(Re)imagining the World

(Re)Imagining the world: Children's Literature's Response to Changing Times considershow writers of fiction for children imagine 'the world', not one universal world, butdifferent worlds: imaginary, strange, familiar, even monstrous worlds. The chaptersin this collection discuss how fiction for children engages with some of the changesbrought about by new technologies, information literacy, consumerism, migration,politics, different family structures, cosmopolitanism, and new and old monsters. They alsoinvite us to think about how memory shapes our understanding of the past, and howfiction engages our emotions, our capacity to empathize, our desire to discover,and what the future may hold. The contributors bring different perspectives fromeducation, postcolonial studies, literary criticism, cultural studies, childhood studies,postmodernism, and the social sciences. With a wide coverage of texts from differentcountries, and scholarly and lively discussions, this collection is itself a testament tothe power of the human imagination and the significance of children's literature in theeducation of young people.