Beyond Babar
Subtitle: the European tradition in children's literature
By: edited by Sandra L. Beckett, Maria Nikolajeva.
Contributors: Beckett, Sandra L., 1953-; Nikolajeva, Maria.
Publisher: Children's Literature Association and the Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780810854154
Subjects: Children's literature, European -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Earth hanging in infinity: Janusz Korczak's King Matt the First / Lilia Ratcheva-Stratieva; title: The taming of the two: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince / Claire Malarte-Feldman; title: A misunderstood tragedy: Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking books / Maria Nikolajeva; title: Creating the eternal farewell: Tove Jansson's Moomin novels / Janina Orlov; title: Blue train, red flag, rainbow world: Gianni Rodari's The Befana's toyshop / Ann Lawson Lucas; title: Modernism for children? Cecil Bødker's Silas and the Black Mare / Helene Høyrup; title: Michel Tournier retells the Robinson Crusoe myth: Friday and Robinson: life on Speranza Island / Sandra L. Beckett; title: About a factory-made boy: Christine Nöstlinger's story about Conrad / Sabine Fuchs; title: A neverending success story? Michael Ende's return trip to Fantastica / Dieter Petzold; title: "We were a pair": Peter Pohl's Johnny, my friend / Roberta Seelinger Trites; title: Philosophical homework of universal amazement? Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's world / Harald Bache-Wiig; title: What do we translate when we translate children's literature? / Maria Nikolajeva.