Kenneth Blake Kidd

Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism (Landscapes of Childhood Series)

Today's young children are occupied with numerous activities taking place in settings that are isolated from nature or merely simulations of the earth's natural environment. As a result, unless they receive appropriate nature education, many children may never develop a familiarity with and positive...

Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale

Will boys be boys? What are little boys made of? Kenneth B. Kidd responds to these familiar questions with a thorough review of boy culture in America since the late nineteenth century. From the "boy work" promoted by character-building organizations such as Scouting and 4-H to current therapeutic a...

Poetic Journey of Life

Kenneth Kidd was born in Toledo, Ohio. He had a rough life growing up and he turned to poetry as an outlet. He never had much as a child, but he cherished what he did have. After writing for many years, he became curious as to how others would perceive his poems. With support from family and friends...

Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War (Landscapes of Childhood Series)

Under Fire is an eclectic, multidisciplinary collection that explores the representation of war and its aftereffects in children's books and documentary film. This richly illustrated volume brings together internationally known contributors to examine the ongoing influence of violence and war on chi...

Freud in Oz: At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children's Literature

Children’s literature has spent decades on the psychiatrist’s couch, submitting to psychoanalysis by scores of scholars and popular writers alike. Freud in Oz turns the tables, suggesting that psychoanalysts owe a significant and largely unacknowledged debt to books ostensibly written for children....

Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism

Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism

Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale

Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale

Etude Sur La Vie Et L'uvre De Jacques Cartier: 1491-1557

Glass Bead-Making from the Middle Ages to the Early 19th Century