An invaluable exploration of an aspect of childrens literature that is often overlooked, even though (or perhaps because) it lies in plain sight. * Modern Language Review * Provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the dynamic and non-trivial relationships nineteenth-century children had with the material culture that often goes unnoticed as the mundane backdrops of their lives. * BAVS Newsletter * This is a brilliantly fresh account of the relationship between children, childrens literature and consumer culture. In tracing the trajectory from Victorian books that enthusiastically teach children to be appreciative and discerning consumers to Edwardian works that show the relationship between children and the bought objects around them as fraught and sometimes frightening, Jane Suzanne Carroll takes in science, manufacturing, séances, magic and mysterious deaths. The writing is lively and often witty, making this as entertaining as it is informative. * Professor Kimberley Reynolds, School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University, UK * A superb and valuable contribution to both the fields of childrens literature and material culture studies, resting on deep archival research paired with sharply incisive close readings, and leaving room for future academic work to build on what Carroll often suggestively refers to as the world of objects. * Victorian Studies *
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