Secrets of Famous Children's Literature

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 11:01AM
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Do you know about the real lost map that's connected to Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson? This mystery is one of several background stories about children's books that I talked about with Rachel Hatch in an article in the latest issue of Redbird Scholar, Illinois State University's magazine on faculty & staff research.

Q&A with Jan Susina: Secrets and origins of famous children's literature

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Article originally appeared on Ghost of the Talking Cricket: Susina on Literature (http://ghostofthetalkingcricket.squarespace.com/).