parodies moralising 422–9;
The Railway Children 275, 336;
science fiction 312;
The Story of the Amulet 311;
The Story of the Treasure Seekers 396
Nesin, Aziz 771–2
the Netherlands 443, 647;
overview of literature 701–16;
translation 516, 517, 517
Neupane, D.R. 806
New Historicism 29–5;
British and American schools 31;
five-point definition 31
New Zealand 843–61;
higher education in children’s literature
605;
magazines 451;
Maori culture 846
Newbery, Elizabeth 139
Newbery, John 136, 138, 141–7, 144–50;
animal stories 278;
collection at UCLA 543;
illustrations 218;
information books 428;
published in USA 470;
publishing 464–3, 667, 668;
religious writing 264, 268;
reviews 477
Newbery (John) Medal 434, 472;
administered by librarians 652;
effect on sales 506;
historical fiction 366, 367;
introduction 500–9, 503, 608
Newbolt, Sir Henry 586–5
Neznakomov, Petar 769
Nguyen Quynh 813
Nicholls, Christine 97–2
Nicholls, Helen 377
Nicholls, Peter 320
Nicholson, William 228
Nigeria 447, 655, 780–90
Njami, S. 793
Nkashama, P.N. 794
Nodelman, Perry 93
non-fiction books see information books
Nordic countries 467, 690–699
Nordinoff, Nicolas 235
Norse myth: Tolkien 307
Norse myths 154;
influence on fantasy 302;
landscape 162;
retellings 168
Northeastern Collection 543
Norton, André (Alice) 317
Norton, Donna 24
Norton, Mary 560, 676;
The Borrowers 377, 529
Norway 443, 690, 695–6;
collections 541;
oral tradition 534;
translated works 516
Nossov, Nicolai 735
Nöstlinger, Christine 746
Nourse, Alan 317
Nowotny, Joachim 737
nursery rhymes 172–80, 375;
censorship 498;
early English 670;
fitting history to 174–80Odaga, Asenath 789
O’Dell, Scott 866
Odoevsky, Vladimir 757
The Odyssey (Homer) 167
Oedipus complex 87
Ogawa, Mimei 827
Ogiwara, Noriko 830
The Ogre Downstairs (Jones) 293–8
O’Hara, Mary: My Friend Flicka 286, 417
O’Harris, Pixie 835
Oittinen, Riita 515
Oke, V.K. 801
O’Keefe, Adelaide 192
Okuda, Tsuguo 828
Olesha, Yury 761
Olivares Figueroa, Rafael 877, 878
Olmo, Lauro 718, 720
Omer, Devorah 778
The Once and Future King (White) 305
Once Upon a Time (Prater) 129
Oneal, Zibby 400
Opie, Iona 2, 187, 658
Opie, Peter 122–7, 658
Opie Collection 122, 541
Opper, Frederick Burr 249, 251
oral tradition 18–2, 172–89;
Africa 786, 790;
appealing to common consciousness 628;906 INDEX