02724nam 22005771 450 991081148800332120230803033204.01-60938-221-8(CKB)3710000000057017(EBL)1520831(OCoLC)862077756(SSID)ssj0001040994(PQKBManifestationID)11595589(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040994(PQKBWorkID)11009304(PQKB)11316188(MiAaPQ)EBC1520831(MdBmJHUP)muse27492(Au-PeEL)EBL1520831(CaPaEBR)ebr10791310(EXLCZ)99371000000005701720131107h20132013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMaking Americans children's literature from 1930 to 1960 /Gary D. SchmidtIowa City :University of Iowa Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60938-192-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Imagining American democracy: self-reliance and social cooperation -- James Daugherty: the democracy of the American pioneer -- Defining American democracy: normalizing inclusion -- The "Childhood of Famous Americans" series: challenges to mythic narratives -- Adapting American democracy: responding to the urgencies of war -- Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire: America as the land of opportunity -- Globalizing American democracy: exporting the American heritage -- Virginia Lee Burton and Robert McCloskey: (in)security in America.American children need books that draw on their own history and circumstances, not just the classic European fairy tales. They need books that enlist them in the great democratic experiment that is the United States. These were the beliefs of many of the authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, and teachers who expanded and transformed children's book publishing between the 1930's and the 1960's. Although some later critics have argued that the books published in this era offered a vision of a safe, secure, simple world without injustice or unhappy endings, Gary D. Schmidt showsChildren's literatureLiteratureChildren's literature.Literature.810.9810.9/9282810.99282Schmidt Gary D1696635MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811488003321Making Americans4076737UNINA