Understanding Children's Literature
The specialized material, introductory approach, and plenitful bibliography would make this an excellent text for a graduate course in children's literature. Approachable but noy jargon-laden, this volume could give students of nearly any critical preference a jump-start into their own research.–Bonnie Gaarden, edinboro university of Pennsylvannia, American Literature, March 2002The bibliographical utility and survey of the strengths and weaknesses of various critical approaches are sure to make this an influential text in the teaching of children's literature..–Canadian Literature, Summer 2002--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.