Historical studies / Pat Pinsent -- Cultural studies / David Rudd -- Genre and convention / Jean Webb -- Looking in the mirror: pedagogy, theory, and children's literature / Roderick McGillis -- Word and picture / Maria Nikolajeva -- Children as readers / Judith Elkin -- Children's literature at postgraduate level in the United Kingdom / Pat Pinsent and Kimberley Reynolds -- Children's literature at postgraduate level in the United States / Richard Flynn. Appendices. Sample undergraduate syllabi / Charles Butler -- Resources / Kimberley Reynolds, Pat Pinsent, and Charles Butler -- Children's literature criticism: key texts / Charles Butler -- Teaching children's literature in higher education: a select bibliography / Charles Butler