Ebook: Theory for Beginners: Children’s Literature as Critical Thought

Theory for Beginners explores how philosophy and theory draw on children’s literature while also coming to resemble such in their strategies for cultivating the child and/or the beginner. Topics include the Philosophy for Children (P4C) movement, graphic guides such as Freud for Beginners, and children’s literature and/as queer theory.

A lively, engaging, accessible account of how children's literature has informed important works of philosophy in the twentieth century.