Christmas Books for Children

Christmas Books for Children investigates continuities and new trends in this hugely significant part of the children's book market.

Eugene Giddens (Author)

9781108741385, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 November 2019

75 pages, 26 b/w illus.
12.5 x 17.8 x 0.7 cm, 0.13 kg

This Element traces the varied and magical history of Christmas publications for children. The Christmas book market has played an important role in the growth of children's literature, from well-loved classics to more ephemeral annuals and gift books. Starting with the eighteenth century and continuing to recent sales successes and picturebooks, Christmas Books for Children investigates continuities and new trends in this hugely significant part of the children's book market.

1. The emergence and growth of the Christmas book market 1750–1850
2. The moral Christmas, 1850–1910
3. The festive Christmas, 1850–1910
4. Christmas books for children In the twenty-first century.

Subject Areas: Reference material [Children's / Teenage YR], Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction [YN], Children's, Teenage & educational [Y], Children’s & teenage literature studies [DSY], Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literature & literary studies [D]