Zohar Shavit,
Poetics of Children's Literature,
The University of Georgia Press,
Athens and London, 1986 ©

Acknowledgments

With great pleasure I wish to thank colleagues and in-
stitutions who have helped me in the writing of this
book.

To Professor Susan Stewart of Temple University, who
was the best reader one could dream of, whose consistent encour-
agement was indispensable, and whose careful remarks were so ex-
cellent that her contribution to the book cannot be exaggerated.

To Professor Itamar Even-Zohar, Tel Aviv University, to whose
work in the field of poetics and semiotics I am greatly indebted; to
John McGuigan, who actually initiated this work and very patiently
encouraged me in its writing; to Ramon Maayan-Rosen, David
Myers, and Debbie Winter, my marvelous editors; to Ms. Erika von
Engebrechten, the librarian of the International Youth Library, who
made my stay there so fruitful; to the International Youth Library of
Munich, whose scholarship gave me time and peace for research and
writing. To the Betty and Walter Artzt Chair for History of Poetry
and Literature and to the Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics
for their support, and to the secretary of the Institute, Sharon Him-
melfarb, who was always willing to help.

And last, but not least, to my children, Noga and Uriya, who de-
spite my work are still enthusiastic readers of children's books, and
my newborn, Avner, who hopefully will be one; and to my husband,
Yaacov Shavit, who patiently shared with me the long gestation peri-
od of this book, but waited like a devoted father until delivery was
over.

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