Contemporary adolescent literature and culture: The emergent adult

edited by Mary Hilton and Maria Nikolajeva. Ashgate (in print)

Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young People

Routledge 2010

From Mythic to Linear: Time in Chidlren's Literature

Scarecrow 2000

How picturebooks work

co-authored with Carole Scott

Aesthetic Approaches to Children's Literature

The Rhetoric of Character in Children's Literature

"...this book will be of greatest use in academic libraries and public libraries that support courses in children's literature at the undergradute and graduate levels." School Library Journal

Beyond Babar: European tradition in children's literature

co-edited with Sandra Beckett

The Magic Code. The Use of Magical Patterns in Fantasy for Children

Stockholm, Almqust & Wiksell International, 1988.

The book is out of print. I have the rest of the printrun in case someoie is REALLY interested.

Selma Lagerlöf ur ryskt perspektiv (”Selma Lagerlöf from a Russian perspective”)

Stockholm, Selma Lagerlöf society publications, 1991

När Sverige erövrade Ryssland. En studie i kulturernas samspel (”When Sweden conquered Russia. A study in the interaction of cultures”)

Eslöv, Symposion, 1996

Barnbokens byggklossar (“The building blocks of children’s literature”)

Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1998. 2nd revised and enlarged edition 2004. Danish translation Børnebogens byggeklodser, Copenhagen, Høst, 2001.

Bilderbokens pusselbitar (”The jig-saw bits of picturebooks”)

Lund, Studentlitteratur 2000. Danish translation Billedbogens pusslespil, Copenhagen, Høst, 2003.

Läckergommarnas kungarike. Om matens roll i barnlitteraturen

("The Realm of Gourmands. The function of food in children's literature"), Stockholm, Centre for the study of childhood culture, 1999. Illustrated.

Co-authored with Ulla Bergstrand, and with contributions from Kristin Hallberg and Eva Löfgren

Modern litteraturteori och metod i barnlitteraturforskningen

(“Contemporary literary theory and method in children’s literature research”), edited by Maria Nikolajeva. Stockholm, Centre for the study of childhood culture, 1992 

Voices from far away. Current trends in international children's literature research

Edited by Maria Nikolajeva. Stockholm, Centre for the study of childhood culture, 1995 

Aspects and issues in the history of children's literature

Edited by Maria Nikolajeva, Westport, Conn., Greenwood, 1995

Återkommande mönster i Selma Lagerlöfs författarskap

(”Recurrent patterns in the works of Selma Lagerlöf”), edited by Maria Nikolajeva. Stockholm, Selma Lagerlöf society publications,1995