Each volume in the Novels for Students Series contains easily accessible and context-rich discussions of the literary and historical significance of approximately 15 major works from various cultures and time periods, including concise synopses of plot, characters and themes; a brief author biography; a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance; and excerpted criticism.
The Artistry of Neil Gaiman (Critical Approaches to Comics Artists)
Contributions by Lanette Cadle, Zuleyha Cetiner-OEktem, Renata Lucena Dalmaso, Andrew Eichel, Kyle Eveleth, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Darren Harris-Fain, Krystal Howard, Christopher D. Kilgore, Kristine Larsen, Thayse Madella, Erica McCrystal, Tara Prescott, Danielle Russell, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Joseph Michael Sommers, and Justin Wigard Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) reigns as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey,...
Children's literature isn't just for children anymore. This original study explores the varied forms and roles of children's literature-when it's written for adults. What do Adam Mansbach's Go the F**k to Sleep and Barbara Park's MA! There's Nothing to Do Here! have in common? These large-format picture books are decidedly intended for parents rather than children. In No Kids Allowed, Michelle Ann Abate examines a constellation of books that form a paradoxical new genre: children's literature f...
The Harry Potter phenomenon created a surge in reading with a lasting effect on all areas of culture, especially education. Today, teachers across the world are harnessing the power of the series, using it to reach out to students young and old as a gateway to more challenging literature. In fact, Rowling's books can educate with a scope far beyond English classes. They've been used to teach history, gender studies, chemistry, religion, philosophy, sociology, architecture, Latin, medieval studie...
Today's children are occupied with activities taking place in settings that are isolated from nature or are simulations of the earth's natural environment. As a result, unless they receive appropriate nature education, many children may never develop a familiarity with and positive attitudes toward the natural world that are so crucial to its preservation. Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism examines the ways in which literature, media, and other cultural forms for young people addr...
Robert Rogers (The Library of American Lives and Times)
by Jenniger Quasha
The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire; Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Hist
by Thomas Wallace Knox
How to Tell Stories to Children (Delightful Traditional Stories Collection, #22)
by Sara Cone Bryant
Get Your Child Hooked on Books! Reading can become a favorite part of any child's life—even children who think they hate to read. And, with the help of this unique book, it's easy to put your reluctant reader on the path to becoming an enthusiastic reader. Inside are 125 books that are certain to ignite your child's interest in reading. You'll find a variety of titles with real kid appeal—the best of the best for children of all reading levels. These books will captivate your child's interest an...
Elmore Leonard (Twayne's United States Authors, #713)
by James E Devlin
Poems by Children
Exploring Culturally Diverse Literature for Children and Adolescents
by Darwin L. Henderson and Jill P. May
This collection of original essays concentrates on the meaning of cultural aesthetics in children's and adolescent literature and uniquely tackles the particular issues teachers face today. Discusses beginning literary patterns of a particular group, stereotypic representations of American cultures, imagery in American adolescent and children's literature, and issues of literary inclusion. Theory and practice come together throughout the three sections of the text.
Ten Silly Zombies Jumping On The Bed
by Anthony Giangregorio and Andrew Dawe-Collins
The Children's Book Review Index contains review citations to give your students and researchers access to reviewers' comments and opinions on thousands of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media intended and/ or recommended for children th
The Children's Book Review Index contains review citations to give your students and researchers access to reviewers' comments and opinions on thousands of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media intended and/ or recommended for children through age 10. The volume makes it easy to find a review by author's name, book title or illustrator and fully indexes more than 600 periodicals.
Children's Book Review Index
Seit der Antike bezeichnet die Stimme der Frau ein diskursives Spannungsfeld, das von tiefen AEngsten und Leidenschaften gepragt ist. An der Schnittstelle von Koerper und Kultur, von Selbst und Anderem, beschaftigt das Faszinosum der weiblichen Stimme auch die philosophischen, literarischen und psychologischen Theorien des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Die Literatur Englands im achtzehnten Jahrhundert ist von zwei bahnbrechenden Neuerungen gepragt: der Entstehung des Romans und dem Aufstieg der weib...
Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Julie Cross
In this new book, Julie Cross examines the intricacies of textual humor in contemporary junior literature, using the tools of literary criticism and humor theory. Cross investigates the dialectical paradoxes of humor and debunks the common belief in oppositional binaries of 'simple' versus 'complex' humor. The varied combinations of so-called high and low forms of humor within junior texts for young readers, who are at such a crucial stage of their reading and social development, provide a valua...