John Newbery and His Books: Trade and Plumb-Cake for Ever, Huzza!

by John Rowe Townsend

Overview

An invaluable resource for students and teachers of children's literature, this book covers Newbery's work and achievements as a publisher and bookseller.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810829503
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/1994
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.78(h) x 0.63(d)

Editorial Reviews

...an exceptionally lively and honest portrait. This is an indispensable source for anyone who cares about children's books, lucid, affectionate, and scrupulously scholarly.

Joys

...a thoughtful introduction to this enterprising gentleman in the context of eighteenth-century Enlightenment.

The Horn Book Magazine

Invaluable for students and teachers of children's literature.

J. Benardete

Invaluable for students and teachers of children's literature.--J. Benardete, CUNY Hunter College

...an excellent summary of Newbery's achievements as a publisher and bookseller...attractively illustrated...an excellent and readable account of a man who was an innovator...recommended to the student of children's literature and the general reader alike.--Australian Library Journal

...an exceptionally lively and honest portrait. This is an indispensable source for anyone who cares about children's books, lucid, affectionate, and scrupulously scholarly.--Joys

From the Publisher

...an excellent summary of Newbery's achievements as a publisher and bookseller...attractively illustrated...an excellent and readable account of a man who was an innovator...recommended to the student of children's literature and the general reader alike..

Australian Library Review