Author : Florence Eilau Bamberger
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230731857
The Effect of the Physical Make-Up of a Book Upon Children's Selection by Florence Eilau Bamberger Pdf
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...of book space devoted to illustrations is approximately 45$. 4. The color of illustrations is generally bright, highly saturated, and fairly intense in these favorite editions. 5. The general characteristics of the illustrations appear very similar in many respects. A great deal of action and some humor appear in all but the Crane edition. All suggest stories. In all there are few details. These few are generally striking and well selected to appeal to children's interests. Many of these are of animals. The central group is usually composed of large bold figures. 6. The median size of the illustrations is approximately 4i inches long by 4 inches wide, area i8 square inches. All the books contain full-page pictures, not pictorial insertions upon the printed page. 7. The median width of the top margin is approximately li inches; the bottom is i inches; the inner i inch; and the outer inch. 8. The median number of lines to a page is twelve and the median length of line is three and one-quarter inches. BOOKS RECEIVING LOWEST VALUES BY EXAMINATION Christmas Stocking Edition Experiment I: The Story of Cinderella--7 Experiment II: The Story of Sleeping Beauty--10 Experiment III: The Story of Peter Rabbit--10 Experiment IV: The Story of Black Sambo--7 Experiment V: The Story of the Night Before Christmas--8 Mean--8 Same book used in both experiments. It is to be noted that in all the five experiments, this edition practically maintained the same low value. Red Book Edition Experiment I: The Story of Cinderella--8 Experiment II: The Story of Red Riding Hood contained Sleeping Beauty--3 Experiment III: The Story of Peter Rabbit--n Experiment IV: The Story of Black Sambo--g Mean--7 It is to be noted that in these four experiments, this...