You girls stay here: gender roles in popular British children's adventure fiction, 1930-70

This text will be of interest to students of both children's literature and gender studies.

It re-examines a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards children's books.

It explores a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts.

The book adopts a socio-cultural approach, placing the authors in their historical context.

By focusing on a small number of authors in depth, it discovers subtleties perhaps ignored by a broad-brush approach.