National and Minority Literatures
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Omitted are items from a number of international publications like 1001 Buch and Bookbird; see Children's Literature Abstracts.
Africa
See AUTHORS: Henty
See AUTHORS: Henty
Arab
Kissen, Rita M. "The Children of Hagar and Sarah." Children's Literature In Education (June 1991): 111-19. A survey of some 30 titles written over the past 30 years reveals that Palestinian Arabs in children's literature remain the children of the Biblical Hagar; they are always subordinate and inferior to Europeans. Children's books about Israel reflect a profound ambivalence about Arab characters and the relationship between Jews and Arabs. Examines a number of recent books in detail. G.A.
Kissen, Rita M. "The Children of Hagar and Sarah." Children's Literature In Education (June 1991): 111-19. A survey of some 30 titles written over the past 30 years reveals that Palestinian Arabs in children's literature remain the children of the Biblical Hagar; they are always subordinate and inferior to Europeans. Children's books about Israel reflect a profound ambivalence about Arab characters and the relationship between Jews and Arabs. Examines a number of recent books in detail. G.A.
Asia
Bald, S. "Images of South Asian Migrants in Literature: Differing Perspectives." New Community 17.3 (1991): 413-431.
Bald, S. "Images of South Asian Migrants in Literature: Differing Perspectives." New Community 17.3 (1991): 413-431.
Australia
Omitted are the majority of abstracts from the Australian children's literature journals, The Literature Base, Magpies, Papers, Orana, and Reading Time; see Children's Literature Abstracts.
Omitted are the majority of abstracts from the Australian children's literature journals, The Literature Base, Magpies, Papers, Orana, and Reading Time; see Children's Literature Abstracts.
Special Section: Australian Children's Literature. Don Pemberton, ed. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990). The editor's introduction, "Sources of Resilience: Australian Books for Children and Adolescents" (166-67), provides an introduction to the major themes to be found in the 6 articles that follow and observations on what is unique in Australian children's literature. G.A.
Hazell, Anne M. Reflections of Reality? Female Roles in Australian Adolescent Fiction since World War II. Blackwood, South Australia: Auslib Press, 1989. 217 pp. ISBN 1 875145 02 8. A$ 20.00.
Jameyson, Karen. "News from Down Under." Horn Book 67 (Nov.-Dec. 1991): 768-70. Briefly discusses several Australian poets and illustrated versions of their poems: Banjo Petersen's "Man from Snowy River," "Waltzing Matilda," and "Mulga Bill's Bicycle," Bill Scott's Following the Gold, and Max Fatchen's numerous collections, just now beginning to be published in the United States. L.H.
McVitty, Walter. "Publishing for Children in Australia: A Thriving Industry." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990): 167-71. A useful overview of the vigorous state of children's books and their readership in Australia. Addresses the tradition, bookstores, general and professional interest, school librarians, book awards, periodicals, book clubs and fairs, and publishing. G.A.
See also AUTHORS: Baillie, Gibbs, Graham, Morimoto, Pavey, de Renneville, Rubinstein, Wagner, Wrightson; AWARDS: Australian, Crago; CRITICS: Milne, Rossiter, Stephens; FANTASY: Nimon; FOLKLORE: Scott; ILLUSTRATION: Jameyson; MEDIA: Hutchinson; NONFICTION: Stodart. [End Page 88]
Brazil
Yunes, Eliana. "Reading Promotion in Brazil during the 1980s." IJB Report 2 (1991): 12-13.
Yunes, Eliana. "Reading Promotion in Brazil during the 1980s." IJB Report 2 (1991): 12-13.
Yunes, Eliana. "Brasil: un balance crítico [Brazil: A critical balance]." Casa de las Americas 30.175 (1989): 82-86. On the changing nature of children's literature in Brazil. Prior to the writings of Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948), children's books served didactic purposes. Lobato's work, and that of the authors who followed him years later, allowed children more imagination and autonomy within an adult world. In the 1980s, many Brazilian writers imitated that aspect to an extreme, separating the child completely from the adult world and creating, in effect, a new pedagogy. J.K.K.
Britain
For most of the items from the British children literature journals Books For Your Children, Children's Books History Society Newsletter, Children's Books in Ireland, International Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, Junior Bookshelf, School Librarian, Use of English and other British journals, as well as items from The Times, Times Educational Supplement, and The Guardian, see Children's Literature Abstracts.
For most of the items from the British children literature journals Books For Your Children, Children's Books History Society Newsletter, Children's Books in Ireland, International Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, Junior Bookshelf, School Librarian, Use of English and other British journals, as well as items from The Times, Times Educational Supplement, and The Guardian, see Children's Literature Abstracts.
Ray, Sheila. "Books about Children's Books 1990." Signal 65 (May 1991): 120-28. A survey of the literature relating to children's books published in 1990. G.A.
Canada
Special Section: Canadian Children's Literature. Raymond E. Jones, editor. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990). Jones's introductory essay, "Foreign, and Familiar: Introducing Canadian Children's Literature," explains how conditions have changed in Canada so that Canadians no longer need be apologetic about their children's literature. Adresses the political, geographic, cultural, social, and linguistic factors that help to give the literature its unique qualities. G.A.
Special Section: Canadian Children's Literature. Raymond E. Jones, editor. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990). Jones's introductory essay, "Foreign, and Familiar: Introducing Canadian Children's Literature," explains how conditions have changed in Canada so that Canadians no longer need be apologetic about their children's literature. Adresses the political, geographic, cultural, social, and linguistic factors that help to give the literature its unique qualities. G.A.
Ellis, Sarah. "News from the North." Horn Book 67 (Jan.-Feb. 1991): 108-110. Explores a...
