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Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter
Sticks and Stones The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter
Author: Jack Zipes
Have children ever really had a literature of their own? In Sticks and Stones, Jack Zipes explores children's literature, from the grissly moralism of Slovenly Peter to the hugely successful Harry Potter books, and argues that despite common assumptions about children's books, our investment in children is paradoxically curtailing their freedom ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415938808
ISBN-10: 0415938805
Publication Date: 1/25/2002
Pages: 213
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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