Creating books for the young in the New South Africa
Subtitle: essays on authors and illustrators of children's and young adult literature
By: edited by Barbara A. Lehman, Jay Heale, Anne Hill, Thomas van der Walt and Magdel Vorster ; foreword by Elwyn Jenkins ; afterword by Beverley Naidoo
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780786475513; 9781476617169
Subjects: Illustrator; South African Young adult literature; Jugendbuchautor; Illustratörer; Illustrators; Författare; Jugendliteratur; Books and reading; Literature; Kinderbuchautor; History and criticism; Barnlitteratur; Kinderliteratur; In literature; Children; Children's literature, South African
Description: "Analyzes work of 29 authors and illustrators. South African children's and youth literature, highly regarded internationally, has a long history. South Africa produces the highest quality literature in Africa. Its traditions, while unique, resonate within the larger world of children's literature. The African diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere have stories rooted in these oral traditions"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index.