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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"Beneath Their Cheerful Bunny Faces, His Slippers Had Steel Toe Caps": Traction Cities, Postmodernisms, and Coming of Age in Philip Reeve's "Mortal Engines" and "Predator's Gold"
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Dawson, Janis – Children's Literature in Education, 2007
This article discusses Philip Reeve's young adult science fiction novels as literary collages. It explores the ways in which the author uses postmodernisms to introduce big ideas and construct a compelling futuristic world that combines fast-paced adventure with the "bildungsroman".
Descriptors: Novels, Adolescent Literature, Science Fiction, Postmodernism
Little Women Out to Work: Women and the Marketplace in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" and "Work."
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Dawson, Janis – Children's Literature in Education, 2003
Contends that attention to Louisa May Alcott's portrayal of domesticity has meant that her representation of working women has received little consideration. Proposes that Alcott's image of domesticity is underpinned by her experience as a working woman. Examines the foundations of Alcott's domestic ideal by focusing on the experiences of Alcott's…
Descriptors: Characterization, Critical Reading, Employed Women, Gender Issues
Literary Relations: Anne Shirley and Her American Cousins.
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Dawson, Janis – Children's Literature in Education, 2002
Examines similarities between L.M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" and Kate Douglas Wiggin's "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Raises questions about the Canadianness of Montgomery's novel and considers the author's literary indebtedness to American authors and contemporary children's literature. Argues that as a literary work, "Anne of Green…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Trade and Plumb-Cake in Lilliput: The Origins of Juvenile Consumerism and Early English Children's Periodicals.
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Dawson, Janis – Children's Literature in Education, 1998
Discusses the history of consumerism among children by examining its emergence in the 18th century as evidenced in the earliest English children's periodicals: "The Lilliputian Magazine" published by John Newbery in 1751 and "The Juvenile Magazine" published by John Marshall in 1788. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Consumer Economics, Educational History