MLA
Enter a term to search the site
Adv. search | Search tips | Log in
Resources publications bookstore style convention governance membership
The Big Bad Wolf: Scary Characters in Children's Literature  
Scary characters in children's literature, from the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood to the witch in Hansel and Gretel to the dementors in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. Virginia Lee Burton's Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and technology in children's literature. The shift from using negative to using positive characters and situations to teach children lessons.
Program 74
  Participants
Ruth Bottigheimer
Alan Rauch
Glenn Edward Sadler

 

 
© 2010 Modern Language Association. Last updated 11/04/2005.