Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
National Identity-Formation
Aspects of Nation-Building
The Contribution of Literature to National Identity-Formation
Children’s Literature and National Identity-Formation
The Canadian Situation
Canadian National Identity
Multiculturalism
Multicultural Children’s Literature
Canadian Cultural Policy with Regard to Children’s Culture and Literature
Public Libraries’ Children’s Services
Canadian Research Collections Specializing in Children’s Literature
Canadian Publishing for Children
Canadian Children’s Book Awards
Promotional Activities
Guides to Canadian Children’s Literature
State of Research
The Immigrant Experience as Depicted in Anglo-Canadian Youth Fiction 1950–1994
Criteria of Choice for the Corpus of Primary Literature
Pioneering Multicultural Children’s Literature: The 1950s
— Lyn Cook: The Bells on Finland Street
— Lyn Cook: The Little Magic Fiddler
The Beginnings of Official Multicultural Policy: The 1970s
— Jean Little: From Anna and Listen for the Singing
— Frances Duncan: Kap-Sung Ferris
Steering Towards the Canadian Multiculturalism Act: The 1980s
— Monica Hughes: My Name is Paula Popowich!
Consolidating Multiculturalism in Multicultural Canadian Children’s Literature: The 1990s
— Paul Yee: Breakaway
The Development of Canadian Multicultural Children’s Literature: Conclusion and Outlook for the Future
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Miriam Verena Richter teaches in the Department of English at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (Germany). She has published on Canadian children’s literature, German youth fiction, and British and Canadian historical fiction.