The Courage to Imagine: The Child Hero in Children's Literature

by Roni Natov

Book Overview

The act of imagining lies at the very heart of children's engagements with literature and with the plots and characters they encounter in their favorite stories. The Courage to Imagine is a landmark new study of that fundamental act of imagining. Roni Natov focuses on the ways in which children's imaginative engagement with the child hero figure can open them up to other people's experiences, developing empathy across lines of race, gender...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350111759
• ISBN13: 9781350111752
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"