International companion encyclopedia of children's literature

• Preface

• Contributors

• 1
• Introduction: Definitions, Themes, Changes, Attitudes

• 2
• Internationalism, the Universal Child and the World of Children's Literature

• I
• Theory and Critical Approache

• 3
• Theorising and Theories: The Conditions of Possibility of Children's Literature

• 4
• Criticism and the Critical Mainstream

• 5
• Critical Tradition and Ideological Positioning

• 6
• History and Culture

• 7
• Linguistics and Stylistics

• 8
• Reader-Response Criticism

• 9
• Psychoanalytical Criticism

• 10
• Feminism Revisited

• 11
• Picture Books and Illustration

• 12
• Narrative Theory and Children's Literature

• 13
• Intertextuality and the Child Reader

• 14
• Comparative Children's Literature

• 15
• Bibliography

• II
• Forms and Genres

• 16
• Ancient and Medieval Children's Texts

• 17
• Texts In English Used by Children, 1550-1800

• 18
• Myth and Legend

• 19
• Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

• 20
• Playground Rhymes and the Oral Tradition

• 21
• Children's Rhymes and Folklore: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches

• 22
• Catechistical, Devotional and Biblical Writing

• 23
• Contemporary Religious Writing

• 24
• The Development of Illustrated Texts and Picture Books

• 25
• The Picture-Book: Modern and Postmodern

• 26
• Shaping Boyhood: British Empire Builders and Adventurers

• 27
• Childhood, Didacticism and the Gendering of British Children's Literature

• 28
• Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls

• 29
• Contemporary Comics

• 30
• Poetry

• 31
• Animal Stories

• 32
• High Fantasy

• 33
• Domestic Fantasy: Real Gardens with Imaginary Toads

• 34
• The Family Story

• 35
• School Stories

• 36
• Pony Books

• 37
• Historical Fiction

• 38
• War

• 39
• Horror

• 40
• Science Fiction

• 41
• Series Fiction

• 42
• Teenage Fiction: Realism, Romances, Contemporary Problem Novels

• 43
• Crossover Literature

• 44
• Writers for Adults, Writers for Children

• 45
• Metafictions and Experimental Work

• 46
• Drama

• 47
• Story-telling

• 48
• Children's Information Texts

• III
• Contexts

• 49
• Children's Book Design

• 50
• Children's Book Publishing

• 51
• Reviewing and Scholarly Journals

• 52
• Censorship

• 53
• Awards and Award-Winners

• 54
• Television

• 55
• Film

• 56
• Libraries, Research Collections and Museums

• 57
• What the Authors Tell Us

• IV
• Applications

• 58
• Teaching Fiction

• 59
• Reading and Literacy

• 60
• Selecting Books for Younger Readers

• 61
• Teaching Children's Literature in Higher Education

• 62
• Publishing for Special Needs

• 63
• Librarianship

• 64
• Bibliotherapy and Psychology

• 65
• Creative Writing for Children - a Practical Approach

• V
• National and International

• 66
• The World of Children's Literature: An Introduction

• 67
• Culture and Developing Countries

• 68
• Children's Literature Organisations: An International Overview

• 69
• Postcolonialism: Originating Difference

• 70
• Translating for Children: Theory

• 71
• Translating for Children: Practice

• 72
• Africa African Children's Literature: an Overview

• French-speaking Africa

• English-Speaking Africa

• 73
• Arabic Children's Literature

• 74
• Australia

• 75
• Austria

• 76
• The Baltic Countries

• 77
• Belgium

• 78
• Brazi