MISSING PARENTS IN THE FAMILY STORY

Author: Tucker, Nicholas

Source: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, Volume 11, Number 2, November 2005 , pp. 189-193(5)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article considers missing parents in the family story, drawing on a wide range of texts, but focusing on Eleanor Graham's The Children Who Lived in a Barn (1938) . While the notion of lively adventure stories where young adults manage happily without adults present is appealing, it is suggested that the absence of literature exploring children's needs in relation to significant adults did nothing to mitigate the casual way many children were later treated as evacuees during the Second World War.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13614540500324187

Publication date: 2005-11-01