Where texts and children meet / edited by Eve Bearne and Victor Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bearne, Eve, 1943-

Watson, Victor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature, English--History and criticism.

Children's literature, English.

Children's literature, American--History and criticism.

Children's literature, American.

Children--Books and reading.

Children.

Physical Description:

xvi, 220 p. : ill. (some col.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is impossible to reflect upon children's books without considering the children who read them. Where Texts and Children Meet explores the ways in which children make meaning of the various texts they meet both in and out of school. Eve Bearne and Victor Watson have brought together chapters on all the major issues and topics in children's literacy including: * the meaning and relevance of terms such as literature and classic texts * an analysis of new genres including picture books and CD-ROMs * moral dilemmas and cultural concerns in children's texts * working with quality texts that children will also adore. Where Texts and Children Meet shows how the world of children's books is changing and how teachers can build imaginative learning experiences for their pupils from a whole range of published materials.

Contents:

chapter Introduction

Children's literature is dead: long live children's reading / Victor Watson

chapter 1 Familiar Shakespeare / Janet Bottoms

chapter 2 Play-business: issues raised by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection, A Child's Garden of Verses

Issues raised by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection, / A Child's Garden of Verses Morag Styles

chapter 3 The Grimms wicked stepmothers / Nicholas Tucker

chapter 4 By children, about children, for children / Victor Watson

chapter 1 One morning's reading of An Afternoon in Bright Sunlight / Gabrielle Cliff Hodges

chapter 6 Tales from The Mouse House: playing with reading on CD-ROM LISA SAINSBU RY

Playing with reading on CD-ROM / Lisa Sainsbury

chapter 7 Girls playground language and lore

What sort of texts are these? / Elizabeth Grugeon

chapter 8 Drama, literacies and difference / Helen Nicholson

chapter 9 Show and tell

Perspectives on Noah's Ark / Jane Doonan

chapter 10 New dimensions

Word and image in a selection of picture books written by Martin Waddell / Jacqueline Kirk

chapter 11 Learning the letters / Anne Rowe

chapter 12 Harming young minds

Moral dilemmas and cultural concerns / Jenny Daniels

chapter 13 Fantasy narratives and growing up / David Whitley

chapter 14 Myth, legend, culture and morality / Eve Bearne.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-62443-3

0-203-19069-6

1-134-62444-1

1-280-35427-5

0-203-02333-1

9780203023334

OCLC:

559126171