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236 Children’s Literature Association Quarterly Books Received Mark I. West© 2013 Children’s Literature Association. Pp. 236 Dear Mr. Longfellow: Letters to and from the Children’s Poet. By Sydelle Pearl. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2012. Drawing heavily on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s correspondence with children, Pearl provides readers with a brief biography of Longfellow . She also discusses his poetry and the responses of children to his poems. The volume includes several of Longfellow’s poems and numerous illustrations. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version.By Philip Pullman . New York: Viking, 2012. In this volume,Pullman retells fifty of the fairy tales that Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected two centuries ago. His retellings are neither parodies nor updated versions; rather,he stays true to their basic structure, but uses his skills as a storyteller to breathe new life into these classic stories. Pullman also includes historical information about them. Literature for Young Adults: Books (and More) for Contemporary Readers .By Joan L.Knickerbocker,Martha A. Brueggeman, and James A. Rycik. Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway, 2012. Intended to function as a textbook for college-level courses in young adult literature, this book is organized into ten substantial chapters, each with a “Featured Author.”For example, Judy Blume is featured in the chapter on the rise of New Realism;other authors include Chris Crutcher, Jacqueline Woodson, Donna Jo Napoli, and Gary Soto. Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction. By Carrie Hintz and Eric L.Tribunella.Boston:Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. A new entry in the field of children’s literature textbooks,this volume is especially appropriate for introductory courses taught in departments of English .The authors provide undergraduate students with a solid background in the history of children’s literature, guiding them in taking a critical and analytical approach to reading children ’s books. ...