Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature

by Sheila A. Egoff

Sketches the history of children's literature, looks at the genres of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, folklore, poetry, problem novels and picture books, and recommends specific works

323 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Sheila Agnes Egoff was a Canadian librarian, literary critic, and historian who was Canada's first professor of children's literature. A recipient of the Order of Canada, she was known for her studies of children's fiction including The Republic of Childhood (1967), Thursday's Child (1981) and Worlds Within (1988). The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is named after her.