Opie, Iona Archibald.

Children and Their Books. A collection of essays to celebrate the work of Iona and Peter Opie. Edited by Gillian Avery and Julia Briggs with a foreword by Iona Opie.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1989. 23 cm. XVI, 424 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Secondhand book in very good condition.

Published in aid of the Opie Appeal, this volume contains a collection of essays by distinguished scholars, including Keith Thomas, Humphrey Carpenter, Barbara Everett and John Bayley. Subjects range from the history of children’s literature to the great children’s writers and illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries. It has been assembled as a tribute to the achievement of Iona and Peter Opie in enriching the lives of children through their study of nursery rhymes, games and fairy tales. There is a foreward by Iona Opie and an introduction which describes the great Opie collection of children’s books. (Publishers information).

• Keywords: Children’s Books · International Literature · Literary Studies
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198129912
• Inventory Number: 401275AB

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