Sticks and stones: the troublesome success of children's literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter

Table of Contents. Preface. The Cultural Homogenization of American Youth. Do You Know What We Are Doing To Your Books? Why Children's Literature Does Not Exist. The Value of Evaluating the Value of Children's Literature. Wanda Gag's Americanization of the Grimm's Fairy Tales. The Contamination of the Faity Tale. The Wisdom and Folly of Storytelling. The Perverse Delight of Shockheaded Peter. The Phenomenon of Harry Potter, or Why All the Talk? Bibliography. Index.