June Cummins Lewis, PhD

June Cummins specializes in children's literature and modern British literature. Her publications, ranging in subject matter from feminism and consumerism to postcolonialism and multiculturalism, concern such children's texts as Disney's Beauty and the Beast [in Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Winter 1999)], Curious George [Ariel 28.1 (1997)], Harry Potter [Times Higher Education Supplement], and Peter Rabbit. Her most recent article, "Understood Betsy, Understood Nation: Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Willa Cather Queer America," [Children's Literature 32] reflects her interest in American national identities. As an outgrowth of her interest in Jewish children's literature, she has published two articles about Sydney Taylor the author of the All-of-a-Kind Family books, and is currently working on Taylor's biography.