The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's Literature

The Looking Glass is an electronic journal about children's literature. It aims to promote discussion and critical analysis of the literature and its creation.




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Vol 12, No 2 (2008)

Table of Contents

Frame of Reference

Introduction: Censorship in Children's Literature HTML
David Edward Beagley

Alice's Academy

Subverting Censorship through Heteroqueer: How to do Straight Queerly (and get away with it) in the Novels of Doug MacLeod Abstract HTML
Kate McInally

Emerging Voices

Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: a critical look at the controversy over Roald Dahl's The Witches Abstract HTML
Elizabeth Oliver

Jabberwocky

Censorship by Debate? or the Curious, Electronic E-fair of the "Hippo Smack" Abstract HTML
Hazel Edwards
A writer's view - Censorship : an unnecessary evil HTML
Loretta Caravette
A librarian's view - Self-Censorship in the Library HTML
Miffy Farquharson
A parent's view - All these choices! - parents and censorship HTML
Heather Rae

Curiouser and Curiouser

Australian Children’s Literature Digital Resources Project HTML
Editor
Children’s Literature Association Announces 2009 Phoenix Award Winner HTML
Editor

The Caucus Race

Texts Mark the Spot - the 6th La Trobe University, Bendigo Children's Literature Conference HTML
Editor