What's So Funny?: Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature

by Michael Cart

A thoughtful and lively exploration of more than 70 years, from 1920 to today, of the literature of laughter. Borrowing techniques from both book reviewing and literary criticism, an esteemed children's book authority explores three basic types of humor: talking animals and otherwise anthropomorphized animals used for comic purposes; tall tales and frontier humor; and domestic or family comedy. Along the way the author also celebrates some neglected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060244534
• ISBN13: 9780060244538
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher