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The "weird tale" label also evolved from the magazine Weird Tales; the stories therein often combined fantasy elements, existential and physical terror, and science fiction devices. [3] While New Weird fiction has been influenced by traditional weird fiction such as American H.P. Lovecraft's stories, much of the movement's early momentum is ...
The book was a response to a letter from a child saying, "Where are the books about the kids like us?" One critic called the character of "Henry" the "modern Tom Sawyer." [5] The character of Henry Huggins returned in later books and also in a play which was written by Beverly Cleary and Cynthia J. McGean. [6]
Pages in category "Characters in children's literature" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This novel is the first in a seven-part series, known as the Tillerman Cycle. The novel introduces some of the main characters in the cycle, and refers to others, such as Bullet Tillerman and Francis Verricker. Apart from Dicey's Song, which describes events immediately following Homecoming, the Tillerman Cycle is not chronological.
The golden age of children's fantasy, in scholars' view, occurred in the mid-20th century when the genre was influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In the vein of Narnia , the post-war period saw rising stakes and manifestations of evil in the works of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner ...
Rules is the debut novel by author Cynthia Lord. Released by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, it was a Newbery Honor book in 2007. [1] It is a Sunshine State Young Readers book for 2008–2009 and won A 2007 Schneider Family Book Award. [2] In 2009 it also won the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. [3]
Children's books also benefit children's social and emotional development. Reading books help "personal development and self-understanding by presenting situations and characters with which our own can be compared". [181] Children's books often present topics that children can relate to, such as love, empathy, family affection, and friendship.
Children's novels are narrative fiction books written for children, distinct from collections of stories and picture books. See also: Children's fiction books ; Young adult novels Subcategories