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Brand-Name Fiction.
Heins, Ethel L. – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Comments on the literary productivity of Harriet Adams, author of the Nancy Drew series and argues against classifying her work as quality childrens' literature. (AEA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism
Perspectives on Criticism.
Kingsbury, Mary – Horn Book Magazine, 1984
Discusses the current state of criticism of children's literature and calls for its improvement. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
The Truth with Some Stretchers.
Girard, Linda W. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Discusses the biographies of Jean Fritz, demonstrating that in the hands of an artist, biography benefits from the use of the conjectural tools of fiction, such as created dialogue or interior monologue. (ARH)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Dialogs (Literary)
A Second Look: "Emily of New Moon."
Fryatt, Norma R. – Horn Book Magazine, 1986
Recommends Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel, which first appeared in l923. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Females, Literary Criticism
A Second Look: "The Stone-Faced Boy."
McDonnell, Christine – Horn Book Magazine, 1984
Notes that "The Stone-Faced Boy" illustrates author Paula Fox's clarity of insight and graceful writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism
The Weak Place in the Cloth: A Study of Fantasy for Children, Part II
Langton, Jane – Horn Book Magazine, 1973
Discusses the elements that make some children's fiction memorable. (TO)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Fiction
Beyond Death: Children's Books and the Hereafter.
Kimmel, Eric A. – Horn Book Magazine, 1980
Considers concepts of death and the afterlife presented in children's literature of previous centuries and in several recent books for children, including "The Farthest Shore" by Ursula Le Guin, "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren, and "Song of the Pearl" by Ruth Nichols. (GT)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Death, Literary Criticism
Bertha Mahony Miller as a Booklover and a Bibliophile
Haviland, Virginia – Horn Book Magazine, 1974
Reviews the life and works of Bertha Mahony Miller, a collector of children's books and a sometime critic. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism
"Our Noisy Years Seem Moments"
Hogarth, Grace – Horn Book Magazine, 1974
A former publisher of children's books presents a personalized account of her successes and failures and includes some personal remembrances from her private life. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism
A Second Look: "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon."
Fox, Paula – Horn Book Magazine, 1984
Reviews the reissue of Marjorie Kellog's 1968 novel and describes how the characters, each different in their own way, can still reach out to readers. (CRH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Book Reviews, Literary Criticism, Novels
A Second Look: "Captains Courageous."
Kimmel, Eric A. – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Notes how the internal structure of Rudyard's "The Jungle Book,""Captains Courageous," and "Kim," are all the same, even though "Captains Courageous" is not as widely acclaimed as the other two books. (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Literary Criticism
Call It a Wheel
Southall, Ivan – Horn Book Magazine, 1974
Presents a personalized glimpse of the steps one writer went through during the process of writing a fiction story for children. (RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing
A Russian View of Childhood: The Contribution of Kornei I. Chukovsky (1882-1969)
Orvig, Mary – Horn Book Magazine, 1974
Reviews the life and works of Kornei I. Chukovsky and discusses his contribution to children's literature. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism
A Publisher's Perspective.
McElderry, Margaret K. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Compares the publishing industry of forty years ago to that of today, noting that the earlier market was less demanding and allowed the pursuit of excellence as well as the backlisting of high quality books. (ARH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Styles
Musings.
Hale, Robert D. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Criticizes a newly published "updated and simplified" version of the Peter Rabbit story. Argues the new edition--with photographs and everyday language replacing the original paintings and verse--is a corruption of a timeless classic.(ARH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Art, Illustrations, Literary Criticism
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