Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Lanes, Selma G. Title: Through the looking glass : further adventures & misadventures in the realm of children's literature / by Selma G. Lanes. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Boston : D.R. Godine, 2004. Description: viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Summary: A collection of essays and reviews examining the history of children's literature, and covering picture books, biography, and artists such as Beatrix Potter, Edward Gorey, Tomi Ungerer, William Steig, Margo Zemach, and Maurice Sendak. Subjects: Children's literature -- History and criticism. Children -- Books and reading. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Books for the very young: pre-literature or pretend literature? -- Biography: fiction's kissing cousin -- Fantasy and reality: where do they meet? -- On "judging" -- Pictures at two exhibitions -- The tale of Mrs. William Heelis -- A curious literary correspondence -- Sendak at fifty -- Sendak's graphic grand operas -- Edward Gorey's tantalizing turns of the screw -- A reformed masochist: William Steig -- Tomi Ungerer's unlikely heroes -- Odes to two craftsmen -- Some editor -- E.B. White and read all over -- A talk with Natalie Babbitt -- The graphic history of piglet and toad -- Our homegrown fairy tale: The wonderful wizard of Oz -- PC or not to be? Songs of praise -- Hogwarts: Harry Potter's brave new world. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2004016527 ISBN: 1567922627 9781567922622 Other Number: 55981617 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 149154 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 809.89282 Lanes Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
