Outlines the characteristics of a good mystery and then suggests titles that would be of interest to young readers. (FL)

Lists and annotates new books for children, arranged according to the following categories: picture books; stories for younger, intermediate, and older readers; folklore; poetry; and nonfiction. Also annotates five stories of interest to adults. (AEA)

Lists and annotates new books for children, arranged according to the following categories: picture books; stories for younger, intermediate, and older readers; folklore; poetry; and nonfiction. Also annotates one story of interest to adults. (AEA)

Discusses metafiction (contemporary fiction) and the new relationship between subject and reader that challenges traditional practice of point of view in fiction. Suggests ways for the interpreter to deal with the performance of metafiction. (JMF)

Lists and annotates new books for children, arranged according to the following categories: picture books; stories for younger, for intermediate, and for older readers; folklore; poetry; and nonfiction. Also annotates two books of interest to adults. (AEA)

Discusses the themes and elements prevalent in historical fiction and reviews several quality works of historical fiction for young readers. (HTH)

Using Barthelme as a representative of current avant-garde American writers, the author analyzes his works from a traditional critical approach, outlining themes and structural patterns, and then from an "art as object" approach, in which fictional works are viewed as constructs in themselves, not as descriptions of anything. (SJL)

Notes that the brief but crucial appearances of Prince Escalus in "Romeo and Juliet" offer a key to the understanding of how plot proceeds in any dramatic or comedic work. (FL)

Novels about American higher education are examined to discover the images of college and university presidents projected through fiction. Fictive presidents are found to be vain, ambitious, hyperaggressive, failures at coping with crises, and--in contrast to fictive faculty--either uninterested or unsuccessful in extracurricular sexual…

Lists and annotates new books for children, arranged according to the following categories: Christmas books; picture books; stories for younger, for intermediate, and for older readers; folklore; and nonfiction. Also annotates four books of interest to adults. (FL)

Discusses children's concepts about stories, by examining interview responses. (AA)

Discusses the procedures that the author uses to allow all her students to move easily and gradually from a fragmented description of a scene to a completed short story. (RL)

Notes that just a few years ago, the death knell of young adult fiction was ringing steadily. Suggests that the emerging trend may be a redefinition of the genre that divides books into those aimed at 10- to 14-year-olds and those aimed at teens 15 and up. (RS)

Takes up a number of issues related to collaborative writing and co-authoring and reflects on their meaning. (TB)