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02641aam a22003858i 4500 001 798B53441DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 200117s2020 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019057784 020 $a 1421438852 020 $a 9781421438856 020 $a 1421438860 020 $a 9781421438863 035 $a (OCoLC)1140695667 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS492 A23 2020 100 1 $a Abate, Michelle Ann, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a No kids allowed : $b children's literature for adults / $c Michelle Ann Abate. 263 $a 2009 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 231 pages cm 520 $a "The author analyzes what she sees as a new literary genre, emerging in the eighties, which she calls "children's literature for adults": that is, books with the visual format and verbal register of children's books but with a wry and knowing message meant for adults. The author conducts close readings of a series of books in this genre. She contends that the contemporary interest in the genre suggests that an adult's relationship with childhood may be something other than linear"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: A Is for Adult: Coloring Books, Bedtime Stories, and Picture Books for Grown-Ups -- A Book for Obsolete Children : Dr. Seuss' You're Only Old Once! and the Rise of Children's Literature for Adults -- Off to Camp: Mabel Maney's The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse, the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, and Fanfiction -- Material Matters: Art Spiegelman's In The Shadow of No Towers as a Board Book -- Baby Talk: Barbara Park's MA! There's Nothing to Do Here!, Fetal Personhood, and Child Authorship -- Learning Left From Right: Goodnight Bush, Don't Let the Republican Drive the Bus!, and the Broadside Tradition -- Not Kidding Around: Go the F**k to Sleep and the New Adult Honesty about Parenthood -- Conclusion: Both Radical and Reinforcing: The Complicated Cultural Significance of Children's Literature for Adults. 650 0 $a Juvenile-style literature for adults $z United States. 650 0 $a American literature $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 941 $a 2 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214030040.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210804011911.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=798B53441DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search