The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children s Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed animals lives are perpetuated in children s materials. Specifically, this book investigates the use of five recurring thematic devices in about eighty books for young children published during the past five decades. The close readings of texts and images draw on a wide range of fields, including animal theory, psychoanalytic and Marxian literary criticism, child development theory, histories of farming and domestication, and postcolonial theory. In spite of the underlying...