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(More customer reviews)If you teach children's literature, or think about children's literature, or have children or were once a child, this mighty compendium is for you. It offers in its rich pages a history of children's literature and an array of works, not only in extract but in more than 40 examples of complete stories, from Peter Pan to Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry. The many introductions and glosses are written with spirit and verve: Dr Seuss described as "high-spirited anarchy" or Frog and Toad as "perfect books of their kind." Alphabets and chapbooks, primers, fairy tales (including ten versions of Little Red Riding Hood, from Perrault to Francesca Lia Block), picture books, nursery rhymes, comics, fantasy and sf, school stories and more are included, from authors as hallowed as Newbery and as modern as Nikki Grimes. This kind of anthology is always dependent on what one can get permission to reprint,under that stricture its editors have done marvelously well. Online resources keyed to this title are also available. Profusely illustrated with black and white images, a section of good color plates is included.
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