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Table of Contents

Mello and His Precursors: Invisible Threads

María Gracia Pardo
pp. 1-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0135
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Postcards

pp. 11-188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0141
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Picture Book Characters with Disabilities: Patterns and Trends in a Context of Radical Change

Jean Emmerson, Qiang Fu, Andrea Lendsay, Beverley Brenna
pp. 12-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0147
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Translation of Culturally-Specific Items in Hooshang Moradi’s The Palm

Bahar Eshraq
pp. 23-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0152
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Trends in Translations: The Mildred L. Batchelder Award from 1997-2013

Kasey Garrison, Sue Kimmel
pp. 30-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0157
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The Canonical Status of Children’s Book Authors: The Self-Image of Dutch Children’s Writers since the 1990s

Helma Van Lierop-Debrauwer
pp. 45-57
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0127
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Rebellion as Spiritual Activity in The Magician’s Elephant and The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Catherine Posey
pp. 58-66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0133
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Verbal-Visual Narrative and the Development of Brazilian Identity in the Work of Roger Mello

Flávia Brocchetto Ramos, Marília Forgearini Nunes
pp. 67-73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0139
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Roger Mello: A Sea of Stories

Graça Lima, Claudia Mendes
pp. 74-81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0145
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Nahoko Uehashi: Cultural Anthropologist and Storytelling Creator of Imaginary Worlds

Junko Yokota, Reina Nakano
pp. 82-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0150
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Houshang Moradi Kermani: Striving for Survival

Bahar Eshraq
pp. 88-92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0155
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“I am my work”: Dutch Writer and Illustrator Ted van Lieshout

Toin Duijx, Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer
pp. 93-97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0125
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“Power opposes a lack of power”: On Mirjam Pressler’s Nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award

Imke Lichterfeld
pp. 98-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0131
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“Maybe it will help you, now that you know what you are capable of”

Kim Misfeldt
pp. 103-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0137
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“Best Batch I Ever Fried”: Food and Family in Jacqueline Woodson’s Picture Books

Michelle H. Martin
pp. 107-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0143
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Aesthetics of Childhood: The Visual Art of Rotraut Susanne Berner

Sabine Maria
pp. 113-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0148
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Imaginative Spaces and Emotional Depth in the Works of John Burningham

Lydia Kokkola
pp. 117-120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0153
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Eva Lindström and the Stories Colors Tell

Björn Sundmark
pp. 121-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0123
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François Place, Traveler of the Imaginary

Christophe Meunier
pp. 125-128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0128
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Pictures First: A Journey through Øyvind Torseter’s Universe

Ingrid Urberg
pp. 129-133
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0134
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From a Bhutanese Farm to Small-Town America: A Folktale Journeys with Its Tellers

Terry Farish
pp. 134-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0140
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Encouraging Reluctant Writers: Can Writing Be Taught to Kids?

Tülin Kozikoğlu
pp. 139-145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0146
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Finnish Child Language and Culture in Sweden: An Original Luleå Story

Lydia Kokkola
pp. 147-155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0151
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The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA)

Carole Bloch
pp. 156-160
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0156
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The Toronto Children’s Book Bank

Kim Beatty
pp. 161-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0126
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911 by Barbara Hochman (review)

Samantha Christensen
pp. 165-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0132
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Picturebooks: Representation and Narration ed. by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (review)

Lesley D. Clement
pp. 167-169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0138
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Illustration of Children’s Books: History, Definitions, and Genres by Zohreh Ghaeni (review)

Bahar Eshragh
pp. 169-170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0144
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(Re)imagining the World: Children’s Literature’s Response to Changing Times ed. by Yan Wu, Kerry Mallan, and Roderick McGillis (review)

Roxanne Harde
pp. 170-172
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0149
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Children’s Literature on the Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations ed. by Nora Maguire and Beth Rodgers (review)

Ayantika Mukherjee
pp. 172-174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0154
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The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award: Honoring Children’s Literature for Peace and Social Justice by Susan C. Griffith (review)

Erin Peters
pp. 174-176
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0124
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Grimms’ Tales Around the Globe: The Dynamics of Their International Reception ed. by Vanessa Joosen and Gillian Lathey (review)

Andrea Zerebeski
pp. 176-178
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0130
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“Knuffle Bunny Meets Rosa Parks” at the International Youth Library, Award-Winning American Picture Books from the Lawrence R. Sipe Collection

Claudia Soeffner
pp. 179-183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0136
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Focus IBBY

Elizabeth Page, Jay Heale
pp. 184-187
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0142
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Editorial

Roxanne Harde
pp. iv-vi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2014.0129
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