From the Garden to the Street

Traces the changes and developments in children's poetry from the late 17th century to the late 20th century. The text makes reference to different genres within poetry, changing constructions of childhood, the role of women in developing children's poetry and the influence of anthologists.

Reviews

"A necessary addition to the scant existing scholarship on the history of poetry for children....Her enthusiasm for poetry across the centuries is contagious, and both the poets and poems she examines will provide other serious scholars of children's poetry a starting place for continued study of their own."--Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Winter 2000