Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The special magic of the eighties: Shaping words and shape-shifting words

  • Published:
Children's Literature in Education Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bakhtin, M. M.,Speech Genres and Other Late Essays, Vern McGee (trans.), Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist (eds.). University of Texas Press, 1987.

  • Fox, Mem,Possum Magic. Norwood, South Australia: Omnibus Books, 1983.

    Google Scholar 

  • Perry Nodelman,Words About Pictures. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1988.

    Google Scholar 

  • Park, Ruth,Playing Beatie Bow. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  • Price, Susan,The Ghost Drum. London: Faber and Faber, 1987.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sendak, Maurice,Outside Over There. London: The Bodley Head, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

    Rosemary Ross Johnston (lecturer in English)

Authors
  1. Rosemary Ross Johnston
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

She has a Master's degree in children's literature and a Ph.D. in Australian literature. One of her particular research interests is in teaching literature to ESL students.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Johnston, R.R. The special magic of the eighties: Shaping words and shape-shifting words. Child Lit Educ 26, 211–217 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02355402

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02355402

Search

Navigation