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Title: SECRETS, LIES AND CHILDREN'S FICTION
By: Kerry Mallan
Format: Hardback

List price: £89.99


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ISBN 10: 1137274654
ISBN 13: 9781137274656
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 25 October, 2013
Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Pages: 238
Description: Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.
Synopsis: Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.
Illustrations: 14 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 238 p. 14 illus.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Non-returnable
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