Topic: Geography and World Cultures / Folklore

 
Folk Literature and Children
An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Materials
Shannon
000-0-00000-000-0

This eBook may be purchased through the following distributors:

 
Shannon
ADD COPY 2009 ABC-CLIO

Folk Literature and Children

An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Materials

Shannon Shannon


December 1981

Greenwood

Cover
Pages
Volumes
Size
Hardcover
124
1
 
ISBN
978-0-313-22808-7
Print in Stock
$57.95

add to cart

Folk Literature and Children leads one to valuable resource material on the subject. . . and should prove useful to teachers, librarians, psychologists, and students and scholars of children's literature. Booklist

For centuries educators, scholars, writers, and psychologists have debated the value of folk literature for children and the impact of folktales on the young. This bibliography of 465 entries lists a wide range of relevant criticism, scholarship, and opinion. . . . Folk Literature and Children leads one to valuable resource material on the subject of folk literature and children and should prove useful to teachers, librarians, psychologists, and students and scholars of children's literature. Booklist
Reviews
An excellent introduction summarizes the arguments against folk tales....as well as those praising the tales... .Author, title, and subject indexes make material on particular topics easy to locate within the three main sections: Literature, Education, Psychology. Should be of great value to educators, psychologists, historians and all scholars who are concerned with folk literature and its influence, especially its effect on the young.—Choice