For at least three reasons, university English faculties should reassess their attitudes toward children's literature, a field of vital importance in children's education. First, specialists in children's literature are sorely needed in English departments, where courses on the subject properly belong (rather than in colleges of education).…

This study examined children's literature and the development of biography intended for juvenile readers. The writer assembled a list of characteristics of writing for children, reviewed the growth of biography as a literary form, and noted the difference between biography written for the child audience and that intended for adults. Qualities were…

Contrasts the views of poets and poetry in Leo Lionni's "Frederick" and Randall Jarrell's "The Bat-Poet." (DD)

Uses five children's stories to illustrate the pattern of running away from home only to return home once more. (DD)

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)

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)

Describes the editing of Hugh Lofting's "Doctor Dolittle" books in order to remove racial slurs. Stresses that the books are high quality children's literature. (ARH)

Discusses Betsy Byars' successful portrayal of small boys in a sometimes bewildering and unfair world. (HOD)

Describes experiences as a children's book critic and as editor of the annual "Children's Books of the Year" for the National Book League. (FL)

Discusses some of the problems facing educational researchers of children's literature. (RB)

The author recommends Tom Sawyer,'' Huckleberry Finn,'' Hans Brinker,'' Little Women,'' The Story of a Bad Boy,'' and The Peterkin Papers,'' as the major classics with current appeal. Also included are a few more recent titles recommended for children's reading. (SJ)

The very large and difficult subject of what standards should be used to judge children's literature is explored at some length. (NH)

The relevancy of Mother Goose to ghetto children. (RM)