Broadview Press

This new edition of Broadview’s best-selling textbook includes more in-depth critical material and more variations on classic fairy tales.

Published in 1749, the story of Mrs. Teachum and her "little female academy" is widely recognized as the first full-length novel for children, and the first to be aimed specifically at girls.

"For the first time in one edition, we now have the complete story of the March family!" - Daniel Shealy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"...a most original book that will be useful to readers who seek to grasp the mysterious changes that fairy tales have undergone ever since once upon a time." - Jack Zipes, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota

"This profound and thought-provoking book should be read by everyone who is interested in children's literature, the history of childhood, the education of children, or representations of the Holocaust." - Elizabeth Lennox Keyser, Hollins University

"A unique achievement—the bringing together of Barrie's various and scattered Peter Pan texts within a single volume. As such it is an absolute gift to Peter Pan devotees, containing as it does much material that is otherwise unavailable to the general reader." - Andrew Birkin, author of ...