Written for children
Subtitle: an outline of English-language children's literature
By: John Rowe Townsend.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.; Children's literature, Commonwealth (English) -- History and criticism.; Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.
Notes: "25th anniversary edition."

Previous ed.: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-346) and index.

"... includes study of Children's books in the United States and the Commonwealth and a whole section on English, American and Australian development spanning the period 1945-1989."