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POETRY! Perceptions of Africa in Slovenian poetry for children • Rediscovering cultural diversity in Korea through song and poetry picture books • Poetry for young people in Greece: Themes, forms, types and trends • The liberating power of nonsense in Slovak children’s poetry • Innocence as subversion: The power of surrealism in The Twelve Months of Dreaming • Neruda reborn: His life in children’s literature • A street that leads children to poetry • “Pollen from one place to another”: The Braid in Indiana and Scotland • Poem Express: Swimming in the lake of the imagination
Vol. 49, No.2 APRIl 2011
Vol. 49, No.1 JaNuary 2011
South africa in Dutch children’s literature, 1899-1901; The u-Huhu stories of Nynke van Hichtum • Breaking New Ground with reviva Schermbrucker: South african Writer and Illustrator • The Proof is in the Puddin’: The German translation of Norman lindsay’s The Magic Pudding • Childhood in a Multicultural Society? Globalization, Childhood, and Cultural Diversity in Norwegian Children’s literature • The World as Presented to u.S. Children: Building Bridges or Confirming Expectations? • Identifying Key Components of Successful School libraries and librarians • Where Kids Come First: “Gurigura” Project Puts life into libraries
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VOl. 48, NO. 4 OCTOBER 2010 Vol. 48, No. 3 July 2010
The evolution of children´s and young adults´ literature in Spain • The construction of identity in picture books in Spanish • Panorama of a new century; Children´s literature in Catalan • The trajectory of Basque literature for children and young people • The lineage of the blue hen; Galician literature for children in the turn of the century An interview with
Josep Antoni Tàssies • Children´s literature and reading in Spain: A snapshot • Twenty years of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award
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GRAPHIC NOVELS AROUND THE WORLD The accidental graphic novelist • The artist as narrator: Shaun Tan’s wondrous worlds • Not all that’s modern is post: Shaun Tan’s grand narrative • Striving to survive: Comic strips in Iran • The graphic novel in India: East transforms west • Educational graphic novels: Korean children’s favorite now • Raymond Briggs: Controversially blurring boundaries • Dave McKean’s art: Transcending limitations of the graphic novel genre • Picture books as graphic novels and vice versa: The Australian experience • Robot Dreams and the language of sound effects
Vol . 49, No.4 october 2011
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