Books on Books

Here are reviews of six new professional reference books including a celebration of the contributions of Belgian scholar, Michel Defourny, a look at Barbara Scharioth's book based on an exhibit of imaginary books dreamed up by 75 international illustrators, a discussion of Klaus Doderer's tribute to James Krüss, an examination of Rachel Falconer's study of the "crossover" impact of children's fiction, a discussion of the fantasies of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald and Hoffmann, and a review of gothic elements in books for young people.

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• • Le livre et l'enfant. Recueil de textes de Michel Defourny

• • James Krüss. Insulaner und Weltbürger

• • der Fisch, das Klavier und der Wind. Eine imaginäre Bibliothek

• • The Crossover Novel. Contemporary Children's Fiction and Its Adult Readership

• • Fantasy, myth, and the measure of truth. Tales of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald and Hoffmann

• • The gothic in children's literature. Haunting the borders