Resources
Scholars in the fields of children's literature and childhood studies might find these resources helpful for their own research.Representations of Childhood (general)
Gavin, Adrienne E. (ed.). The Child in British Literature: Literary Constructions of Childhood, Medieval to Contemporary. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Heywood, Colin. A History of Childhood: Children and Childhood in the West from Medieval to Modern Times. Polity, 2001.
James, Allison, and Adrian L James. Key Concepts in Childhood Studies. Sage, 2012.
Jenks, Chris. Childhood: Critical Concepts in Sociology. Routledge, 2005.
Joosen, Vanessa. Changing Concepts of Childhood and Children's Literature. Cambridge Scholars, 2006.
Qvortrup, Jens. The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Wierda Rowland, Ann. Romanticism and Childhood: The Infantilization of British Literary Culture. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Wyness, Michael G. Childhood. Polity, 2015.
Children's Literature (general)
Briggs, Julia (ed.). Popular Children's Literature in Britain. Ashgate, 2008.
Cadden, Michael (ed.). Telling Children's Stories: Narrative Theory and Children's Literature. University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
Clasen, Tricia, and Holly Hassel. (eds.). Gender(ed) Identities: Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children's and Young Adult Literature. Routledge, 2017.
Cullinan, Bernice E. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Continuum, 2001.
Ewers, Hans-Heino. Fundamental Concepts of Children's Literature Research: Literary and Sociological Approaches. Routledge, 2012.
Greenby, Matthew O. Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Greenby, Matthew O. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Horne, Jackie C. History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature. Ashgate, 2011.
Hunt, Peter (ed.). Children's Literature: An Illustrated History. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Hunt, Peter (ed.). Children's Literature: The Development of Criticism. Routledge, 1995.
Hunt, Peter (ed.). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Routledge, 1998.
Knowles, Murray, and Kirsten Malmkjær. Language and Control in Children's Literature. Routledge, 1996.
Lerer, Seth. Children's Literature: A Reader's History, From Aesop to Harry Potter. University of Chicago Press, 2009
Levy, Michael, and Farah Mendlesohn. Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Mickenberg, Julia. The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Reynolds, Kimberley. Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Rudd, David (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature. Routledge, 2010.
Stibbs, Christine Wilkie. The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature. Routledge, 2013
Thacker, Deborah Cogan, and Jean Webb. Introducing Children's Literature: From Romanticism to Postmodernism. Routledge, 2002.
Wolf, Shelby A. (ed.). Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature. Routledge, 2011.
Zipes, Jack. The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English. Norton, 2005.