Title Thursday's child : trends and patterns in contemporary children's literature / Sheila A. Egoff.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
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Description	xv, 323 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents	Children's literature and how it grew -- Survival of the fittest: selection from the golden ages of children's literature -- Realistic fiction -- New fantasy: Epic and heroic fantasy ; Enchanted realism ; Beast tales and animal fantasy ; Light fantasy -- Science fiction -- Historical fiction -- Folklore, myth, and legend -- Poetry -- Picture books -- European children's novel in transition.
Form	Also issued online.
Subject	Children's literature -- History and criticism.
	Children's literature.
	Children -- Books and reading -- United States.
	Children -- Books and reading.
	United States.
	Littérature de jeunesse -- Histoire et critique.
	Children.
Other Form:	Online version: Egoff, Sheila A. Thursday's child. Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, 1981 (OCoLC)561565085
ISBN	0838903274
	9780838903278