse and the country Mouse" =339
"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" =340
Chinua Achebe(b. 1930) =340
"How Christen Asbjornsen *1812-85) =342
"The Pancake" =343
African American Ballad =345
"John Henry" =345
James Berry (b. 1926) =346
"Anancy and the Making of the Bro Title" =346
Diane Wolkstein(b. 1942) =350
From The Magic Orange Tree =351
Introduction =351
"The Magic Orange Tree " =353
"Mother of the Waters" =356
Angela Carter(1949-92) =358
"Vasilissa the Fair" =359
Rieko Okuhara(b. 1974) =359
"Hachi-kazuki-hime: The princess Who Wore a Hachi" =363
Marie Le Prince de beaumont (1711-80) =366
"Beauty and the Beast" =367
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =373
"snow-White and the seven Dwarfs" =374
"Rapunzel" =378
"The Water of Life" =380
Ballad =382
"Kemp Owye (The Laidly Worm)" =383
Jane Yolen(b. 1939) =384
"The Brothers Grimm and sister jane" =386
"The Brothers Grimm an sister Jane" =386
"Dove Isabeau" =389
Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) =393
"Jack and the Beanstalk" =394
Appalachian Folktale =397
"Munsmeg" =398
R.Rex Stephenson(b. 1943) =401
"Mutsmag" =402
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Virginia Hamilton(1936-2002), The People could : American Black Folktales =410
PART 4 REALISM AND FANTASY =411
Elizabeth Segel (b. 1938) =417
"realism and Children's Literature : Notes from a Historical Perspective" =417
C.W. Sullivan III(b. 1944) =420
"Fantasy" =420
Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929) =428
"why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" =429
Perry Nodelman (b. 1945) =432
"Liking and Not Liking Fantasy" =432
Charles Dickens (1812-70) =433
From Hard Times =434
Chapter 1. The One Thing Needful =434
Chapter 2. Murdering the Innocents =434
Chapter 3. A Loophole =437
Carlo Lorenzini (Carlo Collodi)(1826-90) =439
From A Child's Garden of Verses =443
"The Land of Counterpane" =443
"My Shadow" =443
"Foreign children " =443
"Foreign Lands" =444
"The Unseen Playmate " =444
"My Kingdom" 444
"the Land of Sory-Books" =445
"The Flowes" 445
"The Dumbsoldier =445
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) and W.W. Denslow(1856-1915) =446
Frin Father Goose, His Book =447
From The Wonerfyk Wizard =Oz=448
Introducion =448
Chapter 3. HoW Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow =450
Kenneth Grahame(859-1932) =453
From The Wind in the Willows =455
Chapter 2. The Open Road =455
Chapter 5. Dule Dule Domum =460
E.B. White (1889-1985) 467
From Charlotte's Web =468
chapetr 13. Good Proggress =468
chapter 14. DR. Dorian =471
Philippa Pearce (b. 1920) =473
From Tom's Midnight Garden
Chapeter 9. Hatty =473
Chapter 10. Games and Tales =475
Madeleing L'ngle (B. 1918) =478
From A Wrinkle in Time =479
Chapter 1. Mrs. Whatsit =479
Chapter2. Mrs. Who=485
Chapter3. Mrs. Which =489
Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943) =495
"knoxville, tennessee" =495
Gillian Rubinstein(b. 1942) =496
"Dolphin Dreaming" =496
Maya Angelou(b. 1928) =502
"I Love the Look of Words" =502
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Ted Hughes (1930-98), The Iron Giant =503
Virginia Hamilton(1936-2002) , Zeely=503
Katherine Paterson (b. 1932), Bridge to Terabithia =503
Monica Hughes (1925-2003), The Keeper of the Isis Light =504
Lois Lowry(b. 1937), The Giver =504
PART 5. BOY'S BOOKS AND GIGLS' BOOKS: GENDER ISSUES =507
Elizabeth Segel(b. 1938) =511
" 'As the Twig Is Bent ...' : Gender and Childhood Reading"
Louise Bernikow(b. 1940) =524
"Cinderella : Saturday Afternoon at the MOVIES " =525
Charles perrault (1728-1703) =534
" Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper" =534
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm(1786-1859) =538
"Ashputtle" =541
Micmac (Native American) =541
"The Indian Cinderella" retold by Cyrus MACmillan =542
Thomas Hughes (1822-96) =543
From Tom Brown's School Days =543
Chapter 5. Rugby and Football =544
Chapter 6. After the Match =552
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) =559
From Little Women =560
Chapter 7. Amy's Valley of Humiliation =560
Chapter 9. Meg Goes to Vanity Fair =563
Chapter 34. Friend =571
Mark Twain(1835-1910) =578
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =579
Chapter 6. Self-Examination-Dentistry-The Midnight Charm-
Witches and Devils -Cautious Approaches-Happy Hours =579
Chapter 20. Becky in a Dilemma-Tom's Novility Asserts Itself =583
William Dean Howells (187-1920) =585
Review of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer =586
Robert Louis Stevenson(1850-94) =587
From Treasure Island =588
Chapter 13. How My Shore Adventure Began =588
Chapter 14. The First Blow =590
Chapter 15. The Man of the Island =592
Frances Hodgson Burnett(1849-1924) =595
From the secret garden =595
Chapter1. there is no one left =595
Chapter2. mistress mary quite contrary =597
Chapter3. across the moor =601
Chapter4. martha =602
Chaper27. in the garden =609
Elizabeth lennox keyser(b.1942) =615
"'Quite contrary': frances hodgson burnett's the secret garden" =615
E. vincent maillay(1892-1950) =622
"Friends" =622
L.M. montgomery(1874-1942) =623
From emily of new moon =624
Chapter29. sacrilege =624
From emily's quest =628
Franklin W. dixon =636
"A little ghostly history" by leslie mcfarlane =636
From the tower treasure =638
Chapter1. the speed demon =638
Chapter2. the stolen roadster =639
Carolyn keene =642
"Keeping nancy drew alive" by sara paretsky =642
From the secret of the old clock =644
Chapter1. the lost will =644
Isabelle holland(1920-2002) =647
From the man without a face =648
Katherine paterson(b.1932) =662
Fom jacob have i loved =663
Phyllis reynolds naylor(b.1933) =676
From the year of the gopher =677
Christopher paul curtis(b.1954) =692
From the watsons go to birmingham-1963 =692
Chapter3. the world's greatest finosaur war ever =692
Victor martinez(b.1949) =697
From parrot in the oven: mi vida =698
Chapter7. the boxing match =698
Further recommended reading =705
Part6 Words and pictures =707
Perry nodelman(b.1942) =714
"The relationship of pictures and words" =715
Maurice sendak(b.1928) =729
From caldecott & co: notes on books & pictures =730
"Winsor mccay" =730
"Rancolph caldecott" =733
Johan amos comenius(1592-1670) =735
"The ship-wreck" =735
Thomas bewick(1753-1828) =736
From a general history of quadrupeds =737
From a history of british birds, volume 1 =737
From a history of british birds, volume 2 =738
Walter crane(1845-1915) =738
"Rapunzel" =740
Randolph caldecott(1846-86) =741
From hey diddle diddle =742
From three jovial huntsman =742
Kate greenaway(1846-1901) =743
From under the window =744
Beatrix potter(1866-1943) =744
From the roly-poly pudding =746
Wanda ga@g(1893-1946) =747
From snow white and the seven dwarfs =748
Clement hurd(1908-88) =748
Fome the runaway bunny =749
Robert mccloskey(1914-2003) =750
From blueberries for sal =751
Garth williams(1912-1996) =751
From bedtime for frances =753
From charlotte's web =753
Maurice sendak(b.1928) =754
"Hans my hedgehog" =754
Mercer mayer(b.1943) =755
From frog goes to dinner =756
Tom feelings(1933-2003) =757
From jambo means hello =758
Mitsumasa anno(b.1926) =758
From anno's alphabet: an adventure in imagination =760
Trina schart hyman(1939-2004) =760
From jane, wishing =761
Chris van allsburg(b.1949) =762
From the z was zapped: a play in twenty-six acts =763
Futher recommended reading
Beatrix potter(1866-1943), the tale of peter rabbit =764
Maurice sendak(b.1928), where the wild things are =764
Part7 Satires and spin-offs: reworking classic children's literature =767
Julaine gillispie(b.1975) =775
"American film adaptations of the secret garden: reflections of historical and sociological change" =775
Joe winston(b.1953) =787
"Revising the fairy tale through magic: antonia barber's the enchanter's daughter" =787
Antonia barber(b.1932) =793
The enchanter's daughter =794
Fiona french(b.1944) =798
Snow white in new york =798
Jon c. stott(b.1939) =799
"'Will the real dragon please stand up?' convention and parody in children's stories" =800
E. nesbit(1858-1924) =805
"The last of the dragons" =806
Jack prelutsky(b.1940) =809
From the dragons are singing tonight =810
"A dragon's lament" =810
"My dragon's been disconsolate" =810
"My dragon wasn't feeling good" =810
"Dragonbrag" =810
"I have a secret dragon" =810
"If you don't believe in dragons" =811
Roald dahl(1916-90) =811
"Little red riding hood and the wolf" =812
Vivian vande velde(b.1951) =813
"Twins" =813
Sara henderson hay(1906-87) =818
"Juvenile court" =819
Francesca lia block(b.1962) =819
From weetzie bat =820
"Weetzie wants a baby" =820
Bruce coville(b.1950) =824
"Am i blue?" =825
Ellen seiter(b.1957) =830
"Toy-based videos for girls: my little pony" =830
Marina warner(b.1946) =844
"Boys will be boys: the making of the male" =844
Further recommended reading
Priscilla galloway(b.1930), truly grim tales =851
Jane yolen(b.1939), briar rose =852
Part8 Values and censorship =853
Mark i. west(b.1955) =857
"Teaching banned children's books" =858
Judy blume(b.1938) =862
From forever... =863
Hazel rochman(b.1938), masha kabakow rudman(b.1933), and diane stanley(b.1943) =866
"Is that book politically correct? truth and trends in historical literature for young people" =867
Herbert R. kohl(b.1937) =877
"Should we burn babar? questioning power in children'sliterature" =877
Hans christian andersen(b.1805-75) =891
"The little mermaid" =892
A. waller hastings(b.1952) =903
"Moral simplification in disney's the little mermaid" =903
Mark twain(1835-1910) =909
From adventures of huckleberry finn =910
E.L.doctorow(b.1931) and david bradley(b.1950) =916
"Huck, continued" =917
May justus(1898-1989) =919
New boy in school =920
Louise fitzhugh(1928-74) =926
From nobody's family is gonig to change =927
Katherine paterson(b.1932) =937
From the great gilly hopkins =938
Harassing miss harris =938
Homecoming =941
"Hope and happy endings" =942
Lee harding(b.1937) =949
"Night of passage" =949
Laura ingalls wilder(b.1867-1957) =954
From little house on the prairie =955
Chapter11. indians in the house =955
Chapter21. indian jamboree =958
Chapter23. indian war-cry =960
Chapter24. indians ride away =963
Michael dorris(1945-97) =965
"Trusting the words" =966
Louise erdrich(b.1954) =970
From the birchbark house =971
Chapter1. the birchbark house =971
Chapter2. Old tallow =974
Chapter3. The return =978
Jon stott(b.1939) =983
"Discovery and recovery in children's novels by native writers" =983
Marilyn nelson(b.1946) =987
From a wreath for emmett till =987
Further recommended reading
Paula fox(b.1923), the slave dancer =988
E.L.konigsburg(b.1930), the view from saturday =988
Selected bibliography: history and criticism of children's literature =989
Timeline of children's literature =995
Credits =1003
Index =1011