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Behold the Child
Aimed at anyone interested in the history of children's literature, this book also offers the general reader an insight into the changing face of American childhood through three centuries.
A Likely Lad
Pressured by his father to leave school for a career he doesn't want, a nineteenth-century Manchester boy runs away and gains a new perspective on his future.
The Elephant War
Based on a true incident in 1882, this gentle satire set in Victorian England is the story of how Aunt Louisa, young Harriet, and others protest against Jumbo's tour of America. Jumbo is "the elephant friend of all England's children", and they're determined to keep him there.
The Best Type of Girl
Geïllustreerde geschiedenis van meisjessscholen in Engeland. Aandacht voor nonnenscholen, kostscholen, vriendschappen, godsdienst, discipline, crises en het onderwijzend personeel.
The Italian Spring
When her latest guardian dies, a twelve-year-old English girl is relieved when a distant cousin offers her a home in Italy.
Mouldy's Orphan
A sympathic girl dreams of adopting an orphan into her crowded family, but when she actually finds one her parents are not at all happy about it.
The Echoing Green
A social history of nineteenth century England and the United States as reflected in the biographies, diaries, and letters of contemporary people.
Russian Fairy Tales
Three of Pushkin's magical fairy tales in new translations, accompanied by Ivan Bilibin's stunning original illustrations, in a beautiful hardcover edition Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, was fascinated by Russia's folk history, adapting its fairy tales into captivating poetic versions. In the early twentieth century, the book illustrator Ivan Bilibin likewise fell under the spell of Old Russia, drawing on both folk motifs and art nouveau to produce beautiful illustrations to accompany Pushkin's poems. This irresistible new edition presents three of Pushkin's fairy tales ("The Tale of Tsar Saltan," "The Fisherman and the Fish," and "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel") in new version...
Representations of Childhood Death
Recent events such as the massacres in Dunblane and Arkansas, the deaths of children in terrorist attacks, civil wars and famines, children born with AIDS, and the many abductions and murders of children - including some by children - have placed childhood death firmly in the public consciousness. But how do we understand what it means for a child to die? This book examines the way the deaths of children have been dealt with at different times and in different media. Each contributor has focused on a different way of representing the deaths of children - from superstitions about malign child ghosts through mothers' diaries to horror fiction - and more.
