A Boy Called Dickens

A Boy Called Dickens
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375987401

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat-infested blacking factory. Readers will be drawn into the winding streets of London, where they will learn how Dickens got the inspiration for many of his characters. The 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth was February 7, 2012, and this tale of his little-known boyhood is the perfect way to introduce kids to the great author. This Booklist Best Children's Book of the Year is historical fiction at its ingenious best.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Author: Fred Rogers
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1683691148

The New York Times Best Seller For the first time ever, 75 beloved songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children's Corner are collected in this charmingly illustrated treasury, sure to be cherished by generations of children as well as the millions of adults who grew up with Mister Rogers. It’s you I like. It’s not the things you wear, It’s not the way you do your hair— But it’s you I like. From funny to sweet, silly to sincere, the lyrics of Mister Rogers explore such universal topics as feelings, new siblings, everyday life, imagination, and more. Through these songs—as well as endearing puppets and honest conversations—Mister Rogers instilled in his young viewers the values of kindness, self-awareness, and self-esteem. But most of all, he taught children that they are loved, just as they are. Perfect for bedtime, sing-along, or quiet time alone, this beautiful book of meaningful poetry is for every child—including the child inside of every one of us.

Dear Mr. Dickens

Dear Mr. Dickens
Author: Nancy Churnin
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0807515299

2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner - Children's Picture Book 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor for Picture Books Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers 2021 The Best Jewish Children's Books of 2021, Tablet Magazine A Junior Library Guild Selection March 2022 The Best Children's Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College 2022 First Place—Children's Book Nonfiction, Press Women of Texas 2022 First Place—Children's Book Nonfiction, National Federation of Press Women Eliza Davis believed in speaking up for what was right. Even if it meant telling Charles Dickens he was wrong. In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too common at the time: prejudice against Jewish people. Eliza was Jewish, and her heart hurt to see a Jewish character in Oliver Twist portrayed as ugly and selfish. She wanted to speak out about how unfair that was, even if it meant speaking out against the great man himself. So she wrote a letter to Charles Dickens. What happened next is history.

The Children of Dickens

The Children of Dickens
Author: Samuel McChord Crothers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1925
Genre:
ISBN:

Retellings of portions of books by Charles Dickens, featuring such memorable characters as Mr. Micawber, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and the Jellyby family. Includes background information on the novels.

Dickens and the Imagined Child

Dickens and the Imagined Child
Author: Professor Catherine Waters
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 147242381X

In Dickens and the Imagined Child, leading scholars explore the function of the child and childhood within Dickens’s imagination and reflect on the cultural resonance of his engagement with this topic. Part I begins by proposing a typology of the Dickensian child that is followed by discussions of specific child characters, while Part II focuses on the relationship between childhood and memory and Part III addresses childhood reading and writing.

Charles Dickens and the Victorian Child

Charles Dickens and the Victorian Child
Author: Amberyl Malkovich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2013
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0415899087

By examining some of Dickens's works that contain the imperfect child, Malkovich considers the construction, romanticization, and socialization of the Victorian child within work read by and for children during the Victorian Era, contending that the Victorian child can still be found in popular literatures read by children contemporarily.

Illustrated Stories from Dickens

Illustrated Stories from Dickens
Author: Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781409554646

This wonderful collection includes retellings of five stories by Charles Dickens, one of the most popular authors of all time. Meet dozens of his unforgettable characters in stories bursting with drama, comedy, tragedy and romance, set against the backdrop of Victorian England. Contains Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Bleak House all beautifully retold for younger readers. A section at the back introduces the life and times of Charles Dickens. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. Now produced in a shrink-wrapped, luxurious gift edition to celebrate Dickens' bicentenary.

Charles Dickens and the Sciences of Childhood

Charles Dickens and the Sciences of Childhood
Author: K. Boehm
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137362502

This book takes a fresh look at childhood in Dickens' works and in Victorian science and culture more generally. It offers a new way of understanding Dickens' interest in childhood by showing how his fascination with new scientific ideas about childhood and practices of scientific inquiry shaped his narrative techniques and aesthetic imagination.