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Changing perspectives: The implied reader in Australian Children's Literature, 1841–1994

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Maurice Saxby has been variously introduced as the “guru,” “the godfather”, and “the grand old man” of Australian children's literature. As a primary-school teacher, he decided that the best thing he could do was to share his love of reading with his pupils. When, in due course, he proposed as a thesis topic “The History of Australian Children's Literature 1841–1941” to the English Department at Sydney University, it was turned down as being “a bit thin.” The Education Department knew better, and his M.A. thesis eventually led to the first history to be published (1969), followed by volumes covering 1941–1970 (1971) and 1970–1990 (1993). He wrote and taught the first master's course in children's literature in Australia; was the first president of the national Children's Book Council; and is the only Australian to have served as a juror for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards. (“Quite coincidentally,” he writes, “when I was judge, Australia won, in the same year, both the writers' and illustrators' medals—a double without precedent.”) He has himself won numerous awards in Australia and has published reworkings of the stories of ancient Greece and Rome. TheOxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature notes, “His dedication and commitment to Australian children's authors and illustrators has been an important influence on community attitudes and books for children.”

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Saxby, M. Changing perspectives: The implied reader in Australian Children's Literature, 1841–1994. Child Lit Educ 26, 25–38 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02360339

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