Since its emergence in the seventeenth century as a distinctive cultural system, children's literature has had a culturally inferior status resulting from its e

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The most accessible and joyous introduction to the world of poetry! The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems for ki

This collection gives sustained attention to the literary dimensions of children’s poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While reasserting the im

“The study of children’s literature is not just about children and the books said to be for them; it is also about the societies and cultures from which the