TY - CHAP

T1 - Internationalism, the universal child and the world of children's literature

AU - O'Sullivan, Emer

PY - 2004/8/2

Y1 - 2004/8/2

N2 - Today’s children perceive the world from the perspective of photographs taken in outer space. They understand the concepts of lands and waters without national boundaries – boundaries that were never capable of limiting the flow of air or ocean currents or ideas. It is therefore especially appropriate that the highest prizes for children’s literature should be international, representing the universality and diversity of children and their literature and offering young readers books and ideas that flow as freely as ocean currents.

AB - Today’s children perceive the world from the perspective of photographs taken in outer space. They understand the concepts of lands and waters without national boundaries – boundaries that were never capable of limiting the flow of air or ocean currents or ideas. It is therefore especially appropriate that the highest prizes for children’s literature should be international, representing the universality and diversity of children and their literature and offering young readers books and ideas that flow as freely as ocean currents.

KW - English

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e2a9178b-3c23-3049-b5a2-8d1929e5c5ba/

U2 - 10.4324/9780203325667-11

DO - 10.4324/9780203325667-11

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 9780415290531

SN - 0415290538

SP - 13

EP - 25

BT - International companion encyclopedia of children's literature

A2 - Hunt, Peter

PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

CY - London [u.a.]

ER -