| Language and ideology in children's fiction J Stephens Longman, 1992 | 1859 | 1992 |
| Retelling stories, framing culture: traditional story and metanarratives in children's literature J Stephens, R McCallum Routledge, 2013 | 721 | 2013 |
| New world orders in contemporary children's literature: Utopian transformations C Bradford, K Mallan, J Stephens, R McCallum Springer, 2008 | 366 | 2008 |
| Ideology and children's books R McCallum, J Stephens Handbook of research on children's and young adult literature, 359-371, 2011 | 201 | 2011 |
| Ways of Being Male: Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature J Stephens Routledge, 2013 | 167 | 2013 |
| Schemas and scripts: Cognitive instruments and the representation of cultural diversity in children’s literature J Stephens na, 2011 | 116 | 2011 |
| From picture book to literary theory J Stephens, KD Watson St. Clair Press, 1994 | 99 | 1994 |
| Gender, genre and children's literature J Stephens SIGNAL-AMBERLEY THEN STROUD-, 17-30, 1996 | 93 | 1996 |
| Symbolic estates: community identity and empowerment through heritage J Stephens, R Tiwari International Journal of Heritage Studies 21 (1), 99-114, 2015 | 88 | 2015 |
| Retelling Stories J Stephens, R McCallum Framing Culture: Traditional Story and, 1998 | 67 | 1998 |
| Retelling stories across time and cultures J Stephens The Cambridge companion to children's literature, 91-107, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| “A page just waiting to be written on”: Masculinity schemata and the dynamics of subjective agency in junior fiction J Stephens Ways of Being Male, 38-54, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
| Memory, commemoration and the meaning of a suburban war memorial J Stephens Journal of Material Culture 12 (3), 241-261, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
| Picturebooks and ideology J Stephens The Routledge companion to picturebooks, 137-145, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Cultural memories and sense of place in historic urban landscapes: The case of Masrah Al Salam, the demolished theatre context in Alexandria, Egypt F Hussein, J Stephens, R Tiwari Land 9 (8), 264, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| Representing masculinities in Norwegian and Australian young adult fiction: A comparative study R Romøren, J Stephens Ways of Being Male, 216-233, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Advocating multiculturalism: Migrants in Australian children's literature after 1972 J Stephens Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15 (4), 180-185, 1990 | 39 | 1990 |
| Analysing texts: linguistics and stylistics J Stephens Understanding children's literature, 73-85, 2006 | 38 | 2006 |
| Analysing texts for children: Linguistics and stylistics J Stephens Understanding children's literature, 66-78, 1998 | 38 | 1998 |
| Reading the signs: Sense and significance in written texts J Stephens Kangaroo Press, 1992 | 38 | 1992 |
Clare BradfordAlfred Deakin Professor, Deakin UniversityVerified email at deakin.edu.au