Undergraduate Courses:

170      Foundations of Children’s Literature

271      Literature for Young Children

272      Literature for Middle Grades

370      History of Literature for Young People

372      Contemporary Literature for Young People

373      Poetry for Children

374      Storytelling

375      Literature for Adolescents

Graduate Courses:

470: Topics in Children's Literature

471: Critical Theories in Children's Literature

Professors:

Dr. Roberta Seelinger Trites: American literature, young adult literature, feminist theory

Dr. Jan Susina: history of children’s literature, Victorian literature, folk and fairy tales, special interests in the graphic novel and visual culture

Dr. Nathalie op de Beeck: 20^th century children’s literature and culture, picture books and graphic narrative, environmental studies and ecocriticism, visual culture

Dr. Karen Coats: contemporary children’s and young adult literature, literary and cultural theory, particularly psychoanalysis

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