To clarify language associated with children's literature as a means of improving scholarship in the field, editors Philip Nel (English, children's literature, Kansas State U.) and Lissa Paul
(education, Brock U.) made a selection of 49 words. They asked contributors to write essays defining each term in a multifaceted way that includes discussion of its use in various disciplines.
A sampling of the keywords under consideration: aesthetics, African American, audience body, boyhood, censorship, character, childhood, children's literature culture, education, empire,
fantasy, gender, and so on through theory, tomboy, voice, and young adult. The alphabetical arrangement doesn't offer much unification or context, but the index gives access according to themes
that cross entries. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
