Session Details

Tuesday, 28 December

241. Food in Children’s Literature

3:30–4:45 p.m., 401–403, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Children’s Literature Association

Presiding: Scott Thomas Pollard, Christopher Newport Univ.; Kara K. Keeling, Christopher Newport Univ.

1. “Recipes for Reciprocity and Repression: Food and the Feminine of Children’s Literature,” Holly V. Blackford, Rutgers Univ., Camden

2. “Nancy Drew and the ‘F’ Word,” Leona M. Fisher, Georgetown Univ.

3. “Delicious Supplements: Cookbooks as Additives to Children’s Texts,” Jan Christopher Susina, Illinois State Univ.; Jodie Slothower, Normal, IL

4. “Sugar or Spice? An Example of Food and Gender Identity from Brazilian Children’s Literature,” Richard M. Vernon, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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