Historical dictionary of children's literature /

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Author / Creator:O'Sullivan, Emer, 1957-
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xxix, 341 pages)
Language:English
Series:Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 46
Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 46.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234406
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ISBN:9780810874961
0810874962
9780810860803
0810860805
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9781282922273
9786612922275
6612922273
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
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Summary:Children's literature comes from a number of different sources-folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for children, and material authored specifically for them-and its audience ranges from infants through middle graders to young adults (readers from about 12 to 18 years old). Its forms include picturebooks, pop-up books, anthologies, novels, merchandising tie-ins, novelizations, and multimedia texts, and its genres include adventure stories, drama, science fiction, poetry, and information books. The Historical Dictionary of Children's Literatur.
Other form:Print version: O'Sullivan, Emer. Historical dictionary of children's literature. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010 9780810860803