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Routledge Introductions to Young Adult and Children's Literature

About the Book Series

Routledge Introductions to Young Adult and Children’s Literature provides critical introductions to important trends, issues, authors, historical, cultural and intellectual contexts in YA and children’s literature. The series draws on the work of experts in the field to provide a detailed but accessible commentary on those works or conceptual issues which are taught with undergraduate students in mind but also graduate students and instructors.

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Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture An Introduction

Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture: An Introduction

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Cristina Rhodes, Cristina Herrera
February 26, 2026

Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture: An Introduction examines the early foundations, current trends, and future directions of the field of Latinx youth literature, media, and culture. This textbook introduces readers, students, and scholars to the field’s shifting dynamics, ...

Children’s Literature and Culture An Introduction

Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction

1st Edition

Edited By Rebecca Rowe
August 07, 2025

Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children’s literature. Children’s literature has long been used as a mechanism by which a culture passes its values from one generation to the next. Because of this culturally didactic ...

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