Esthetic or Functional, Saccharine or Shocking? An Editor Looks at Values in Children's Books.

Giblin, James Cross

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ERIC Number: EJ197800

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Publication Date: 1977

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Esthetic or Functional, Saccharine or Shocking? An Editor Looks at Values in Children's Books.

Giblin, James Cross

Children's Literature in Education, v8 n3 p120-26 Fall 1977

Discusses artistic or esthetic, social and cultural, functional, and commercial values looked for by children's book editors in selecting and publishing manuscripts. Also reviews changes in social and cultural values as shown by children's books published in 1947, 1957, and 1967. (GT)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Childrens Literature, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction, Nonfiction, Social Change, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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