Childhood Studies

A dialogue between developmental research and continental philosophy that illuminates how children experience the world.

The first book-length study of contemporary American children’s poetry, Poetry’s Playground considers children’s poetry in relation to the wider scope of adult poetic discourse.

The first critical analysis of Philip Pullman’s cross-age fantasy trilogy.

This novel for young readers, told by a thirteen-year-old boy, is the story of a working-class American family plunged into homelessness.

The story of a notable children’s institution founded at the turn of the twentieth century, this book looks at the lives of troubled children and those who helped them, and illuminates major shifts in America’s child welfare system.