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Peer reviewedMcVitty, Walter – Social Education, 1984
This bibliographic essay discusses how Australian children's books and adolescent literature reflect Australian society. For example, Australian society tends to be male dominated; problems of a boy growing up in a mainly macho world are dealt with in Southall's "Josh" and "Walk a Mile" and in Phipson's "A Tide…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Area Studies, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
