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John Newbery And His Books »

Authors: John Rowe Townsend
ISBN-13: 9780810829503, ISBN-10: 0810829509
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: November 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: John Rowe Townsend

Book Synopsis

An invaluable resource for students and teachers of children's literature, this book covers Newbery's work and achievements as a publisher and bookseller.

Australian Library Review

...an excellent summary of Newbery's achievements as a publisher and bookseller...attractively illustrated...an excellent and readable account of a man who was an innovator...recommended to the student of children's literature and the general reader alike..

	Preface
	A man of parts	1
	Jack Whirler	25
	A bookseller of the last century	31
	Mr & Mrs Folio at Oxford	117
	Mr Newbery's little books: a listing	127
	Tommy Trip and his dog Jouler	137
	Sidelights	143
1	Earlier Newberys
2	The Reading Mercury
3	The Newbery books in America
4	The inheritors
	The Newbery Medal	161
	Bibliography	165
	Index	169
	About the author	175

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