Edited by one of the leading scholars in children's literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels.

* Includes over 120 complete works, poems, stories and extracts from novels.

* Provides an entertaining and scholarly view of the development of children's literature in the UK and the USA, with representative pieces from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

* Includes both famous books and poems, as well as less well-known but fascinating examples.

* Features a bibliography of the best critical and historical secondary sources.