Peter C. Kunze
Conversations with Maurice Sendak
Over forty years of interviews with one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century, an American original who redefined the picture book and changed children’s literature—and its readers—forever
Staging a Comeback
Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance
- Copyright year: 2023
Producing Children
Critical Studies in Childhood Creativity
Children’s culture is not only culture for children; it’s culture by children — yet scholars of children’s culture overwhelmingly center work by adults for children. Producing Children acknowledges and theorizes children as cultural producers, underscoring how such creativity empowers children as active participants in their own culture, and helps us to reconceive our understandings of children themselves.
- Copyright year: 2025
Taking a Stand
Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals
A comprehensive study of comedy as social discourse and how comedians influence public opinion
Producing Children
Critical Studies in Childhood Creativity
Children’s culture is not only culture for children; it’s culture by children — yet scholars of children’s culture overwhelmingly center work by adults for children. Producing Children acknowledges and theorizes children as cultural producers, underscoring how such creativity empowers children as active participants in their own culture, and helps us to reconceive our understandings of children themselves.
- Copyright year: 2025