Tracing real and metaphorical migrations, the essays demonstrate how children's literature promotes and resists national identities. Genres and national contexts not often discussed are examined, including Estonian children's songs and Turkish periodicals.
Contributors focus on Irish children's books and national identity in the 20th century, in both English and Irish. The collection closes with essays on the empowering potential of children's books in contemporary contexts, from Shakespeare to Siobhan Dowd, and including research on children's books in translation. This increases our understanding of how children's literature informs notions of nation, translation, and migration. For scholars of children's literature, translation studies, and Irish/European studies.