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John Rowe Townsend has published more than twenty books for children and young people and has lectured extensively on children's literature in the United States, Britain, Australia, and Japan.
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...an impressive and comprehensive overview of literature for children and YAs. (Voya)

[Townsend's]... critical voice is unpretentious and down-to-earth, insightful and often witty. The result is a user-friendly and straightforward guide to significant authors, illustrators and titles from medieval England to the present day. (Emergency Librarian)

...examines the changing attitudes of children toward literature and also discusses the classics. The history of children's literature is traced from its origins to the multimedia era. (School Library Media Quarterly)

[Townsend's]... critical voice is unpretentious and down-to-earth, insightful and often witty. The result is a user-friendly and straightforward guide to significant authors, illustrators and titles from medieval England to the present day..... (Emergency Librarian)

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  • PublisherLippincott
  • Publication date1975
  • ISBN 10 0397315287
  • ISBN 13 9780397315284
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages368
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