{"product_id":"picturing-the-wolf-in-childrens-debra-mitts-smith-9780415801171","title":"Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the villainous beast of \"Little Red Riding Hood\" and \"The Three Little Pigs,\" to the nurturing wolves of Romulus and Remus and Rudyard Kipling's \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e, the wolf has long been a part of the landscape of children's literature. Meanwhile, since the 1960s and the popularization of scientific research on these animals, children's books have begun to feature more nuanced views. In \u003cem\u003ePicturing the Wolf in Children's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, Mitts-Smith analyzes visual images of the wolf in children's books published in Western Europe and North America from 1500 to the present. In particular, she considers how wolves are depicted in and across particular works, the values and attitudes that inform these depictions, and how the concept of the wolf has changed over time. What she discovers is that illustrations and photos in works for children impart social, cultural, and scientific information not only about wolves, but also about humans and human behavior. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst encountered in childhood, picture books act as a training ground where the young learn both how to decode the \"symbolic\" wolf across various contexts and how to make sense of \"real\" wolves. Mitts-Smith studies sources including myths, legends, fables, folk and fairy tales, fractured tales, fictional stories, and nonfiction, highlighting those instances in which images play a major role, including illustrated anthologies, chapbooks, picture books, and informational books. This book will be of interest to children's literature scholars, as well as those interested in the figure of the wolf and how it has been informed over time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Mitts-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415801176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415801171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 215","brand":"Debra Mitts-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064959480063,"sku":"9780415801171","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0c3b8c3-9ad4-4773-8934-7f218dbc78e4.jpg?v=1768672190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/picturing-the-wolf-in-childrens-debra-mitts-smith-9780415801171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}