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  • Funny Girls

    Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    For several generations, comics were regarded as a boys’ club—created by, for, and about men and boys. In the twenty-first century, however, comics have seen a rise of female creators, characters, and readers. While this sudden presence of women and girls in comics is being regarded as new and noteworthy, the observation is not true for the genre’s entire history.Throughout the first half of the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults

    A Collection of Critical Essays

    Edited by Michelle Ann Abate, Gwen Athene Tarbox ...
    Series series Children's Literature Association Series
    With contributions by Eti Berland, Rebecca A. Brown, Christiane Buuck, Joanna C. Davis-McElligatt, Rachel Dean-Ruzicka, Karly Marie Grice, Mary Beth Hines, Krystal Howard, Aaron Kashtan, Michael L. Kersulov, Catherine Kyle, David E. Low, Anuja Madan, Meghann Meeusen, Rachel L. Rickard Rebellino, Rebecca Rupert, Cathy Ryan, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Joseph Michael Sommers, Marni Stanley, Gwen Athene ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos

    New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    HONORABLE MENTION RECIPIENT FOR THE 2024 CHARLES HATFIELD BOOK PRIZE FROM THE COMICS STUDIES SOCIETYBlockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that millions adore: Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts. More specifically, it examines a fundamental feature of ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • C.S. Lewis

    by Michelle Ann Abate, Lance Weldy ...
    Series series New Casebooks
    Beginning with the publication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1950 and concluding with the appearance of The Last Battle in 1956, C. S. Lewis's seven-book series chronicling the adventures of a group of young people in the fictional land of Narnia has become a worldwide classic of children's literature.This stimulating collection of original essays by critics in a wide range of ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • Singular Sensations

    A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    Shortlisted for the 2024 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly BookWhat do The Family Circus, Ziggy, and The Far Side have in common? They are all single-panel comics, a seemingly simple form that cartoonists have used in vastly different ways.Singular Sensations is the first book-length critical study to examine this important but long-neglected mode of cartoon art. Michelle Ann Abate provides ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

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    Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos

    New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts

    by Michelle Ann Abate, Michelle Ann Abate ...
    Narrated by Camilla Rivera ...

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    7 hours 31 min

    Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that millions adore: Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts. More specifically, it examines a fundamental feature of the series: its core cast of characters. In chapters devoted to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Big Smallness

    Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children’s Literature

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    Series series Children's Literature and Culture
    This book is the first full-length critical study to explore the rapidly growing cadre of amateur-authored, independently-published, and niche-market picture books that have been released during the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Emerging from a powerful combination of the ease and affordability of desktop publishing software; the promotional, marketing, and distribution ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • “Suffering Sappho!”

    Lesbian Content and Queer Female Characters in Comics

    Edited by Michelle Ann Abate, Karly Marie Grice, Christine N. Stamper ...
    Comics have been an important locus of queer female identity, community, and politics for generations. Whether taking the form of newspaper strips, comic books, or graphic novels and memoirs, the medium has a long history of featuring female same-sex attraction, relationships, and identity. This book explores the past place, current presence, and possible future status of lesbianism in comics.What ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Bloody Murder

    The Homicide Tradition in Children's Literature

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    "Off with her head!" decreed the Queen of Hearts, one of a multitude of murderous villains populating the pages of children's literature explored in this volume.Given the long-standing belief that children ought to be shielded from disturbing life events, it is surprising to see how many stories for kids involve killing. Bloody Murder is the first full-length critical study of this pervasive theme ... Read more

    $67.09 CAD

  • No Kids Allowed

    Children's Literature for Adults

    by Michelle Ann Abate ...
    Children's literature isn't just for children anymore. This original study explores the varied forms and roles of children's literature—when it's written for adults.What do Adam Mansbach's Go the F**k to Sleep and Barbara Park's MA! There's Nothing to Do Here! have in common? These large-format picture books are decidedly intended for parents rather than children. In No Kids Allowed, Michelle Ann ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • Global Perspectives on Tarzan

    From King of the Jungle to International Icon

    Edited by Annette Wannamaker, Michelle Abate ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
    This collection seeks to understand the long-lasting and global appeal of Tarzan: Why is a story about a feral boy, who is raised by apes in the African jungle, so compelling and so adaptable to different cultural contexts and audiences? How is it that the same narrative serves as the basis for both children’s cartoons and lavish musical productions or as a vehicle for both nationalistic discourse ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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    Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction

    Edited by Lee Gutkind ...
    The one guide every creative nonfiction writer needs to turn to when being "creative."Writers of memoir and narrative nonfiction are experiencing difficult days with the discovery that some well-known works in the genre contain exaggerations--or are partially fabricated. But what are the parameters of creative nonfiction? Keep It Real begins by defining creative nonfiction. Then it explores the ... Read more

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