Battling dragons
Subtitle: issues and controversy in children's literature
By: edited by Susan Lehr.
Contributors: Lehr, Susan S.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Children's literature -- History and criticism.; Children -- Books and reading.
Other titles: Issues and controversy in children's literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Books under fire : issues of censorship in children's literature; title: pt. 2. The changing world of girls and boys : exploring family values and children's roles; title: pt. 3. Themes of freedom and oppression : new grit in historical and realistic books; title: pt. 4. Heroes for childen : battling good and evil; title: pt. 5. Living in the real world of children's books.