1 Introduction; Part I Theory and Critical Approaches; 2 Defining Children's Literature and Childhood; 3 History, Culture and Children's Literature; 4 Ideology; 5 Linguistics and Stylistics; 6 Reader-Response Criticism; 7Psychoanalytical Criticism; 8Feminist Criticism: From Sex-Role Stereotyping to Subjectivity; 9llustration and Picture Books; 10A Note on Bibliography; 11Intertextuality; Part II Types and Genres; 12Early Texts Used by Children; 13Fairy Tales and Folk-tales; 14 Myth and Legend; 15 Playground Rhymes and the Oral Tradition; 16Poetry for Children; 17Draman; 18he Development of Illustrated Texts and Picture Books; 19The Modern Picture Book; 20Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls; 21Religious Writing for Children; 22Animal Stories; 23Real Gardens with Imaginary Toads: Domestic Fantasy; 24High Fantasy; 25Science Fiction; 261Shaping Boyhood: Empire Builders and Adventurers; 27The Family Story; 28School Stories; 29Pony Books; 30Historical Fiction; 31Books for Younger Readers; Chapter 1Teenage Fiction: Realism,Romances, Contemporary Problem Novels; 33Metafictions and Experimental Work; 34 Major Authors' Work for Children; 35 Books Adopted by Children; 36Information Books; 37 Children's Magazines; Part III The Context of Children's Literature; 38 Children's Book Design; 39 Children's Book Publishing in Britain; 40Children's Book Publishing in the USA; 41Reviewing and Scholarly Journals; 42Censorship; 43Prizes and Prizewinners; 44 Translation; 45 Radio, Television, Film, Audio and Video; 46Story-telling; 47 Libraries and Research Collections; 48 What the Authors Tell Us; Part IV Applications of Children's Literature; 49 Reading and Literacy; 50 Teenagers Reading: Developmental Stages of Reading Literature; 51Teaching Fiction and Poetry; 52 Teaching Children's Literature in Higher Education; 53 Librarianship; 54Bibliotherapy and Psychology; 55Publishing for Special Needs; Part V The World of Children's Literature; 56The World of Children's Literature: An Introduction; 57 Culture and Developing Countries; 58 British Children's Literature: A Historical Overview; 59 Scotland; 60Wales; 61Ireland; 62 The Nordic Countries; 63 The Netherlands; 64 France; 65 Spain; 66 Portugal; 67 Germany; 68 Switzerland; 69 Austria; 70 Italy; 71 Greece; 72 Russia; 73 Eastern Europe; 74 Turkey; 75 Hebrew and Israeli; 76 The Arab World; 77 Africa; 78 The Indian Sub-Continent; 79 The Far East; 80 China; 81 Japan; 82 Australia; 83 New Zealand; 84 Canada; 85 Children's Literature in the USA: A Historical Overview; 86 Central and South America and the Caribbean