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From:Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe primary focus of work in the area of translation studies is to observe the continuum in which a translation takes place; the textual and extratextual constraints imposed on the translator (Bassnet & Lefevere 1998,...
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From:Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of LiteratureNesbit, E.in full Edith (b. Aug. 15, 1858, London, Eng.--d. May 4, 1924, New Romney, Kent) British children's author, novelist, and poet. Nesbit led an ordinary country life in Kent, which provided scenes for her...
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From:Romance Notes (Vol. 57, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIMPORTANT writers tend to be recognized in terms of one book, J.D. Salinger or Nellie Campobello, for example, or for innovative style and imagination, such as contemporary novelists William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia...
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From:Reading Time (Vol. 53, Issue 3)Seconds from Puffin are The Minivers--Minivers Fight Back Natalie Jane Prior, Ruby Clair: Ghost with a Message Mary K. Perhsall ($14.95 pbk); Scholastic has Clearheart, a flitterwig tale Edrei Cullen ($17.99 pbk);...
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From:Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn May 2016, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo created a Kickstarter campaign to publish a picture book that featured biographies of exceptional women in history aimed at young readers. Their goal was to create new...
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From:TLS. Times Literary Supplement (Issue 5971)Adult nostalgia for the "Golden Age" of children's literature--the period from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries during which The Water-Babies, The Jungle Book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Wind in...
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From:The Horn Book Magazine (Vol. 91, Issue 3)In 1998, news anchor Peter Jennings and producer Todd Brewster created The Century, a hefty pictorial history covering pivotal events from the twentieth century related by those who had witnessed them. A year later, in...
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From:Reading Time (Vol. 56, Issue 4)Sequels or more for the younger reader include: HGE/Little Hare Charlie Burr 3 And the Crazy Cockroach Disaster Sally Morgan, Ambelin, Blaze & Ezekiel Kwaymullina/Peter Sheehan ($14.95 pbk); HarperCollins/ A&R No 11...
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From:The Horn Book Magazine (Vol. 88, Issue 1)Every time critics and writers declare rock-and-roll dead, it rises again; re-tuned, rebranded, and repackaged for a new generation. Signs of life abound: Green Day's Gen Y suburban angst, captured in their mini rock...
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From:MELUS (Vol. 36, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedToni and Slade Morrison and Pascal Lemaitre's reworkings of three of Aesop's fables, collected in a combined edition under the title of Who's Got Game? in 2007, were first published as individual children's books in...
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From:Reading Time (Vol. 54, Issue 1)Reading Time exchanges with a small number of overseas journals that are devoted to children's and YA books, such as Nous Voulons Lire from France. This magazine covers the same territory as Reading Time with its...
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From: Language Arts[(essay date May 1976) In the following essay, Stott attempts to define the literary strengths of Norton's The Borrowers, suggesting that the underlying motifs of sight, being seen, and insight thematically unite the...
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From: The Bible and Popular Culture in America[(essay date 1985) In the following essay, Phy studies the American tradition of Biblical adaptations for children, identifying trends, philosophies, and traits that mark the best and most enduring of these works.]...
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From: International Journal of English Studies[(essay date 2002) In the following essay, Arndt analyzes the marginalization of the individual within the community or country in Lavin's short fiction, paying particular attention to the constraints of Victorian social...
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From: Censored Books II: Critical Viewpoints, 1985-2000[(essay date 2002) In the following essay, Finnessy offers a critical defense of two of the most well known and controversial gay-themed picture books for children, Michael Willhoite's Daddy's Roommate and Lesléa...
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From: School Librarian[(essay date September 1979) In the following essay, Board examines the philosophy behind Turner's books.] Philip Turner has a self-acknowledged penchant for trains and for writing about them: mechanical things are to...
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From: The Horn Book MagazineWhat happens to the Kingdom of Heaven when the King dies? And what has this to do with children's literature? Children's books, as readers of this journal are well aware, are capable of expressing just about any idea,...
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From: School Library JournalThis picture book centers around a T-ball team on which everyone has "lost one" except for the narrator. Therein lies the dilemma--the elusive "one" that has been lost. It turns out to be a tooth. To no surprise, a home...
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From: Publishers Weekly[(review date 14 August 2000) In the following review, the reviewer describes Price's children's book A Perfect Friend as a sophisticated, haunting exploration of grief, friendship, and love.] In [A Perfect Friend,]...
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From: The Marble in the Water: Essays on Contemporary Writers of Fiction for Children and Young Adults[(essay date 1980) In the following essay, Rees praises Fox for her superb use of rhythm and language.] The distinction and beauty of the words she uses and her absolute command of subtlety and nuance in rhythms and...