Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Roald Dahl.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Mary Norton.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Dr. Seuss.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Leon Garfield.

Provides a critical introduction to children's literature in Canada.

Provides a critical introduction to African children's and youth literature.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Ellen Raskin.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Betsy Byars.

What should children read? As children's literature authority Leonard S. Marcus shows, that question created a rambunctious children's book publishing scene in colonial times, and went on to fuel the transformation of twentieth-century children's book publishing from genteel backwater to big business. Marcus delivers a provocative look at the fierce turf wars fought among pioneering editors, progressive educators, and librarians throughout the twentieth...

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Patricia MacLachlan.