Title: The power of place
First published: 1998
Description: The author discusses the books and writers published between 1970 and 1989. She argues that the New Zealand seascape and landscape have been powerful forces in our children's literature. Inherently dangerous, they have given rise to to stories of challenge and adventure. She also shows how a sense of place has given writers a way of exploring characters and their points of view, as well as the concerns of contemporary society. The book includes extensive bibliographies grouped by author, geographic location and dates of publication.
Subjects: History and criticism, Books and reading, New Zealand fiction, Landscape in literature, Children, Children's stories, New Zealand, Landscapes in literature, Children's literature, history and criticism, New zealand fiction, history and criticism, Children, books and reading
Places: New Zealand
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR9632.6.C45 H43 1998