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Children's Books: The Writing and the Reading- Margaret Mahy

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Host Al Page speaks with Margaret Mahy, author of children's books and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Washington. Ms. Mahy talks about the bookseller and the children's market; recurring and changing themes, treatment of romance, children's interest in the supernatural, imagination, gothic elements; a child's view of the world; national differences; the creation of a living work. Originally broadcast on UWTV as a segment from Upon reflection in 1987.

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University of Washington. Instructional Media Services.

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Mahy, Margaret; Upon Reflection, Children's books, Children's literature, Children's literature -- Authorship

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