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Touchstones: Reflections on the Best in Children's Literature, Vol. 2: Fairy Tales, Fables, Myths, Legends, and Poetry


Book Description
Contains critical essays about works of children's fairy tales, myths, and poetry, covering Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, Asbjornsen and Moe, Richard Chase, Padraic Colum, the Norse myths, Walter de la Mare, the Brothers Grimm, Joel Chandler Harris, Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang, Edward Lear, Mother Goose, Charles Perrault, Howard Pyle, and others.
Book Information
PublisherThe Scarecrow Press
BindingHardcover (10 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages236
ISBN-100810825627
ISBN-13978-0810825628
Publication Date05/23/1995
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About Perry Nodelman (Author) : Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at The University of Winnipeg, Perry Nodelman is author of Words About Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children's Picture Books and co-author, with Mavis... more
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