The very idea of the happy ending as appropriate literary fare for children is an illusion. Most fairy tales are full of darkness and violence, and as often as not do not end happily.
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A recent US survey commissioned by the children’s books publisher Scholastic found that 65% of 6-11 year olds prefer to read print books even when e-books are available on tablets. In the UK, a National…
Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, was an ardent defender of children’s literature, believing the works of Beatrix Potter to be equal to “the greatest English prose writers that have…
There’s a lot of attention right now on diversity in children’s books – or, more accurately, the lack of it. It’s not a new problem. White people have been talking about this issue since Nancy Larrick…
It’s little wonder that we often feel as though our kids aren’t as successful with reading as we’d like them to be. The “reading wars” - the battle between sounding out words and using the sentence as…
Principais colaboradores
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Sessional Academic, children's literature and creative writing, Victoria University
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Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Communications and Journalism, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Psychology, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Senior Advocacy Officer, Global Parenting Initiative in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
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Emeritus professor of children's literature, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Assistant Dean and Lecturer in English Literature, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of English, Flinders University
