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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Reading as a child and as an adult
- 2 Instruction or delight?
  - 2.1 The key questions
  - 2.2 Defining children’s literature
  - 2.3 Content, censorship and understanding
- 3 Constructing a world of fantasy
  - 3.1 Marianne Dreams and Tom’s Midnight Garden
  - 3.2 Direct and indirect speech
  - 3.3 A text of its time?
- 4 Visibility and inclusion in children’s books
- 5 Bringing it all together
- 6 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary

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