![]() ![]() Haldane characters, Andy Pandy to Tiger Tim, Captain Nemo to Shere Khan and Winnie-the-Pooh literary and historicalbackground, Puritans and penny dreadfuls, libraries and reviewers, racism and sexism mythical and legendary creatures, trolls, dragons, witches, giants, dwarfs, and goblins national surveys, including the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Australia, and India.Written both to entertain and instruct, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature is a reference work no one interested in the world of children's books should be without. ![]() The range of literature covered includestraditional narrative materials such as legends as romances fairy tales chapbooks genres such as school stories, adventure stories, doll stories, and science fiction ABC and other learning books children's magazines, comics, and story papers picture books teenage novels children's hymns andchildren's stories on radio television and film.Other entries include: concise plot summaries, from familiar favourites like The Secret Garden to less well-known works such as My Friend Mr Leaky by the eminent scientist J. Over 900 biographical entries deal with authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who have influenced the development of children's literature. The indispensable reference book for anyone concerned with children's books. ![]()
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