Approaching language, literature and childhood
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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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