The women who invented twentieth-century children's literature : only the best /: only the best. (2022)
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- Book
- Title:
- The women who invented twentieth-century children's literature : only the best /: only the best. (2022)
- Main Title:
- The women who invented twentieth-century children's literature : only the best
- Further Information:
- Note: Elizabeth West.
- Authors:
- West, Elizabeth
- Contents:
- Introduction Children’s Literature: the ‘Brass Age’ The influence of progressive education Good books for children Publishing as a career for women Chapter 1 ‘Brain, hand and heart’ – the joint endeavours of UK and US bookwomen in the development of children’s publishing American and British bookwomen The children’s publishing scene in America American influences in Britain Bookwomen as mediators between the US and UK Ideological and political differences Bookwomen crossing boundaries The beginning and end of an era Chapter 2 From Bumpus to Puffin Biographical background Eleanor Graham and the ‘good children’s book’ Improving the quality of books for children The Children who Lived in a Barn Eleanor Graham’s reputation and legacy Chapter 3 Panning for Gold: How libraries stimulated the demand for the best books for children Eileen Colwell and the development of children’s librarianship The Junior Bookshelf: Communicating the need for quality How to select a good book for children Two Case Studies The Picts and the Martyrs Dream Gold ‘Sweeping away the cobwebs’ Chapter 4 Creating a classic children’s book: The contribution of British bookwomen Ursula Moray Williams’ life and career Moray Williams and the publishing industry Classics, value and canonicity Chapter 5 ‘Building the Book Beautiful’: Children’s books as material objects The design and production of children’s books Puffin Story Books Illustrations The pivotal role of the bookwomen Questions of ownership: the caseIntroduction Children’s Literature: the ‘Brass Age’ The influence of progressive education Good books for children Publishing as a career for women Chapter 1 ‘Brain, hand and heart’ – the joint endeavours of UK and US bookwomen in the development of children’s publishing American and British bookwomen The children’s publishing scene in America American influences in Britain Bookwomen as mediators between the US and UK Ideological and political differences Bookwomen crossing boundaries The beginning and end of an era Chapter 2 From Bumpus to Puffin Biographical background Eleanor Graham and the ‘good children’s book’ Improving the quality of books for children The Children who Lived in a Barn Eleanor Graham’s reputation and legacy Chapter 3 Panning for Gold: How libraries stimulated the demand for the best books for children Eileen Colwell and the development of children’s librarianship The Junior Bookshelf: Communicating the need for quality How to select a good book for children Two Case Studies The Picts and the Martyrs Dream Gold ‘Sweeping away the cobwebs’ Chapter 4 Creating a classic children’s book: The contribution of British bookwomen Ursula Moray Williams’ life and career Moray Williams and the publishing industry Classics, value and canonicity Chapter 5 ‘Building the Book Beautiful’: Children’s books as material objects The design and production of children’s books Puffin Story Books Illustrations The pivotal role of the bookwomen Questions of ownership: the case of Henrietta the Faithful Hen Chapter 6 Pioneering picture books: Kathleen Hale and photolithography Mid-twentieth century children’s book design Advances in British photolithographed picture books: where craft intersected with modernism Kathleen Hale: artist, illustrator and bookwoman Autolithography and the opportunities it offered Chapter 7 Amabel Williams-Ellis and links between radical ideology, progressive education and children’s publishing Amabel Williams-Ellis In and Out of Doors A radical text? Conclusion: ‘1960 has rather an exciting sound to me’ A period of change Forgotten Labour The bookwomen’s legacy … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 809.89282082
Children's literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Children's literature -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century
Women authors - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000649581
9781000649550
9781003306870 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032308272
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