The Pedagogy of Images

"One reason this book makes a significant contribution to studies on children’s literature and culture is its remarkable interdisciplinary approach. A persuasive picture of the complicated conditions in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s and their influence on children’s literature can only be conveyed if the political, social, historical, and cultural circumstances are considered and related to one another –which this collection has succeeded in doing to a convincing degree."

~Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, University of Tübingen, International Research in Children's Literature

"This magnificent, beautifully produced volume contains over 250 period illustrations, bringing the object of its important and innovative scholarship to life… The enduring value of this edited volume will be both its scholarship and its stunning visuality and ‘gaze-appeal’"

~Megan Swift, University of Victoria, The Russian Review

"For decades to come, The Pedagogy of Images will remain a go-to resource on the early Soviet picture books for literature scholars, historians of public education, researchers of totalitarian art, librarians, and graphic artists."

~Olga Voronina, Bard College, Slavic Review

“Covering important topics about Soviet children’s books, this book has made brilliant achievements in the study of children’s literature. It will also open a new horizon for the broader field of Soviet history if one incorporates it into the study of Soviet culture in general.” ~Michiko Komiya, Acta Slavica Japonica