Tag: Modern Faerie Tales

• TRANSCRIPT: Gritty and Pretty: The Spectacle of “Bad Neighborhoods” in YA Speculative Fiction

  INTRODUCTION             Hello and welcome to The Monster & The Child, where childhood studies and monster studies collide! I am Dr. Kathleen Kellett, and this video is all about places. I am presenting a shorter and more formal version of this project later this week at the Children’s Literature Association conference. The theme for this…

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  May 24, 2026

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