num_pages: 224
description: Readers in Wonderland ranges from William Steig's small picture books to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic series; from utopias like L. Frank Baum's Oz to dystopias like Virginia Hamilton's Dustland; from less known works like Patricia Wrightson's to the phenomenon that is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.
language: English
title: Readers In Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction
titlecomplete: Readers In Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 19
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Myth and Fantasy Studies
publisher: Continuum