The Classic American Children's Story: Novels of the Golden Age

This is a fabulous study! Griswold sets out the fundamental similarities among twelve American children's books, then does an in-depth study of each book. I think this is a must read book for anyone interested in children's literature. I found the links among these books to be endlessly fascinating. He writes about: The Wizard of Oz, Huck Finn, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Tarzan of the Apes, The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer, Little Women, Toby Tyler, Hans Brinker, The Secret Garden, Pollyana. This book is very readable, not at all a dry, scholarly study even though the scholarship is certainly its foundation.