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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Botelho, Maria José, 1961–

Critical multicultural analysis of children’s literature : mirrors, windows and doors / by Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman.

p. cm.—(Language, culture, and teaching)

1. Children’s literature—History and criticism. 2. Young adult literature—History and criticism. 3. Multiculturalism in literature. I. Rudman, Masha Kabakow. II. Title.

PN1009.5.M84B68 2009

809′.89282—dc22

2008043368

ISBN 0-203-88520-1 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN: 0–415–99666–X (hbk)

ISBN: 0–805–83711–6 (pbk)

ISBN: 0–203–88520–1 (ebk)

ISBN: 978–0–415–99666–2 (hbk)

ISBN: 978–0–805–83711–7 (pbk)

ISBN: 978–0–203–88520–8 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9780203885208