The International Research Society
for Children's Literature















Publications
 

Twice a year members receive a newsletter with information about the society and its members, their publications and current research. Every two years they receive the membership directory, a global 'Who is who?' of children's literature research.

Recent Publications by Members
 
   
We are pleased to announce that Roni Natov's The Poetics of Children's Literature , winner of the 2005 IRSCL Award, will be available in a paperback edition from Routledge in April 2006.
 

Studies in Children’s Literature, 1500-2000 edited by Celia Keenan & Mary Shine Thompson

 

Dark Horse by Adrienne E. Gavin

 

Classics of Children's Literature selected by Professor Peter Hunt, edited by Dr. Morteza Khosronejad

 

Eikoku Lady ni naru Hoho by Ariko Kawabata and Yoriko Iwata

 

Announcement of a special issue of 'The Lion and the Unicorn' featuring several IRSCL members.

 

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, 2nd edition edited by Peter Hunt

 

Comparative Children's Literature by Emer O'Sullivan

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The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions In English edited by Jack Zipes (General Editor), Gillian Avery, Peter Hunt, Lissa Paul and Lynne Vallone (Associate General Editors)

 

Children's publishing between heritage and mass culture - The Institut international Charles-Perrault has published the texts from the international symposium of November 25-57th 2004, to which many IRSCL members contributed

 

Innocence and Experience: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Children's Literature by Morteza Khosronejad

 

A Past Without Shadow - Constructing the Past in German Books for Children - by Zohar Shavit


IRSCL Publications
 


Please note, a full list of proceedings from IRSCL conferences is available at here

  
General Publication Announcements
 


Professor Jack Zipes and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce plans for the Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, scheduled for publication in 2005.

 


Press release introducing Pied Piper Publishing, a new publishing company for children's literature, literacy and reading.

 




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