This book introduces Nordic children's literature and some of the children portrayed in these stories: from the little matchbox girl and the small boy revealing

This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others

Between 1933 and 1945, National Socialists enacted a focused effort to propagandize children’s literature by distorting existing German values and traditions

This book explores the meaning of nation or nationalism in children’s literature and how it constructs and represents different national experiences. The cont

The contributors to this collection of essays address children's literature as an art form, rather than an educational instrument, as has been the traditional a