Teaching Children's Literature provides an account of the various intellectual and educational traditions within which children's literature has been taught, and some historical context for the current position of the discipline. The volume also clarifies the relationships between these traditions and suggests theoretical and practical ways in which they may be brought to bear on each other. Drawing on the international expertise of some of the most eminent practioners in the field, the text shares and disseminates the best teaching practice in both undergraduate and postgraduate study.

About the Author(s)

Charles Butler

Charles Butler is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Table of Contents

List of Figures * Acknowledgements * Series Preface (Series Editor) * Notes on the Contributors * Introduction--C.Butler * Historical Studies--P.Pinsent * Cultural Studies--D.Rudd * Genre and Convention--J.Webb * Looking in the Mirror: Pedagogy, Theory, and Children's Literature--R.McGillis * Word and Picture--M.Nikolajeva * Children as Readers--J.Elkin * Children's Literature at Postgraduate Level in the United Kingdom--P.Pinsent & K.Reynolds * Children's Literature at Postgraduate Level in the United States--R.Flynn * Appendices * Sample Undergraduate Syllabi--C.Butler * Resources--K.Reynolds, P.Pinsent & C.Butler * Children's Literature Criticism: Key Texts--C.Butler * Teaching Children's Literature in Higher Education: A Select Bibliography--C.Butler * Index