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This collection of essays explores a wealth of topics in children's and young adult (YA) literature and culture. The contributions include an examination of the Watchbird cartoons by Munro Leaf and their attempts to teach morals and manners; an ethnographic study about the role of public youth librarians; and an exploration of the role popular video games can play in the secondary classroom. Other topics investigated here encompass the presentation of environmentalism in Hayao Miyazaki's films, psychological analyses, and the role of race, gender, and culture in children's and YA literature.

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Amie A. Doughty is Professor of English at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, USA, where she teaches classes in linguistics, children's literature, composition, fantasy, and science fiction. She is the Chair of the Children's and YA Literature and Culture area of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, and the author of Folktales Retold: A Critical Overview of Stories Updated for Children and ""Throw the book away"": Reading versus Experience in Children's Fantasy. She is also the editor of Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture: A Mosaic of Criticism.

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