Abstract
How appropriate that a book about series books should itself be a book in a series. The Greenwood Press series, Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, has been a friendly place for children's literature scholars ever since C. W. Sullivan III became the series advisor. Back in the Spaceship Again joins several recent volumes on science fiction for young readers, helping to legitimize children's and young adult science fiction as part of the larger genre. Such inclusion reflects [End Page 334] changing attitudes within science fiction studies, which formerly tended to relegate children's literature to a lower level of the literary hierarchy. Back in the Spaceship Again carries the legitimization process a step further by incorporating discussions of science fiction for very young readers indeed--the picture-book audience. Science fiction in picture books is hardly ever mentioned in academic writing, so it is refreshing to find it included unquestioningly as part of a study of post-1945 series books.
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