Children and Childhood in Western Society since 1500 (London: Longman, 1995).

The quote from Myles McDowell comes from 'Fiction for Children and Adults: Some Essential Differences’, in Geoff Fox (ed.),

Children’s Literature in Education , 4.1 (March 1973), pp. 50-63, p. 58.

were for children’ in 'Passing on the Past’,

Children’s Literature Association Quarterly , 21.4 (1996), pp. 200-2.

For details about reading levels and Potter’s books, see http:// americanenglishdoctor.com/wordpress/.

Rumer Godden’s invented exchange of letters between Beatrix Potter and an American publisher committed to simple language in children’s texts deserves to be read: 'An Imaginary Correspondence’, in

Horn Book Magazine , 38 (August 1963), pp. 197-206.

Works cited: Erik Erikson,

Childhood and Society (New York: W. W. Norton, 1993 [1950]); Maria Nikolajeva,

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