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- REALISM IN CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- The Value of Contemporary Fiction
- Issues Relating to Realistic Fiction
- What Is Real?
- How Real May a Children's Book Be?
- Bias and Stereotyping
- The Author's Background
- Categorizing Literature
- BECOMING ONE'S OWN PERSON
- Living in a Family
- Family Relationships
- Extended Families
- Families in Transition
- Living with Others
- Finding Peer Acceptance
- Making Friends
- Growing toward Maturity
- Developing Sexuality
- Finding Oneself
- Survival Stories
- COPING WITH PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION
- Physical Disabilities
- Developmental and Learning Disabilities
- Mental Illness
- Aging and Death
- Aging
- Death and Dying
- LIVING IN A DIVERSE WORLD
- African-American Experiences in Books for Children
- Books about Other Cultures
- Understanding Various World Cultures
- POPULAR TYPES OF REALISTIC FICTION
- Humorous Stories
- Animal Stories
- Sports Stories
- School Stories
- Mysteries
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