A Change of Storyteller: Folktales in Children and Books, from Arbuthnot to Sutherland

PART OF A LARGER DOCTORAL DISSERTATION in progress, this article looks at the folktales chapter through nine editions of arguably the most influential children’s literature textbook of the twentieth century, Children and Books. Variables compared and contrasted include the language, the general reorganizations, the specific chapters on folktales and chapters or sections on storytelling, the illustrations, the indexes, and the bibliographies.