Children of the Series and How They Grew: or A Century of Heroines & Heroes, Romantic, Comic, Moral

Author/Contributor(s):	Kensinger, Faye Riter
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Date:	06/15/1987
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Children's series fiction comprises tales incorporating innocence and hard reality along with romance, wit, and character. Heavy streaks of morality diminished as the entertainment element increased. Heroes performed in a wide range of adventures, but restrictions often kept heroines close to home. Series fiction peaked, then waned, but such writers as Beverly Cleary and Madeleine L'Engle carried on the style.