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1  Little Machinery

Little Machinery
A Critical Facsimile Edition

By Mary Liddell
Foreword by John Stilgoe
Critical Essay by Nathalie op de Beeck
Published May 2009
$24.95s (Paper) - 9780814332665

An updated edition that situates a landmark 1920s children’s picture book in its historical and social context.

2  Under Fire

Under Fire
Edited by Elizabeth Goodenough and Andrea Immel
Published 2008
$27.95s (Paper) - 9780814334041

Investigates the effects of war on children and children’s literature.

3  The Child in the World

The Child in the World
Embodiment, Time, and Language in Early Childhood

By Eva M. Simms
Published 2008
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814333754

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

4  Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences

Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences
Essays in Honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Edited by Gary W. Ladd
Published 2007
$34.95s (Paper) - 9780814333426

Accordingly, chapters are organized around ten conceptual themes, including methodological and interpretive considerations, cognitive development and learning, temperament and emotional development, children’s social development and peer relations,

5  Poetry's Playground

Poetry's Playground
The Culture of Contemporary American Children's Poetry

By Joseph T. Thomas, Jr.
Published 2007
$24.95s (Paper) - 9780814332962

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.

6  And Life Is Changed Forever

And Life Is Changed Forever
Holocaust Childhoods Remembered

Edited by Martin Ira Glassner and Robert Krell
Sponsored by the Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut
Published 2006
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814331736

Looking at the Holocaust through the eyes of children who lived through it, this collection offers an inspiring assortment of perspectives on survival.

7  His Dark Materials Illuminated

His Dark Materials Illuminated
Critical Essays on Philip Pullman's Trilogy

Edited by Milicent Lenz with Carol Scott
Published 2005
$27.95s (Paper) - 9780814332078

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

8  Sister Water

Sister Water
By Nancy Willard
Published 2005
$17.95s (Paper) - 9780814332443

An absorbing story about childhood and the search for a sense of place in the urban and natural environments of the Midwest.

9  Come the Morning

Come the Morning
By Mark Jonathan Harris
Photographed by Marissa Roth
Published 2005
$25.95L (Paper) - 9780814332412

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

10  Wild Things

Wild Things
Children's Culture and Ecocriticism

Edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Kenneth Byron Kidd
Published 2004
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814330289

The first book-length study of the relationship between children's literature and ecocriticism.

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