UID:
almahu_9948591811402882
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
ISBN:
9780810317307
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0810317303
Series Statement:
Gale Literature Resource Center
Content:
Essays on American writers for children during the period between 1960 and the mid-1980s. Focus is given to the major themes and trends that were evolving in children's literature at this time: child abuse; separation and divorce; sexual mores; drug abuse; insights into death and the meaning of life; regional, national, and international social issues and concerns; historical fiction illuminating contemporary issues through parallel past experiences of humankind.
Note:
Lloyd Alexander (1924- ) -- Natalie Babbitt (1932- ) -- Judy Blume (1938- ) -- Sue Ellen Bridgers (1942- ) -- Robert Burch (1925- ) -- Betsy Byars (1928- ) -- Eleanor Cameron (1912- ) -- Ann Nolan Clark (1896- ) -- Beverly Cleary (1916- ) -- Vera Cleaver (1919- ) and Bill Cleaver (1920-1981) -- Barbara Corcoran (Paige Dixon, Gail Hamilton )(1911- ) -- Robert Cormier (1925- ) -- Meindert DeJong (1906- ) -- Louise Fitzhugh (1928-1974) -- Paula Fox (1923- ) -- Jean Fritz (1915- ) -- Jean Craighead George (1919- ) -- Virginia Hamilton (1936- ) -- Jamake Highwater (Piitai Sahkomaapii, tribal name)(1942?- ) -- Russell Hoban (1925- ) -- Irene Hunt (1907- ) -- Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) -- E. L. Konigsburg (1930- ) -- Ruth Krauss (1911- ) -- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- ) -- Madeleine L'Engle (1918- ) -- Lois Lowry (1937- ) -- Robin McKinley (1952- ) -- Andre Norton (Alice Mary Norton ) (1912- ) -- Scott O'Dell (1903- ) -- Katherine Paterson (1932- ) -- Ellen Raskin (1928-1984) -- George Selden (George Selden Thompson)(1929- ) -- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904?- ) -- Doris Buchanan Smith (1934- ) -- Mildred D. Taylor (1943- ) -- Judith Viorst (?- ) -- Barbara Wersba (1932- ) -- Ester Wier (1910- ) -- Nancy Willard (1936- ) -- Laurence Yep (1948- ) -- Jane Yolen (1939- ) -- Paul Zindel (1936- ) -- Charlotte Zolotow (1915-).
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale Literature Resource Center