by IBBY | Nov 5, 2018 | IBBYLink Spring 2018
Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Reflections on Fairy Tales by Katherine Langrish back to IBBYLink Spring 2018 Judith Philo This book of essays emerged from Katherine Langrish’s many years of posting a blog on fairy tales, folklore, fantasy and children’s literature....
by IBBY | Nov 5, 2018 | IBBYLink Spring 2018
Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Stories and Children’s Games: An Appreciation of the Pioneering Work of Iona and Peter Opie June Hopper Swain It was while they were preparing for an exhibition on child life and literature that Iona Opie, who died on 23 October 2017 aged 94, and...
by IBBY | Nov 5, 2018 | IBBYLink Spring 2018
A Puss without Boots: John Burningham’s It’s a Secret! back to IBBYLink Spring 2018 June Hopper Swain The work of John Burningham has been defined as incorporating ‘postmodern strategies … to challenge expected reader/author relationships’ (Thacker and Webb,...
by IBBY | Nov 5, 2018 | IBBYLink Spring 2018
A Flying Wheelchair and a Deaf Fairy: An Exploration of Disability in Fairy Tales back to IBBYLink Spring 2018 Rebecca R. Butler In classic children’s fiction there are unfortunately instances of disabled characters depicted as evil, deformed or both. Two examples...
by IBBY | May 6, 2018 | IBBYLink Spring 2018
‘Old’ Ladies in New Spaces: Cinderella and Little Red in Modern Cities The Girl in Red back to IBBYLink Spring 2018 Dalila Forni Roberto Innocenti is an Italian self-taught artist who has gained worldwide success illustrating many classic fairy tales and adapting them...
