pt. I. Adapting death for changing contexts -- pt. II. Ritualizing death and life after death -- pt. III. Politicizing death -- pt. IV. Picturing death -- pt. V. Metaphorizing death -- pt. VI. Playing with death. This volume visits death in children's literature from around the world, making a substantial contribution to the dialogue between the expanding fields of Childhood Studies, Children's Literature, and Death Studies. Considering both textual and pictorial representations of death, contributors focus on the topic of death in children's literature as a physical reality, a philosophical concept, a psychologically challenging adjustment, and/or a social construct. Essays covering literature from the US, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Brazil, Czech
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