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Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century (2019)
Book
Butler, C., & Alston, A. (Eds.). (2019). Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this collection the multidimensional story of children’s literature in the formative period of the long nineteenth century is illuminated, questioned, and, in some respects, rewritten. Children’s literature might be characterised as the love-ch... Read More about Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century.

“When something is wrong we write it”: The portrayal of female genital mutilation in children’s literature (2019)
Journal Article
Alston, A. (2019). “When something is wrong we write it”: The portrayal of female genital mutilation in children’s literature. Bookbird, 57(2), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2019.0015

© 2019 BY BOOKBIRD, INC. Focusing on Williams-Garcia’s No Laughter Here (2004) and Craigie’s What Was Never Said (2015), this article questions their representation of female genital mutilation (FGM). It considers the use of voice, writing, and siste... Read More about “When something is wrong we write it”: The portrayal of female genital mutilation in children’s literature.