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“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.

Mothers in children's and young adult literature: From the eighteenth century to postfeminsim. Eds Lisa Rowe Fraustino and Karen Coats (2017)
Journal Article
Alston, A. (2017). Mothers in children's and young adult literature: From the eighteenth century to postfeminsim. Eds Lisa Rowe Fraustino and Karen Coats. International Research in Children's Literature, 10(2), 227-229. https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2017.0244

Introduction (2017)
Journal Article
Alston, A., & Butler, C. (2018). Introduction. Women's Writing, 25(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699082.2017.1326467

This in the introduction to an eclectic range of significant articles that focus on women's writing for children during the long nineteenth century.

'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language (2016)
Book Chapter
Alston, A., & Worthington, H. (2016). 'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language. In D. Walford Davies (Ed.), Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected, 115-128. University of Wales Press

In the book bearing his name, the BFG tells Sophie that ‘there is something fishy about Wales’. Even allowing for Dahl’s well-known delight in wordplay, it seems that there is more to this throwaway line than just a joke for children. Taking its cue... Read More about 'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language.

Roald Dahl: A new casebook (2012)
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Butler, C., & Alston, A. (2012). C. Butler, & A. Alston (Eds.), Roald Dahl: A new casebook. Palgrave Macmillan

Roald Dahl is one of the world's best-loved authors. More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films – yet he remains a controversial figure. This volume, the first... Read More about Roald Dahl: A new casebook.

The unlikely family romance in Roald Dahl's children's fiction (2012)
Book Chapter
Alston, A. (2012). The unlikely family romance in Roald Dahl's children's fiction. In C. Butler, & A. Alston (Eds.), Roald Dahl, 86-101. Palgrave Macmillan

The family in English children's literature (2008)
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Alston, A. (2008). The family in English children's literature. Routledge

This text examines the idea of the family in children's literature from a largely historical perspective. Using 1818 as a starting point and ending with a consideration of contemporary works, it analyses a variety of texts, and contends that, despite... Read More about The family in English children's literature.

Your room or mine? Spatial politics in children's literature (2005)
Journal Article
Alston, A. (2005). Your room or mine? Spatial politics in children's literature. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 11(1), 15 - 31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614540500105412