Boys in Children’s Literature and Popular Culture proposes new theoretical frameworks for understanding the contradictory ways masculinity is represented in p

No previous collection of criticism has focused on gender in the broad range of children's literature. No previous collection has embraced both children's liter

Literature often is central to individual maturation. It typically reflects, in one way or another, the experiences of the reader and the larger strains of soci

This is the first volume to consider the popular literary category of Early Readers – books written and designed for children who are just beginning to read i

This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.