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This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The
works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US,
traditional and contemporary - are analyzed, and using these
examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series
writing for children. As well as providing an historical overview
of the series, the author raises important questions about the
nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature.
This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The
works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US,
traditional and contemporary - are analyzed, and using these
examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series
writing for children. As well as providing an historical overview
of the series, the author raises important questions about the
nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature.
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. eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415206626
Opening the Nursery Door is a fascinating collection of essays
inspired by the discovery of a tiny archive: the nursery library of
Jane Johnson 1707-1759, wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. It has
captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists,
historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists as it
has opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood
within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts
written and read to children, the multifarious ways childhood has
been considered, shaped and schooled through literacy practices,
and the hitherto ignored role of women educators in early childhood
across all classes.
"Opening the Nursery Door" is a fascinating collection of essays
inspired by the discovery of a tiny archive: the nursery library of
Jane Johnson 1707-1759, wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. It has
captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists,
historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists as it
has opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood
within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts
written and read to children, the multifarious ways childhood has
been considered, shaped and schooled through literacy practices,
and the hitherto ignored role of women educators in early childhood
across all classes.
A young Anglo-Saxon woman is travelling across an empty East
Anglian landscape. She's dressed as a man, for safety. But when her
only companion is murdered, she knows she faces discovery, and
almost certainly much worse. In the Napoleonic period, a little boy
has to walk several miles to market, on his own, for the first
time. In the present day, a mixed-race teenage girl - along with
her best friend Rob - faces the difficulties of extreme shyness and
mutism. There is another presence too. Professor Molly Barnes - an
archaeologist in her eighties - unwittingly presides over the
narratives, looking back at her own coming-of-age, recalling her
earliest memories of friendship, and questioning her own profession
and its capacity to discover true versions of history. Time After
Time is a coming-of-age novel, written from an adult perspective.
It is set in the East Anglian countryside, and links three
different stories to the archaeological discovery of a Roman mosaic
floor and a mysterious Anglo-Saxon bracelet.
Edited by Morag Styles and written by an interational team of
acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical
discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts
for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of
children's literature, covering key authors, major works and
contexts in which those texts are published. Margaret Meek and
Victor Watson provide a profound and revealing examiniation of the
treatment of personal development, maturation and rites of passage
in literature written for children and adolescents. Including a
broad survey of the theme across a number of genres and an in-depth
analysis of the work of key writers, the authors work towards an
answer to the question What is a classic? Margaret Meek is Reader
Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London. Victor Watson is
Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of
acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical
discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts
for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of
children's literature, covering key authors, major works and
contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied.
Margaret Meek and Victor Watson provide a profound and revealing
examiniation of the treatment of personal development, maturation
and rites of passage in literature written for children and
adolescents. Including a broad survey of the theme across a number
of genres and an in-depth analysis of the work of key writers, the
authors work towards an answer to the question "What is a classic?"
Cassie Covington goes missing after running out of her Uncle
Peter's funeral and there are many who wish to know her whereabouts
- and the whereabouts of a very special book that her late uncle
was writing.
The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books is an alphabetized reference work providing a critical and appreciative overview of children's books written in English worldwide. It is not a guide to "children's literature" but has a wider task--to include any author, or illustrator, or work, believed by the editors to have made a significant impact on young readers, or to have in some way influenced the development of children's books. In addition to the long-established traditions of children's writing from Great Britain and the USA, the Guide covers the increasing range of successful children's books produced in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West Africa, and India; and the exciting renaissance in children's books currently taking place in Ireland and South Africa. Reflecting the developing scholarly appreciation for the history of children's books, The Guide gives due weight to children's books from pre-Norman times, and acknowledges recent developments in publishing practices and in children's own reading. Victor Watson is Assistant Director of Research, Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He has edited several volumes about children's literature, including Opening the Nursery Door (Routledge, 1997) and Where Texts and Children Meet (Routledge, 2000).
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