| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard loan | Library Services Main collection | Print books | 809.89282 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 15165101 |
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The range of literature covered includes traditional narrative materials such as legends as romances, fairy tales, chapbooks; genres such as school stories, adventure stories, doll stories, and science fiction; ABC and other learning books; children's magazines, comics, and story papers; picture books; teenage novels; children's hymns; and children's stories on radio television and film. Other entries include: concise plot summaries, from familiar favourites like The secret garden to less well-known works such as My friend Mr Leaky by the eminent scientist J. B. S. Haldane; characters, Andy Pandy to Tiger Tim, Captain Nemo to Shere Khan and Winnie-the-Pooh; literary and historical background, Puritans and penny dreadful, libraries and reviewers, racism and sexism; mythical and legendary creatures, trolls, dragons, witches, giants, dwarfs, and goblins; national surveys, including the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Australia, and India. Written both to entertain and instruct, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature is a reference work no one interested in the world of children's books should be without.
2018
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