Seedlings : English children's reading & writers in South Africa / Elwyn Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Elwyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature, South African (English)--History and criticism.

Children's literature, South African (English).

Children--Books and reading--South Africa.

Children.

Children--Books and reading.

South Africa.

South Africa--In literature.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pretoria : Unisa Press, [2012]

Summary:

Jenkins shares a treasure trove of South African essays on topics including lessons from the honey-guide; cigarette card albums and patriotism; memories of social transition in Southern Africa; Cecil Shirley, author and illustrator of Little Veld Folk; refugee stories; and children's verse in the first half of the twentieth century. The book concludes with sources for research and a survey of research in South African children's literature. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Sharing our stories : South African children's literature in English

Reading outside the lines : peritext and authenticity in South African English children's books

San tales

again

Lessons from the honey-guide

Charles Rawden Maclean, Baden-Powell, and Dinuzulu's beads

Two English writers in South Africa : J.R.R. Tolkien and Rudyard Kipling

The chronicles of Peach Grove Farm : an early South African children's book by Nellie Fincher

Is Pauline Smith's Platkops children a children's book?

The fall from grace of Kingsley Fairbridge

Cigarette card albums and patriotism

Cecil Shirley, author and illustrator of Little veld folk

"Some far siding" : South African English children's verse int he first half of the twentieth century

Cross-cultural misreadings : MacCann and Maddy's Apartheid and racism revisited (co-authored with Elizabeth Muther)

Memories of social transition in Southern Africa : Unity Dow and Kagiso Lesego Molope

Visual design in collections of writing in English by South African children

Refugee stories : The suitcase stories and I am an African

Sources for research in South African children's literature in English

A survey of research in South African children's literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index.

ISBN:

9781868886524

1868886522

OCLC:

794295462