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Author Cullingford, Cedric.

Title Children's literature and its effects : the formative years / Cedric Cullingford.

Publication Info. London ; Washington : Cassell, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 218 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Children, teachers, and learning
Children, teachers, and learning.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A secret world? Children's response to literature -- Reflections of real life: the ethos of schools -- Deliberate appeals: for children or to children? The case of Herbert Strang -- Formative years: the novels of Percy F. Westerman -- The perfect world of Enid Blyton -- Sense and sensuality: from Angela Brazil to Point romance -- Political correctness and the subversive: Judy Blume and the Baby-sitters club -- The exuberant incorrectness of Roald Dahl -- The attractions of escape: comics -- Preparation for the adult world? From Point horror to Stephen King -- Developing children's tastes in literature -- Conclusion.
Summary A study of children's authors who are typical of their time, such as Enid Blyton, Angela Brazil, Judy Blume and Ronald Dahl. The book discusses comics as well as "classic" texts, and the possible effects of these materials on children's attitudes.
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Subject Children -- Books and reading.
Children -- Books and reading.
Children's stories -- History and criticism.
Children's stories.
Popular literature -- History and criticism.
Popular literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Children.
Other Form: Print version: Cullingford, Cedric. Children's literature and its effects. London ; Washington : Cassell, 1998 (DLC) 97011790
ISBN 9781847140470 (electronic book)
1847140475 (electronic book)
9780304700929 (hardback)
0304700924 (hardback)
9780304700936
0304700924
0304700932