Jackzipes , General Editor, Lissa Paul And Lynne Vallone,
Associate General Editors, Gillian Avery, And Peter Hunt
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature
The Traditions in English
Comprehensive and visually rich, this
new Norton Anthology traces the
remarkable innovation and enduring
pleasures of children's literature.
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF CHILDREN' S LITERATURE
celebrates the richness and variety of over 350
years of literary works for children. This groundbreaking
anthology includes 170 authors and illustrators
of alphabets and animal fables, fairy tales and
fantasy, picture books and nursery verse, among many
other genres. Here readers will find beloved works by
Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, J. M. Barrie, L. M.
Montgomery, and Dr. Seuss along with historical
classics—The New-England Primer and Robert Louis
Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses—and major voices
from the multicultural and global contemporary
scene. Over 40 longer works and over 400 illustrations,
including 60 in color, enhance this comprehensive
and visually rich anthology.
With introductions that offer fresh insights into
the cultural contexts of children's literature and childhood
itself over four centuries, author headnotes,
annotations, bibliographies, and a timeline, The Norton
Anthology of Children's Literature illuminates a literary tradition
whose power to instruct and delight is both
centuries old and startlingly new.
JACK ZIPES is professor of German at the
University of Minnesota. He is an awardwinning
storyteller in public schools and has
worked with various children's theaters. His
many books include Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as
Fairy Tale, and The Brothers Grimm: From
Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. He lives in
Minneapolis.
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