The Norton anthology of children's literature
Subtitle: the traditions in English
By: Jack Zipes, general editor ... [et al.]
Contributors: Zipes, Jack David
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2471
Subjects: Children's literature, English; Children's literature, American
Description: A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 2429-2449) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Alphabets; title: Chapbooks; title: Primers and readers; title: Fairy tales; title: Animal fables; title: Classical myths; title: Legends; title: Religion: Judeo-Christian stories; title: Fantasy; title: Science fiction; title: Picture books; title: Comics; title: Verse; title: Plays; title: Books of instruction; title: Life writing; title: Adventure stories; title: School stories; title: Domestic fiction