Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children's and Adolescent Literature
A revelation of the powerful alternative to sexism offered by children’s literature
Perils of Protection
Shipwrecks, Orphans, and Children's Rights
An analysis of children’s rights in literature
Mothers in Children's and Young Adult Literature
From the Eighteenth Century to Postfeminism
From didactic nursery rhymes to Coraline and The Hunger Games, an engagement with the vital figure of the mother
Posthumanism in Young Adult Fiction
Finding Humanity in a Posthuman World
A tracking of the fascinating connections between adolescence and the concerns of posthumanism
Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults
A Collection of Critical Essays
An examination of the tremendous influence and power of US comics for youth in the twenty-first century
Reading in the Dark
Horror in Children's Literature and Culture
Considerations of horror from Struwwelpeter to Coraline, Shrek, and Monsters, Inc.
Between Generations
Collaborative Authorship in the Golden Age of Children's Literature
How children and adults collaborated to create some of the most beloved works in literature
Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna
A Children's Classic at 100
A thorough examination of the context and impact of the irrepressibly optimistic literary darling
Little Red Readings
Historical Materialist Perspectives on Children’s Literature
A compelling case for the need to analyze children’s literature from a Marxist perspective
Reading Like a Girl
Narrative Intimacy in Contemporary American Young Adult Literature
How novels targeted at teens engage narrator and reader in intimate dramas of friendship, love, identity, and sexuality
Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss
How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature
An illustrated biography of the innovative geniuses who created children’s classics