Jane Sunderland is at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.

• 1. Introduction \ 2. Language and gender: issues and applications \ 3. Linguistic analysis: studies of language and gender in fiction'\ 4. Happily ever after?: fairytale protagonists and feminist fairytales \ 5. Content analyses and non-sexist guidelines: the early days \ 6. Fifty years of reading schemes \ 7. Two-mum and two-dad picture books \ 8. 'Achronological intertextuality' and Louis Sachar's Holes \ 9. Harry, Hermione and gender relations at Hogwarts \ 10. Conclusion and suggestions for further research \ Bibliography \ Index

Jane Sunderland is at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK.

• 1. Introduction \ 2. Language and gender: issues and applications \ 3. Linguistic analysis: studies of language and gender in fiction'\ 4. Happily ever after?: fairytale protagonists and feminist fairytales \ 5. Content analyses and non-sexist guidelines: the early days \ 6. Fifty years of reading schemes \ 7. Two-mum and two-dad picture books \ 8. 'Achronological intertextuality' and Louis Sachar's Holes \ 9. Harry, Hermione and gender relations at Hogwarts \ 10. Conclusion and suggestions for further research \ Bibliography \ Index