Editorial

Abstract

the theme of the eighth international Conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR), held at Victoria University of Wellington on 27-29 June 2008, was ‘other Worlds in Children’s Literature: Fantasy, reality and imagination’. the topics of the 76 papers presented ranged from fantasy, folklore, morality, and power of language to sexuality, timeslip, humour and cyberculture. this issue of Papers comprises selected papers from this conference.