In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editorial

Björn Sundmark
pp. 2-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0034
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The Portrayal of Puerto Ricans in Children’s Literature

María V. Acevedo
pp. 4-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0038
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“A Different Sunshine”: Writing Jamaican National Identity through a Girl’s Coming-of-Age Story in Paulette Ramsay’s “Aunt Jen”

Paige Gray
pp. 12-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0042
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Postcards

Roxanne Harde, Morteza Khosronejad, Brittany Johnson, Melissa Li Sheung Ying
pp. 21-79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0046
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The Perfect Place to Set a Novel about the End of the World?: Trends in Australian Post-Nuclear Fiction for Young Adults

Elizabeth Braithwaite
pp. 22-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0054
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Challenging Stereotypes: Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Use of Parody in Does My Head Look Big in This?

Colin Haines
pp. 30-35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0032
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Cross-Continental Readings of Visual Narratives: An analysis of six books in the New Zealand Picture Book Collection

Penni Cotton, Nicola Daly
pp. 36-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0036
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Debating Equal Representation in South African Youth Literature Written in English (2000–2013)—A Statistical Assessment

Sandra Stadler
pp. 46-58
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0048
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Posthumanism, Philosophy for Children, and Anthony Browne’s “Little Beauty”

Karin Murris
pp. 59-65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0030
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A Book Like Rain in the Desert

Monica Zak
pp. 66-73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0035
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The Children’s Literature of the Arab countries: The Question of Language

Hala Bizri
pp. 74-79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0039
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Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytical Theory: Feminism and Retelling the Tale by Veronica Schanoes (review)

Cristina Bacchilega
pp. 80-81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0047
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Creating Books for the Young in the New South Africa: Essays on Authors and Illustrators of Children’s and Young Adult Literature ed. by Barbara A. Lehman etal. (review)

Judith Inggs
pp. 81-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0051
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Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction ed. by Sara K. Day, Miranda A. Green-Barteet, and Amy L. Montz (review)

Abbie Ventura
pp. 82-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0029
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Technology and Identity in Young Adult Fiction: The Posthuman Subject by Victoria Flanagan (review)

Maija-Liisa Harju
pp. 84-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0037
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Ethics and Children’s Literature ed. by Claudia Mills (review)

Helene Høyrup
pp. 85-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0041
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Nahoko Uehashi 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Author Winner

Nahoko Uehashi, Cathy Hirano
pp. 87-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0045
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Roger Mello 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Illustrator Winner

Roger Mello
pp. 90-94
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0049
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Maurice Saxby: December 1924—December 2014

Dr Robin Morrow AM
pp. 94-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0053
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Virginia Allen Jensen: September 1927—October 2014

Vagn Plenge
p. 95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0031
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Internationalism in Children’s Series by Karen Sands-O’Connor and Marietta A. Frank (review)

Melissa Li Sheung Ying
p. 84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0033
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