Childhood Studies
Let's Read
A Linguistic Approach
A classic reading-instruction text, updated to be more contemporary and teacher- and user-friendly.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334553
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814336861
Under Fire
Childhood in the Shadow of War
Investigates the effects of war on children and children’s literature.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334041
The Child in the World
Embodiment, Time, and Language in Early Childhood
A dialogue between developmental research and continental philosophy that illuminates how children experience the world.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333754
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338407
Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences
Essays in Honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
This volume sets out to celebrate the Quarterly’s significant contribution to developmental research and to highlight the advances made in the field since the early 1950s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333426
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335543

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Poetry's Playground
The Culture of Contemporary American Children's Poetry
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.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332962
And Life Is Changed Forever
Holocaust Childhoods Remembered
Looking at the Holocaust through the eyes of children who lived through it, this collection offers an inspiring assortment of perspectives on survival.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331736
His Dark Materials Illuminated
Critical Essays on Philip Pullman's Trilogy
The first critical analysis of Philip Pullman’s cross-age fantasy trilogy.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332078
Sister Water
An absorbing story about childhood and the search for a sense of place in the urban and natural environments of the Midwest.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332443
Come the Morning
This novel for young readers, told by a thirteen-year-old boy, is the story of a working-class American family plunged into homelessness.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332412
Wild Things
Children's Culture and Ecocriticism
The first book-length study of the relationship between children's literature and ecocriticism.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330289
For the Good of the Children
A History of the Boys and Girls Republic
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.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814330869
Children's Special Places
Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens, and Bush Houses in Middle Childhood
An examination of the secret world of children that shows how important special places are to a child's development.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330265
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814337622
Appel Is Forever
A Child's Memoir
A courageous memoir describing the life of a young girl and her experiences living in Holland during World War II.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328224
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814338841