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Authors: Anne Lundin
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In this pioneering historical study, Anne Lundin argues that schools, libraries, professional organizations, and the media together create and influence the con
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Children's literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes. This book offers fresh insights into some o
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Authors: Karen Sánchez-Eppler
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-09 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Because childhood is not only culturally but also legally and biologically understood as a period of dependency, it has been easy to dismiss children as histori
Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010
Language: en
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Authors: Paula T. Connolly
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The first comprehensive study of slavery in children's literature, Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010 historicizes the ways generations of aut
Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature
Language: en
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Authors: Emer O'Sullivan
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Children's literature comes from a number of different sources-folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for childr