Imaginary Geography of Children’s Books: Adding One More Dimension: Jackson, K. M., & West, M. I. (Eds.). (2022). Storybook worlds made real: Essays on the places inspired by children’s narratives. McFarland.

Olga Bukhina

doi:10.32798/dlk.1337

Published: 2024-09-30

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024)

Imaginary Geography of Children’s Books: Adding One More Dimension

Olga Bukhina

Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura

Section: Review articles

https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1337

Jackson, K. M., & West, M. I. (Eds.). (2022). Storybook worlds made real: Essays on the places inspired by children’s narratives. McFarland.

Abstract

This review paper explores the 2022 collection Storybook Worlds Made Real: Essays on the Places Inspired by Children’s Narratives, edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West. The 18 chapters of the collection cover a range of theme parks and literary playgrounds related to children’s literature, spanning Europe, America, and, to a lesser extent, Asia. The chapters combine historical and theoretical approaches with detailed descriptions of the parks and engaging first-person travel narratives. Inspired by diverse book characters – from German fairy-tale gnomes through Peter Rabbit and Alice to Pippi Longstocking, Moomins, and ubiquitous Harry Potter – numerous theme parks became a fertile ground for discussing many important topics, including children’s imagination, reading encouragement, authenticity, simulation, commercialisation, Americanisation, Disneyfication, and Pottermania.

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children’s literature, commercialisation, imaginary spaces, literary playgrounds, theme parks

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Bukhina, O. (2024). Imaginary Geography of Children’s Books: Adding One More Dimension: Jackson, K. M., & West, M. I. (Eds.). (2022). Storybook worlds made real: Essays on the places inspired by children’s narratives. McFarland. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 6(1), 232–250. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1337

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Olga Bukhina

bukhina.olga@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-8074

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independent scholar United States

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Olga Bukhina – MA, a translator, writer, children’s books specialist, and independent scholar. Her research interests include contemporary American and Eastern European children’s literature, the depiction of orphans, death, and city landscapes in children’s books, and translation studies. Contact: bukhina.olga@gmail.com.