Beauty, brains, and brawn
the construction of gender in children's literature
Gedrukt boek
Diverse perspectives on what it means to be a male or female child in children's literature. Among the authors and illustrators in the collection who talk about the creative process are: Jerry Pinckney, Katherine Paterson, Mem Fox, Gary Paulsen, Virginia Hamilton, Karen Cushman, Andrea Pinkney, Paul Zelinsky and Patricia and Frederick McKissack. These discussions on creativity are interspersed among essays by educators.