This study aims to provide insights on establishing writing style through stylistic analysis on Roald Dahl's George Marvelous Medicine and The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me. This is a qualitative study which focuses on literary analysis. The data was collected from those two books. Evidently this study will bring benefit to English majors to gain…

This essay provides much-needed critical attention and historical context to the long-neglected 1924 edition of Gertrude Chandler Warner's "The Box-Car Children." Commonly overshadowed by its more recent and more popular 1942 version--known as "The Boxcar Children"--this earlier edition calls attention to the original cultural…

This article compares the models of subjectivity and identity in William Steig's 1990 picture book "Shrek!" and in DreamWorks' "Shrek" films. Steig presented his ogre hero as a model of the crises of subjectivity all children must face, and then reassured readers by showing how even a hideous figure such as…

This article provides a close reading of Meg Rosoff's award-winning novel "How I Live Now". It argues that an understanding of the text can be extended through an application of ideas found in contemporary spatial discourse concerning place. Reading the novel within this context allows a discussion of ways in which it draws on…

Viewing Tolstoy's works from psychological and intellectual perspectives demonstrates his approach to children's literacy and especially the development of reasoning, which he presents in his writing for children and the stories he includes in his "New ABC" book (1875a) and four "Readers" (1875b). This article…

This article looks at how four British-based poets born in the Caribbean exploit the rich language repertoire available to them in their work for children and young people. Following initial consideration of questions of definition and terminology, poetry collections by James Berry, John Agard, Grace Nichols and Valerie Bloom are discussed, with a…

What significance does writing have for the young writer characters in a set of children's books? Twenty-five intermediate novels featuring characters who write were studied, using content analysis, to find out. The researchers present their findings by describing the characters and why they write. Reasons for writing range from exposing injustice…

Examines evidence that Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, Rose, collaborated with her mother in the writing of the "Little House" books. (HOD)

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)

Discusses the parallels and differences in the writings of Rudyard Kipling and Rosemary Sutcliff, noting that Kipling is detached and objective while Sutcliff is involved and subjective. (HOD)

Compares the actual Christopher Robin Milne with the character of Christopher Robin as found in the verses of A. A. Milne. (HOD)

Investigates the ways in which Haugaard's techniques and the choices and concerns common to his novels express and exemplify a basic philosophy of life. (HOD)

Discusses the Milly-Molly-Mandy books, showing that they depict a world of childhood coherent and memorable enough to be regarded as an outstanding exemplar of certain traditional values. (HOD)

Discusses the metaphorical use of landscape in three novels by William Mayne. (HOD)

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)