Children's Literature: An Anthology 1801 - 1902

Edited by one of the leading scholars in children's literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels.

• Includes over 120 complete works, poems, stories and extracts from novels.
  
• Provides an entertaining and scholarly view of the development of children's literature in the UK and the USA, with representative pieces from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
  
• Includes both famous books and poems, as well as less well-known but fascinating examples.
  
• Features a bibliography of the best critical and historical secondary sources.