Annette Wannamaker
In lucid prose punctuated with wit, Abate explores how these books reflect significant changes in our cultural conceptions of childhood and adulthood.
Sandra Beckett
Insightful and well-written, No Kids Allowed is a highly enjoyable read. Abate rightly differentiates 'children's literature for adults' from texts for young readers that, like the Harry Potter books, also appeal to adults.
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In lucid prose punctuated with wit, Abate explores how these books reflect significant changes in our cultural conceptions of childhood and adulthood.—Annette Wannamaker, editor of Mediated Boyhoods: Boys, Teens, and Young Men in Popular Media and Culture
Insightful and well-written, No Kids Allowed is a highly enjoyable read. Abate rightly differentiates 'children's literature for adults' from texts for young readers that, like the Harry Potter books, also appeal to adults.—Sandra Beckett, author of Revisioning Red Riding Hood around the World: An Anthology of International Retellings
No Kids Allowed is a provocative opening move in an academic discussion that is surprisingly unexplored.—Deborah Stevenson, editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
No Kids Allowed will make a substantive contribution to the field of children's literature. It promises to be of interest to a broader audience of people invested in and curious about children's books or, specifically, children's books that are created for adult audiences.—Thomas Crisp, Georgia State University
Deborah Stevenson
No Kids Allowed is a provocative opening move in an academic discussion that is surprisingly unexplored.
Thomas Crisp
No Kids Allowed will make a substantive contribution to the field of children's literature. It promises to be of interest to a broader audience of people invested in and curious about children's books or, specifically, children's books that are created for adult audiences.
