CFP. Issue 31. Winter in children’s literature
2026-07-03
Dear colleagues,
We would like to devote the 31st issue of Children’s Readings to winter in children’s literature.
The temporal dimension of texts addressed to a young audience has long attracted scholarly attention: researchers examine the chronotypes of various genres, the “time loop” characteristic of fairy‑tale and fantastic narratives, the time of growing up, and “subjective time,” employing a wide range of methodological approaches. Within this field, the seasons constitute one of the most compelling and multifaceted phenomena. Among them, we have chosen to focus on winter — a season with a particularly vivid and ambivalent cultural reputation.
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