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The Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature
- Title
- The Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature / Bernice E. Cullinan and Diane G. Person, editors.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Continuum, 2003.
- Description
- xviii, 863 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Other contributors
- Cullinan, Bernice E. Person, Diane Goetz.
- Portion of title
- Encyclopedia of children's literature
- Notes
- "A Giniger book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Adventure stories
- African American literature
- African literature
- American Library Association
- American literature before 1900
- American literature, 1900-1945
- American literature, 1945-60
- American literature: contemporary
- Animal stories
- Asian and Asian American literature
- Australian literature
- Awards
- Awards: publishing trends
- Bible in children's literature
- Biography
- Book clubs for children
- Book clubs for teachers
- Book design
- Books as film
- Books for the very young
- British literature
- Caldecott medal
- Canadian literature
- Caribbean literature
- Carnegie medal
- Censorship
- Chapter books for beginning readers
- Children's Book Council
- Classic novels
- Comic books and graphic novels
- Critical theorists
- Crossovers: children's books for adult readers
- Death and dying in children's literature
- De Grummond reference collection
- Disabled in children's and young adult literature
- Disney, entertainment and publishing
- Drama
- Easy-to-read books
- Editors of note
- Fairy tales
- Family stories
- Fantasy
- Fine arts
- Folklore
- High interest-easy reading book series
- Holocaust
- How-to books
- Humor
- Illustration
- Indian (East) literature
- Informational books
- Informational books, an author's point of view
- International board on books for young people
- International literature
- International Reading Association
- Internet resources for children
- Kate Greenway medal
- Kerlan collection
- Coretta Scott King awards
- Latina/o literature
- Librarians and publishing
- Librarians and storytelling
- Libraries and children's reading programs
- Magazines and periodicals
- Middle-grade stories
- Miniature books
- Mother goose
- Movable books (pop-up books)
- Multicultural literature
- Music and children's literature
- Mystery and detective stories
- Mythology and legend
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Native American literature
- Newbery medal
- New Zealand literature
- Orbis Pictus award
- Picture books
- Picture books for older readers
- Poetry in children's literature
- Professors of children's literature
- Publishers and book publishing in the United States
- Publishers, independent
- Reading Rainbow and children's literature on television
- Realistic fiction
- Research on children's literature
- Review journals
- School stories
- Science fiction
- Series books
- Society of children's book writers and illustrators
- Sports stories
- Storyographies: picture-book biographies
- Storytelling
- Storytelling: a professional point of view
- Survival stories
- Technology and communication
- Translation
- Visual literacy
- Young adult literature.
- Summary
- Covers 150 years of children's literature in 1,200 biographical- critical entries and nearly 100 topical articles.
- Subject headings
- Children's literature--Encyclopedias. Children's literature--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries. Children--Books and reading--Encyclopedias.
- ISBN
- 0826415164