Poetics of Children's Literature

Poetics of Children's Literature
Author: Zohar Shavit
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0820334812

Since its emergence in the seventeenth century as a distinctive cultural system, children's literature has had a culturally inferior status resulting from its existence in a netherworld between the literary system and the educational system. In addition to its official readership—children—it has to be approved of by adults. Writers for children, explains Zohar Shavit, are constrained to respond to these multiple systems of often mutually contradictory demands. Most writers do not try to bypass these constraints, but accept them as a framework for their work. In the most extreme cases an author may ignore one segment of the readership. If the adult reader is ignored, the writer risks rejection, as is the case of popular literature. If the writer utilizes the child as a pseudo addressee in order to appeal to an adult audience, the result can be what Shavit terms an ambivalent work. Shavit analyzes the conventions and the moral aims that have structured children's literature, from the fairy tales collected and reworked by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm—in particular, “Little Red Riding Hood”—through the complex manipulations of Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, to the subversion of the genre's canonical requirements in the chapbooks of the eighteenth century, and in the formulaic Nancy Drew books of the twentieth century. Throughout her study Shavit, explores not only how society has shaped children's literature, but also how society has been reflected in the literary works it produces for its children.

Yetis Are the Worst!

Yetis Are the Worst!
Author: Alex Willan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665921773

Gilbert the Goblin is convinced yetis are not nearly as mysterious as they seem, and sets off to find one to prove once and for all that Goblins are just as cool and mysterious as the elusive yeti.

Mom + Dad + Chad

Mom + Dad + Chad
Author: Brad Gosse
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Mom and dad were getting bored. Their whole lives seemed to revolve around chores. They tried new activities they thought they'd enjoy. Date Nights. And Hobbies. And even some toys. Nothing was working your parents were tired. Then mom did some research after getting inspired. She presented an idea That seemed a bit strange. They dated new people. Together for a change. Humpty Dumpty Dickory Dock. Your mom just needed a second cock. It's time to meet your new co- father Chad. He's moving right in and it won't be bad. Skip along and count to three. We're normalizing polyamory.

Iron Wolf

Iron Wolf
Author: Siri Pettersen
Publisher: Arctis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-02-25
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781646908066

Now in paperback, Book 1 in Siri Pettersen's Vardari series. Fantasy full of secrets, adventure, and romance! Juva hates female blood readers. They are celebrated for their clairvoyance, but are nothing but commoners who play on people's fears. Juva is a descendant of blood readers, but has vowed never to be one of them. However, when her family is threatened by the Vardari—those who are immortal and never-aging—she goes on a hunt for a dark secret that once changed the world and possibly will again. But to survive, Juva has to confront the terrifying childhood memory she fought to forget: she saw the devil as a child . . . Iron Wolf is a new spellbinding fantasy mystery from Siri Pettersen, built on a Norse foundation, about blood, desire, and addiction. It’s the first book in the trilogy VARDARI, an independent series set in the universe of the award-winning fantasy phenomenon THE RAVEN RINGS. Iron Wolf is a spellbinding fantasy mystery on a Norse foundation, about blood, desire and addiction. It’s the first book in the trilogy VARDARI, an independent series set in the universe of the award-winning fantasy phenomenon THE RAVEN RINGS.

The Last Black Unicorn

The Last Black Unicorn
Author: Tiffany Haddish
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 150118184X

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An inspiring story that manages to be painful, honest, shocking, bawdy and hilarious.” —The New York Times Book Review From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself. Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework, the other foster kids she lived with wouldn’t beat her up, and she might even get a boyfriend. Or at least she could make enough money—as the paid school mascot and in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman—to get her hair and nails done, so then she might get a boyfriend. None of that worked (and she’s still single), but it allowed Tiffany to imagine a place for herself where she could do something she loved for a living: comedy. Tiffany can’t avoid being funny—it’s just who she is, whether she’s plotting shocking, jaw-dropping revenge on an ex-boyfriend or learning how to handle her newfound fame despite still having a broke person’s mind-set. Finally poised to become a household name, she recounts with heart and humor how she came from nothing and nowhere to achieve her dreams by owning, sharing, and using her pain to heal others. By turns hilarious, filthy, and brutally honest, The Last Black Unicorn shows the world who Tiffany Haddish really is—humble, grateful, down-to-earth, and funny as hell. And now, she’s ready to inspire others through the power of laughter.

Manifestoes of Surrealism

Manifestoes of Surrealism
Author: André Breton
Publisher: Pattern Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-07-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1848647735

A collection of both of the Manifestoes of Surrealism written by Andre Breton in 1924 and 1929. The pocket book size to make the two manifestoes more accessible in print without being part of some collected works.

Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami

Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami
Author: John Montroll
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486289717

Presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for creating the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac and a variety of mythological creatures in origami.

A Compendium of Curiosities

A Compendium of Curiosities
Author: Tim Holtz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780615545080

Not your typical how to book, but inspirational papercraft and mixed media projects designed by Tim Holtz.