Adventures, fantasy, and dreams in children's literature
By: editor, Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer
Publisher: Linton Atlantic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge (UK); Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780981785462
Subjects: English Fantasy literature; Dreams in literature; History and criticism; Children's literature; Adventure stories
Notes: "Inspired by papers presented at the Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England in 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Adventures in children's literature, an introduction / Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer; title: Down the rabbit hole, out of the wardrobe, and into the light / Mary Bayer; title: Glimpses of the kingdom of God in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia / Deborah Taylor; title: A voyage of discovery: exploring a kaleidoscope of religion and culture in the writings of Mollie Hunter / Susan A. Cooper; title: From misfits to super heroes: the evolution of the orphan in children's literature / Jennifer Lovitt; title: Fantasy in children's literature, an introduction / Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer; title: P.L. Travers's Mary Poppins books as portals to western culture / Catherine Elick; title: Mary Poppins: English nanny or eastern guru? / Yvonne Fish-Kalland; title: Deconstructing the 'rabbit' in children's literature / Tamara Bergstrom and Dawna Underwood; title: A way in: children's alphabet books and their impact on religious/cultural mores / Katherine Thompson; title: Social intolerance and racism in a magical world / Eileen Sogoloff; title: Dreams in children's literature: an introduction / Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer; title: Anti-bias dreams for Native American portrayals in children's literature / Garnet Wind; title: The religious aspects in Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly and other sources / Cora Phelps Dunkley; title: Amelia Etta Hall Johnson's God's way: the antidote to drink / Geri Jacobs; title: Authors of Oxford: adventures, fantasy, and dreams in children's literature / Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer and M.W. Farmer.