Catherine Butler is a Professor of English at Cardiff University. Her academic books include Four British Fantasists (2006), Reading History in Children’s Books (2012) and Literary Studies Deconstructed (2018). She has also edited numerous academic collections, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Children’s Literature in Education.

This is a highly original and significant work, bringing a new angle to children's literature studies and engaging an impressively large corpus. This is certain to be internationally leading as a touchstone for anyone interested in children's literature, transnationalism and Japanese studies.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Note on the Text Introduction: Writing from the Outside In Chapter 1. Wonderland or Looking-Glass? Meiji Japan Through the Lens of Children’s Literature Chapter 2. Britain and the Origins of Japanese Children’s Literature Chapter 3. Canons to the West, Canons to the East: The Japanese Reception of British Children’s Books Chapter 4. Hayao Miyazaki and British Children’s Literature Chapter 5. Children’s Literature, Tourism and the Japanese Imagination Postscript: Reading from the Inside Out Bibliography Index

Catherine Butler is a Professor of English at Cardiff University. Her academic books include Four British Fantasists (2006), Reading History in Children’s Books (2012) and Literary Studies Deconstructed (2018). She has also edited numerous academic collections, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Children’s Literature in Education.

This is a highly original and significant work, bringing a new angle to children's literature studies and engaging an impressively large corpus. This is certain to be internationally leading as a touchstone for anyone interested in children's literature, transnationalism and Japanese studies.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Note on the Text Introduction: Writing from the Outside In Chapter 1. Wonderland or Looking-Glass? Meiji Japan Through the Lens of Children’s Literature Chapter 2. Britain and the Origins of Japanese Children’s Literature Chapter 3. Canons to the West, Canons to the East: The Japanese Reception of British Children’s Books Chapter 4. Hayao Miyazaki and British Children’s Literature Chapter 5. Children’s Literature, Tourism and the Japanese Imagination Postscript: Reading from the Inside Out Bibliography Index

Catherine Butler is a Professor of English at Cardiff University. Her academic books include Four British Fantasists (2006), Reading History in Children’s Books (2012) and Literary Studies Deconstructed (2018). She has also edited numerous academic collections, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Children’s Literature in Education.

This is a highly original and significant work, bringing a new angle to children's literature studies and engaging an impressively large corpus. This is certain to be internationally leading as a touchstone for anyone interested in children's literature, transnationalism and Japanese studies.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Note on the Text Introduction: Writing from the Outside In Chapter 1. Wonderland or Looking-Glass? Meiji Japan Through the Lens of Children’s Literature Chapter 2. Britain and the Origins of Japanese Children’s Literature Chapter 3. Canons to the West, Canons to the East: The Japanese Reception of British Children’s Books Chapter 4. Hayao Miyazaki and British Children’s Literature Chapter 5. Children’s Literature, Tourism and the Japanese Imagination Postscript: Reading from the Inside Out Bibliography Index