Children's Literature

by M.O. Grenby

This critical guide provides a concise yet comprehensive history of British andNorth American children's literature from its seventeenth-century origins to the present day.Each chapter focuses on one of the main genres of children's literature: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, the school story, and poetry. M. O. Grenby shows how these forms have evolved over three hundred years as well as asking why most children's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748622748
• ISBN13: 9780748622740
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher