Children's Literature: The Golden Age

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Celeste Davidson Mannis, B.A., M.B.A., is the award-winning author of several works of literary nonfiction, fiction and poetry for children, including best-selling titles One Leaf Rides the Wind (Viking Children's Books, 2002) and Who Was William Shakespeare? (Grosset & Dunlap, 2006). Also a freelance editor, photographer and reader for Memoir Journal, Mannis resides with her family in Pacific Palisades, California. You may find further information regarding her work at www.celestedavidsonmannis.com.

Textbook(s) for this course: Note: Additional required readings are listed in the online classroom. Students will order readings online from links in the classroom.

AND Note: Norton Critical Edition is required for this course.
Alice in Wonderland, Norton Critical Edition
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Edition: 2nd
Publication Year: 1992
ISBN: 0393958043

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
Black Beauty
Author: Anna Sewell
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2011
ISBN: 0451531744

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2004
ISBN: 0451529308

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
Peter Pan
Author: J. M. Barrie
Publisher: Penguin (Puffin Classic)
Publication Year: 1996
ISBN: 0140366741

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
The Jungle Books
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2005
ISBN: 0451529758

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
The Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 0451528832

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
The Wind in the Willows
Author: Kenneth Grahame
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2006
ISBN: 0451530144

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2006
ISBN: 0451530292

AND Note: Any complete edition is OK to use.
Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin (Signet Classic)
Publication Year: 2008
ISBN: 0451530977

X466 (3 semester units in English)

(formerly Classics of Children's Literature X75)

An elective in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Writing

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of the major works of children’s literature were published, among them Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, Treasure Island and The Wizard of Oz. Examine these and other classics of children’s literature to discover what visions they present of childhood, of the social world and of the self. Pay particular attention to how these books address the two audiences of children’s literature: the child and the adult.

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