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Feeling
Like
a
Kid:
Childhood
and
Children's Literature (Johns Hopkins University
Press, Fall 2006). From
Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter, this book examines
classic and popular works for children and and
identifies themes and childhood sensations
conspicuous in the genre (Snugness, Scariness,
Smallness, Lightness, and Aliveness). |
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The
Meanings
of
"Beauty
and
the Beast" (Broadview Press, 2004). Using
Beaumont’s classic tale as a touchstone, this work
explores the manifold meanings of "Beauty and the
Beast" in terms of its sources, related tales,
contemporary retellings, critical interpretations,
illustrations, and film versions. Finalist for
Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award (2005, 2006,
and 2007). |
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The
Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
(New York: Signet Books, 2000). New edition based on
original text, with Introduction and Bibliography. |
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Is History
Real? A Multimedia Meditation on "Sleeping Beauty" (Campanile Press, 2000).
An hour-long, multimedia CD-ROM that employs the
methods of cognitive science to explain how children
are acculturated and taught to believe in history.
Perrault's "Sleeping Beauty" is examined as an
example of this process of acculturation.
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The Prince and the Pauper , by Mark Twain. Penguin
Books, December 1997. Completely new edition of text
created from U.S., Canadian and British first
editions; Introduction, and other materials. As an E-Book. |
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Audacious
Kids:
Coming
of
Age
in America's Classic Children's Books . Oxford University
Press (New York, 1992). Ie-naki-ko
no Monogatari (Japanese
translation/edition); A Un Sha (Kyoto,
1995). The
Classic
American
Children's
Story:
Novels of the Golden Age (revised paperback
edition. Viking/Penguin Books (New York, 1996).
The work examines changing American attitudes
towards the child through investigations of famous
juvenile characters in childhood classics of the
"Golden Age" (1865-1914): The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Little
Lord Fauntleroy , The Secret Garden,
The Prince and the Pauper, Tarzan of
the Apes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Toby Tyler, Little Women , Pollyanna,
and Hans Brinker. "Outstanding Book of
the Year Award": Children's
Literature Association (1995). Review by
Michiko Kakutani in the New
York Times.
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The
Children's Books of Randall Jarrell . Introduction by Mary
Jarrell. Pictures by Garth Williams and Maurice
Sendak. University of Georgia Press, 1988. The work
appraises the themes and illustrations that appeared
in Jarrell's four children's books: The
Gingerbread Rabbit, The Bat-Poet , Fly
by Night, and The Animal Family.
Children's Literature Assoc. Book Award finalist. |
Tim Burton's "Alice in
Wonderland,"
