Welcome to TopsyWeb, the home of some jottings on the portrayals of disability, illness and impairment and the way they have been, and are, used in children's fiction.
The animation on the right side of the pages in this micro-site has been created from three illustrations taken from three books whose publication range spans the last hundred years: The Girls of St Bride's (1923), Boots for a Bridesmaid (1995) and Sleepovers (2001).
New! (6 May 2008)
Advance notice of publication of "Unseen
Childhoods: Disabled Characters in 20th Century Books for Girls" as well
as pre-ordering details can be found on the Bettany
Press' website
.
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