Children’s Literature in the 1890s and the 1990s

Kimberley Reynolds, too, is interested in shifts in critical thinking but manages to do justice to these without trivialising the primary sources which are the raison d’être of the entire enterprise. Steering clear of a synoptic view, she opts instead for the handful of texts she regards as representative. As a result, her discussion of particular titles is both richer and deeper ... and conveys all the more convincingly why children’s reading actually matters.