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Table of Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. Björn Sundmark
  3. pp. 2-3
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0034
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Feature Articles

  1. The Portrayal of Puerto Ricans in Children’s Literature
  2. María V. Acevedo
  3. pp. 4-11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0038
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  1. “A Different Sunshine”: Writing Jamaican National Identity through a Girl’s Coming-of-Age Story in Paulette Ramsay’s “Aunt Jen”
  2. Paige Gray
  3. pp. 12-20
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0042
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  1. The Perfect Place to Set a Novel about the End of the World?: Trends in Australian Post-Nuclear Fiction for Young Adults
  2. Elizabeth Braithwaite
  3. pp. 22-29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0054
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  1. Challenging Stereotypes: Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Use of Parody in Does My Head Look Big in This?
  2. Colin Haines
  3. pp. 30-35
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0032
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  1. Cross-Continental Readings of Visual Narratives: An analysis of six books in the New Zealand Picture Book Collection
  2. Penni Cotton, Nicola Daly
  3. pp. 36-44
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0036
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  1. Debating Equal Representation in South African Youth Literature Written in English (2000–2013)—A Statistical Assessment
  2. Sandra Stadler
  3. pp. 46-58
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0048
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  1. Posthumanism, Philosophy for Children, and Anthony Browne’s “Little Beauty”
  2. Karin Murris
  3. pp. 59-65
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0030
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Authors and Illustrators and Their Books

  1. A Book Like Rain in the Desert
  2. Monica Zak
  3. pp. 66-73
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0035
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Letters

  1. The Children’s Literature of the Arab countries: The Question of Language
  2. Hala Bizri
  3. pp. 74-79
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0039
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Books on Books

  1. Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytical Theory: Feminism and Retelling the Tale by Veronica Schanoes (review)
  2. Cristina Bacchilega
  3. pp. 80-81
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0047
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  1. 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)
  2. Judith Inggs
  3. pp. 81-82
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0051
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  1. Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction ed. by Sara K. Day, Miranda A. Green-Barteet, and Amy L. Montz (review)
  2. Abbie Ventura
  3. pp. 82-83
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0029
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  1. Internationalism in Children’s Series by Karen Sands-O’Connor and Marietta A. Frank (review)
  2. Melissa Li Sheung Ying
  3. p. 84
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0033
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  1. Technology and Identity in Young Adult Fiction: The Posthuman Subject by Victoria Flanagan (review)
  2. Maija-Liisa Harju
  3. pp. 84-85
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0037
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  1. Ethics and Children’s Literature ed. by Claudia Mills (review)
  2. Helene Høyrup
  3. pp. 85-86
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0041
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Focus IBBY

2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners

  1. Nahoko Uehashi 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Author Winner
  2. Nahoko Uehashi, Cathy Hirano
  3. pp. 87-89
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0045
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  1. Roger Mello 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Illustrator Winner
  2. Roger Mello
  3. pp. 90-94
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0049
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In Memoriam

  1. Maurice Saxby: December 1924—December 2014
  2. Dr Robin Morrow AM
  3. pp. 94-95
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0053
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  1. Virginia Allen Jensen: September 1927—October 2014
  2. Vagn Plenge
  3. p. 95
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0031
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  1. Postcards
  2. Roxanne Harde, Morteza Khosronejad, Brittany Johnson, Melissa Li Sheung Ying
  3. pp. 21-79
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2015.0046
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