The first section of this book contains an interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer on writing for children, an eighteenth century fairy tale by Samuel Johnson with an accompanying critique, three articles about illustrators of children's books, a discussion of two British classics in children's literature, and essays on historical periods of…

This volume applies critical literary standards to the field of children's literature in a long-range effort to improve its quality and teaching. Contributors and editors represent international scholarship in all of the humanities, as well as in the specific area of children's literature. Articles span topics from European children's literature…

This collection of articles reflects humanists' interest in searching out and studying good literature for children. Five of the seventeen articles were originally presented at a symposium on children and literature in the Middle Ages. Other articles discuss the concept of "writing for children," provide reproductions of Chinese…