Children's Literature: An Illustrated History
Peter Hunt. Oxford University Press, USA, $45 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-19-212320-6
For adult readers, Oxford's Children's Literature: An Illustrated History, edited by Peter Hunt, traces books for youngsters from the 16th century to the present in such comprehensive chapters as ``Morality and Levity (1780-1820)'' and ``Internationalism, Fantasy, and Realism (1945-1970).'' Photos and art reproductions, a chronology and sources for further reading complete this attractive opus ($39.95, ISBN 0-19-212320-3 Sept.).
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Reviewed on: 10/02/1995
Genre: Fiction
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