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Frame of Reference

From the Editor's Desk

Some thoughts from the editor

Jane Goldstein

Alice's Academy

The Scholar's Section

Elizabeth L. Pandolfo Briggs, editor

Leave It to Badger: Allan W. Eckert's Incident at Hawk's Hill

Kenneth Kidd

The Mentor

A Student's Voice

Caroline Jones, editor

The Effect of Book Banning on Child Culture: A Close Look at the Harry Potter Series

Allyson J. Casares

Picture Window

Judith Saltman, editor

Transformations of "Tam Lin": An Analysis of Folktale Picture Books

Ginger Mullen

Mirrors and Windows

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? A Study of Anti-Authoritarian Young Adult Novels

Jen Waters

The Print Shop

The Other Side of "No Child Left Behind"

Debra Angel

A Distant Mirror

The Column from England

The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals 2003 and CLNE 2004

Ruth Allen

Curiouser and Curiouser

Real-izing Fantasy: The Double-Sided Mirror of Magical Realism and "the other side of reality" in Robin McKinley's Spindle's End

Evelyn Perry

Caucus Race

Websites and Announcements

The Monitor

Paper Calls and Forthcoming Special Issues