International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
61 Ireland Valerie Coghlan Ireland has a long tradition of literary creativity, but this has focused mainly on adult literature, ...
Tales (1989) and Carolyn Swift’s Irish Myths and Tales for Young People (1990). Scott has also written several fantasy novels wh ...
of the Decade Award. McCaughren is also the author of a number of adventure stories as are Tony Hickey and Margrit Cruickshank, ...
commentary on the state of children’s literature in Ireland and elsewhere. The Irish Children’s Book Trust, established in 1989, ...
62 The Nordic Countries Boel Westin Children’s literature in the Nordic countries is comparatively well thought of. There are sp ...
literary market. Children’s literature began to respond to the needs of children rather than adults. During the twentieth centur ...
In order to introduce low-price quality literature for children, ‘Børnenes Bogsamling’, a publisher’s series (of classics, fairy ...
which was something new. The very same year Ole Lund Kierkegaard (1940–1979), writer of popular humorous stories in a somewhat h ...
The work of Anni Swan (1875–1958), the first classic children’s writer in Finnish, is closely linked to the world of fairy tales ...
Marita Lindquist (b. 1918), both depicting children’s experiences of everyday life. Books for young adults, focusing on social a ...
Children’s literature in Norway is also connected with the maintenance of a national identity. The first picture book, Norsk Bil ...
books for young adults. The historical novel was revitalised by Torill Hauger (b.1943): the Viking Age is one of her specialitie ...
launched various projects to promote reading: a publishers’ series of quality literature (Barnbiblioteket Saga), annuals, magazi ...
abortion. Maria Gripe (b. 1923) writes on contemporary realism as well as fantasy- oriented novels for young adults, often centr ...
63 The Netherlands Anne de Vries The Origin of a Separate Children’s Literature Until recently it was commonly thought that a se ...
attention was paid to the needs of children; although the authors applied themselves to using simple language and a childlike pr ...
children also became apparent from the fact that accredited artists were recruited to illustrate children’s books. The happy wor ...
tooth’) or a lullaby for a little porcupine. An anthology from her poetry, Pink Lemonade, was published in English in the USA in ...
Princess, 1987]; and symbolic novels with philosophical or moral themes (for example, De tuinen van Dorr (1969) [The Gardens of ...
sometimes troublesome or unreasonable. In other words, he drew an image of children and adults which had only previously been fo ...
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