The authors (e.g., Anne Pellowski, Perry Nodelman), experts in their fields, come from many countries other than the US and Canada. Most of the other chapters were also revised and the bibliographies updated. Greatly expanded from the first edition (CH, Feb'97, 34-3089), which had 86 chapters, this version has 112, of which 51 were written either to add topical coverage or because the original authors were unable to revise their chapters. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Margaret Bush, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College (c) Copyright 2010. Though lengthy, the index is frustratingly incomplete. The analytical perspective and source lists in each entry will appeal to those with an academic interest in children's book publishing around the world. parallels or influences, and the volume includes several American and Canadian contributors. Though the emphasis is decidedly British, many articles refer to U.S. Many entries seem curiously out-of-date, with little reference to books or developments since the early 1980s. Even essays on book awards, children's magazines, and information books reflect each writer's political and literary bent. More interpretive than other single-volume companions, it offers diverse views on subjects of literary theory.
Some pieces are informative and thought-provoking others are pompous, strangely incomplete, and sometimes misleading. Ambitious in scope, this compilation of essays encompasses critical theory, history, world production of children's books, and practical aspects of li- brarianship and teaching.
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