The Portrayal Of The Child In Children S Literature

Author : Kimberley Reynolds
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191620126

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Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Kimberley Reynolds Pdf

Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, classic books such as Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, and The Secret Garden, to modern works including Harry Potter and the Twilight series, thisVery Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, whilst at the same time introducing key debates, developments, and figures in the field. Raising questions about what shape the future of literature for children should take, and exploring the crossover with adult fiction, Reynolds shows that writing for children - whether on page or screen - has participated in shaping and directing ideas about culture, society and childhood. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : James Catchpole
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780571358328

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What Happened to You? by James Catchpole Pdf

The first ever picture book addressing how a disabled child might want to be spoken to.What happened to you? Was it a shark? A burglar? A lion? Did it fall off?Every time Joe goes out the questions are the same . . . what happened to his leg? But is this even a question Joe has to answer?A ground-breaking, funny story that helps children understand what it might feel like to be seen as different.'A revolutionary book on disability.' Inclusive Storytime'Catchpole's beautifully judged, child-friendly words ably evoke the fatigue and wariness of repeatedly being asked the same question rather than simply being accepted and allowed to play, while George's warm images amplify the delight of shared imagination.' The Guardian'Wonderful, delightful and important. [...] Not only will it help nondisabled adults and children understand what it is like to be singled out for being different, but it will empower disabled children and help them realise they don't have to justify themselves to people they don't know.' Jen Campbell, bestselling author of Franklin's Flying Bookshop'With beautifully characterful illustrations and plenty of calming white space, it exudes gentle energy and humour to appeal to every child. This is a stunningly clever book.' BookTrust'The beauty of What Happened to You? is its focus on empathy... a brilliant book to open up the conversation with pre-school kids.' Disability Arts Online'A groundbreaking picture book reflecting the world of a visibly disabled child... a funny and very enjoyable read that will nevertheless perform an urgently needed task and generate very useful discussion at home and school.' LoveReading4Kids

Author : Bennie Kara,Hannah Wilson
Publisher : Legend Press Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781915054999

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Diverse Educators by Bennie Kara,Hannah Wilson Pdf

Structured around the Equality Act and written collaboratively, Diverse Educators: A Manifesto aims to capture the collective voice of the teaching community and to showcase the diverse lived experiences of educators.

Author : Clothilde Ewing
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534487857

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Stella Keeps the Sun Up by Clothilde Ewing Pdf

"When Stella does not want to go to bed, she tries all sorts of ways to keep the sun up"--

Author : Dashka Slater
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780618723942

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The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater Pdf

When a tiny sea serpent tumbles from the bathtub faucet, a little girl finds an unexpected friend. As rainy day after rainy day passes, the two sing songs, take baths, and talk about the sea. But little girls live on land, and a growing sea serpent needs wave upon wave of water. Here’s a story about the true meaning of friendship, perfect for children, parents, and anyone who has ever had second thoughts about growing up.

Author : Denise Escarpit
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111555331

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The portrayal of the child in children's literature by Denise Escarpit Pdf

The Portrayal of the Child in Children's Literature (Proceedings of the 6th Conference of the Irscl Bordeaux, 1983).

Author : Evelyn Arizpe,Vivienne Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317615460

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Children as Readers in Children's Literature by Evelyn Arizpe,Vivienne Smith Pdf

We are fascinated by text and we are fascinated by reading. Is this because we are in a time of textual change? Given that young people always seem to be in the vanguard of technological change, questions about what and how they read are the subject of intense debate. Children as Readers in Children’s Literature explores these questions by looking at the literature that is written for children and young people to see what it tells us about them as readers. The contributors to this book are a group of distinguished children’s literature scholars, literacy and media specialists who contemplate the multiple images of children as readers and how they reflect the power and purpose of texts and literacy. Contributors to this wide-ranging text consider: How books shape the readers we become Cognitive and affective responses to representation of books and reading The relationship between love-stories and reading as a cultural activity Reading as ‘Protection and Enlightenment’ Picturebooks as stage sets for acts of reading Readers’ perceptions of a writer This portrayal of books and reading also reveals adults’ beliefs about childhood and literacy and how they are changing. It is a theme of crucial significance in the shaping of future generations of readers given these beliefs influence not only ideas about the teaching of literature but also about the role of digital technologies. This text is a must-read for any individual interested in the importance of keeping literature alive through reading.

Author : Roxanne Harde,Lydia Kokkola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351588553

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The Embodied Child by Roxanne Harde,Lydia Kokkola Pdf

The Embodied Child: Readings in Children’s Literature and Culture brings together essays that offer compelling analyses of children’s bodies as they read and are read, as they interact with literature and other cultural artifacts, and as they are constructed in literature and popular culture. The chapters examine the ideology behind the cultural constructions of the child’s body and the impact they have on society, and how the child’s body becomes a carrier of cultural ideology within the cultural imagination. They also consider the portrayal of children’s bodies in terms of the seeming dichotomies between healthy-vs-unhealthy bodies as well as able-bodied-vs-disabled, and examines flesh-and-blood bodies that engage with literary texts and other media. The contributors bring perspectives from anthropology, communication, education, literary criticism, cultural studies, philosophy, physical education, and religious studies. With wide and astute coverage of disparate literary and cultural texts, and lively scholarly discussions in the introductions to the collection and to each section, this book makes a long-needed contribution to discussions of the body and the child.

Author : Bruce Gilchrist,Britt Mize
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487515850

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Beowulf as Children’s Literature by Bruce Gilchrist,Britt Mize Pdf

The single largest category of Beowulf representation and adaptation, outside of direct translation of the poem, is children’s literature. Over the past century and a half, more than 150 new versions of Beowulf directed to child and teen audiences have appeared, in English and in many other languages. In this collection of original essays, Bruce Gilchrist and Britt Mize examine the history and processes of remaking Beowulf for young readers. Inventive in their manipulations of story, tone, and genre, these adaptations require their authors to make countless decisions about what to include, exclude, emphasize, de-emphasize, and adjust. This volume considers the many forms of children’s literature, focusing primarily on picture books, illustrated storybooks, and youth novels, but taking account also of curricular aids, illustrated full translations of the poem, and songs. Contributors address issues of gender, historical context, war and violence, techniques of narration, education, and nationalism, investigating both the historical and theoretical dimensions of bringing Beowulf to child audiences.

Author : James Baldwin,George Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3125765005

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SONNY S BLUES by James Baldwin,George Kirby Pdf

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : RH Childrens Books
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385379380

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If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss Pdf

Animals abound in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book If I Ran the Zoo. Gerald McGrew imagines the myriad of animals he’d have in his very own zoo, and the adventures he’ll have to go on in order to gather them all. Featuring everything from a lion with ten feet to a Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, this is a classic Seussian crowd-pleaser. In fact, one of Gerald’s creatures has even become a part of the language: the Nerd!

Author : Emily Jenkins
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375987717

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A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins Pdf

A New York Times Best Illustrated Book From highly acclaimed author Jenkins and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Blackall comes a fascinating picture book in which four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego. Kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the differences in daily life over the course of four centuries. Includes a recipe for blackberry fool and notes from the author and illustrator about their research.

Author : Philip Nel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190635084

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Was the Cat in the Hat Black? by Philip Nel Pdf

Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it-is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy-and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research yet written with a lively, crackling touch, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a short and stark proposal of actions everyone-reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature. While Was the Cat in the Hat Black? does not assume it has all the answers to such a deeply systemic problem, its audacity should stimulate discussion and activism.

Author : Allison Mills
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773212982

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The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills Pdf

Ghosts aren’t meant to stick around forever... Shelly and her grandmother catch ghosts. In their hair. Just like all the women in their family, they can see souls who haven’t transitioned yet; it’s their job to help the ghosts along their journey. When Shelly’s mom dies suddenly, Shelly’s relationship to ghosts—and death—changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, Shelly starts hoarding them. But no matter how many ghost cats, dogs, or people she hides in her room, Shelly can’t ignore the one ghost that’s missing. Why hasn’t her mom’s ghost come home yet? Rooted in a Cree worldview and inspired by stories about the author’s great-grandmother’s life, The Ghost Collector delves into questions of grief and loss, and introduces an exciting new voice in tween fiction that will appeal to fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Louisiana’s Way Home and Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls.

Author : Kristine Moruzi,Michelle J. Smith,Elizabeth Bullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351971645

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Affect, Emotion, and Children’s Literature by Kristine Moruzi,Michelle J. Smith,Elizabeth Bullen Pdf

This volume explores the relationship between representation, affect, and emotion in texts for children and young adults. It demonstrates how texts for young people function as tools for emotional socialisation, enculturation, and political persuasion. The collection provides an introduction to this emerging field and engages with the representation of emotions, ranging from shame, grief, and anguish to compassion and happiness, as psychological and embodied states and cultural constructs with ideological significance. It also explores the role of narrative empathy in relation to emotional socialisation and to the ethics of representation in relation to politics, social justice, and identity categories including gender, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality. Addressing a range of genres, including advice literature, novels, picture books, and film, this collection examines contemporary, historical, and canonical children’s and young adult literature to highlight the variety of approaches to emotion and affect in these texts and to consider the ways in which these approaches offer new perspectives on these texts. The individual chapters apply a variety of theoretical approaches and perspectives, including cognitive poetics, narratology, and poststructuralism, to the analysis of affect and emotion in children’s and young adult literature.