Biography and Children
A Study of Biography for Children and Childhood in Biography
Library Association Publishing
Published on 22. October 1993
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-85604-060-0 (ISBN)
Description
This title examines the perceived value of biographical information and the way in which it is used by librarians and educationalists. There is an historical view of literature, together with a detailed investigation of contemporary material published for children. This book provides a critical and biographical guide to such materials, some of which are international, but with emphasis on British and American publications.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Facet Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 147 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-060-0 (9781856040600)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Lecturer in Management and Communication Studies
Lecturer in Librarianship and Information Studies
Content
Part 1 Biography - historical and contemporary: introduction; the role and value of biography; historical biography for children; contemporary biography for children; biography in fiction. Part 2 Childhood and autobiography: childhood in literature; childhood and autobiography; conclusion to parts one and two. Part 3 Provision and bibliographic sources: provision of biographical materials in children's and school libraries; sources of biographical information; a core collection of children's biography; thematic bibliography to the chapters.