The Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature
Title:
The Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature
JLCTITLE245:
Bernice E. Cullinan & Diane G. Person, editors.
Publication Information:
New York : Continuum, 2003.
Physical Description:
xviii, 863 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780826415165
General Note:
"A Ginger Book."
Abstract:
Covers 150 years of children's literature in 1,200 biographical-critical entries and nearly 100 topical articles.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre:
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Encyclopedia of children's literature
Contents:
Adventure stories -- African American literature -- African literature -- American Library Association -- American literature before 1900 -- American literature, 1900-1945 -- American literature, 1945-60 -- American literature: contemporary -- Animal stories -- Asian and Asian American literature -- Australian literature -- Awards -- Awards: publishing trends -- Bible in children's literature -- Biography -- Book clubs for children -- Book clubs for teachers -- Book design -- Books as film -- Books for the very young -- British literature -- Caldecott medal -- Canadian literature -- Caribbean literature -- Carnegie medal -- Censorship -- Chapter books for beginning readers -- Children's Book Council -- Classic novels -- Comic books and graphic novels -- Critical theorists -- Crossovers: children's books for adult readers -- Death and dying in children's literature -- De Grummond reference collection -- Disabled in children's and young adult literature -- Disney, entertainment and publishing --Drama -- Easy-to-read books -- Editors of note -- Fairy tales -- Family stories -- Fantasy -- Fine arts -- Folklore -- High interest-easy reading book series -- Holocaust -- How-to books -- Humor -- Illustration -- Indian (East) literature -- Informational books -- Informational books, an author's point of view -- International board on books for young people -- International literature -- International Reading Association -- Internet resources for children -- Kate Greenway medal -- Kerlan collection -- Coretta Scott King awards -- Latina/o literature -- Librarians and publishing -- Librarians and storytelling -- Libraries and children's reading programs -- Magazines and periodicals -- Middle-grade stories -- Miniature books -- Mother goose -- Movable books (pop-up books) -- Multicultural literature -- Music and children's literature -- Mystery and detective stories -- Mythology and legend -- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) -- Native American literature -- Newbery medal -- New Zealand literature -- Orbis Pictus award -- Picture books -- Picture books for older readers -- Poetry in children's literature -- Professors of children's literature -- Publishers and book publishing in the United States -- Publishers, independent -- Reading Rainbow and children's literature on television -- Realistic fiction -- Research on children's literature -- Review journals -- School stories -- Science fiction -- Series books -- Society of children's book writers and illustrators -- Sports stories -- Storyographies: picture-book biographies -- Storytelling -- Storytelling: a professional point of view -- Survival stories -- Technology and communication -- Translation -- Visual literacy -- Young adult literature.