Sesame Street and the reform of children's television / Robert W. Morrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrow, Robert W., 1954-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sesame Street (Television program).

Television and children.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 226 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In this engaging study Robert W. Morrow explores the origins and inner workings of CTW (the Children's Television Workshop), how the workshop in New York scripted and designed Sesame Street, and how the show became both a model for network television as well as a thorn in its side.

"An insightful look at American children's television." -- Library Journal

Contents:

The problem of television and the child viewer

The preschool moment

"A new bloom on the wasteland"

The CTW model

The itty bitty little kiddy show

"Hope for a more substantive future"

"The verdict on Sesame Street".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-218) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0801882303

OCLC:

57730899