Eastern Michigan University

Children's Literature

Dr. Sheila M. Most

Specializations:

• mythology and hero tales
• folktales, legends, and ballads
• multicultural children’s literature
• history of the English language

Contact Information:

  • 605 Hoyt Hall
  • (734) 487-2296
  • smost AT emich DOT edu

Courses for Fall 2010:

CHL208: Multicultural Children's Lit

CHL351: World Mythology

CHL581: Critical Approaches to Mythology

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Reviews/Publications


Rev. of Zajko, Vanda and Miriam Leonard, eds. Laughing with Medusa: Classical Myth and Feminist Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Published in Choice. November 2006.


Rev. of Johns-Putra, Adeline. The History of the Epic. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Published in Choice. February, 2007.


Rev. of Ben-Amos, Dan, ed. with Dov Noy and Ellen Frankel. Folktales of the Jews. Vol.1: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion. Transl. by Leonard J. Schramm. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2006. June 2007.

Rev. of Lerer, Seth. Inventing English:A Portable History of the Language. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. Published in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. November 2007.


Reviewed a book proposal for Broadview Press. Scott Leonard and Michael McClure. Myth and Mythology: An Introductory Reader. January, 2007.


Rev. of Lefkowitz, Mary R. Women in Greek Myth 2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Published in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. February 2008.


Rev. of The Literature of Ancient Sumer ed. by Jeremy Black, et al. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Forthcoming.


Rev. of O’Donoghue, Heather. From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Forthcoming.


Selected Presentations


"A Brief History of Multicultural Children's Literature," English Department Diversity Symposium, Eastern Michigan University, Nov. 15, 2000.


"Multicultural Children's Literature: Development of a Course," at the conference Integrity and Inclusion: Diversity in the Academic Curriculum and Beyond, Eastern Michigan University, Nov. 2, 2001.


"Narrative Folklore as a Reflection of the Beliefs, Attitudes, and Values of a Culture," at "A Gathering of Voices," the 2001 Diversity Symposium, Department of English Language and Literature, Eastern Michigan University, Nov. 7, 2001.


“The Great Depression in Two African American Novels for Children,” English Department’s third annual Diversity Symposium, “Diversity and the Child,” Nov. 15, 2002.