Boys and girls forever
Subtitle: children's classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter
By: Alison Lurie
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780142002520
Subjects: Jeugdliteratuur; Children's stories, English; Children's stories, American; Critique et interprétation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Histoire et critique; Books and reading; Enfants; Kinderliteratur; Histoires pour enfants américaines; Jugendliteratur; Children; Histoires pour enfants anglaises; Livres et lecture
Description: Presents fourteen essays on classic and contemporary children's literature, exploring the lives of notable authors and contending that the best writers for children hold on to some essence of childhood even as adults.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: The underduckling : Hans Christian Andersen; title: Little women and big girls : Louisa May Alcott; title: The oddness of Oz; title: Is there anybody there? : Walter de la Mare's solitary child; title: John Masefield's boxes of delight; title: Moomintroll and his friends; title: Dr. Seuss comes back; title: Haroun and the sea of stories; title: The perils of Harry Potter; title: What fairy tales tell us; title: Boys and girls come out to play : children's games; title: Poetry by and for children; title: Louder than words : children's book illustrations; title: Enchanted forest and secret gardens : nature in children's literature.