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From:Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed"[T]he characteristic markers of children's literature 'are all variants of and manifestations of the basic opposition between adult and child implied by the very circumstance of adults writing for children.'"...
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From:Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe papers in this forum were first presented as part of a panel entitled "Children's Agency: A Panel Discussion on Divergent Critical Models," hosted by the Children's Literature Association (ChLA) and held at the...
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From:Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed[O]ur three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. --M. F. K. Fisher, The Gastronomical Me (ix) Nostalgia and...
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From:Library Philosophy and PracticePeer-ReviewedIntroduction This paper presents a study of children's and young adult books in Iran from 2000-2008. The books were published for the first time in Iran, in the Persian language. Iran is a country located in the...
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From:Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe primary focus of work in the area of translation studies is to observe the continuum in which a translation takes place; the textual and extratextual constraints imposed on the translator (Bassnet & Lefevere 1998,...
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From:School Library Journal (Vol. 51, Issue 4)FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, I'VE BEEN TELLING ANDERSEN STORIES AT THE statue of Hans Christian Andersen in New York City's Central Park. One story that never fails to delight both the audience and me is "Hans Clodhopper." I...
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From:Teacher Librarian (Vol. 26, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedFrank Newfeld. Groundwood. $25. 0-88899-333-1. All ages. -- The subtitle is: "An alphabet for adults and worldly children" -- and it is a wonderful, sophisticated, arty, humorous, A-Z pastiche -- very unlike, but sort...
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From:Teacher Librarian (Vol. 26, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPaul Romanuk. Scholastic. $5.99. 0-590-03822-2. Grades 2-adult. -- A perpetual favorite, this provides short biographies, statistics and full-color posters of 17 of the most exciting hockey players from Mats Sudin and...
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From:Teacher Librarian (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDan Gutman. Courage. $12.95. 0-7624-0169-9. Grades K-5. -- What a charming tale! Focusing on Amish daily life, this splendid picturebook features young Kate and her brother Amos, both of whom want to make money. Amos...
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From:Teacher Librarian (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAnd finally, I offer you Patricia Polacco's tribute to the power of teachers in Thank you, Mr. Falker. Any fan of Polacco's work knows to expect a family story. This one is Patricia's own story. When Trisha starts...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 25, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedNotable Children's Books PICTURE BOOKS Gabriella's song. Candace Fleming. Illus. by Giselle Potter. Atheneum/Anne Schwartz. 0-689-80973-5. The gardener. Sarah Stewart. Illus. by David Small. Farrar Straus &...
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From:Teacher Librarian (Vol. 26, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAlbert's Halloween. Leslie Tryon. Atheneum. $ 16.00. 0-689-81136-5. Grades K-3. -- Miss Patsy Pig's pumpkins are being stolen -- and Albert and his pals Sam Slade, Miss Marple and Shamrock Homes search for the culprit...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 16)NEARLY THREE THOUSAND people interested in children's books gathered at the 35th International Children's and Youth Book Exhibition in Munich between November 23 and December 19 last year. Generous coverage by press,...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 23, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSometimes acts of bravery are small; sometimes wisdom is manifested quietly and simply. Sometimes strong women appear larger than life, and other times their accomplishments are never seen beyond a small circle, and...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 23, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedDIANE STANLEY'S WRITING AND illustrations have breathed life into Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, Shaka, the King of the Zulus, Peter the Great and many others. Her picture book biographies transcend the usual boundaries...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn a book to warm any librarian's heart, Jerry Spinelli has written four stories about a small blue library card and how it changes the lives of four young people. In Library card the first story, "Mongoose",...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFICTION COLUMNIST'S CHOICE A drop of water; A book of science and wonder. Scholastic. Stop-action camera work and a crystal-clear text make visible the various states of water -- ice, rainbow, steam, dew and...
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From:Emergency Librarian (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIt's hard to take your eyes off the pages once you start reading this masterful retelling of the ancient, well-known tale of multiple progression in which the clever peasant outwits the raja by asking for what seems to...
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From:Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: Brian Doyle's much-noted emphasis on environment provides a rich entry-point into his multi-award-winning corpus. Young protagonists' bonds with nature resonate throughout Doyle's work, especially as they...
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From:Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedEvelyn Arizpe: Cuales fueron sus itinerarios y acercamiento al tema de las practicas de lectura y la cultura escrita? Michele Petit: Dedique mas de veinticinco anos, como antropologa, a estudiar las practicas...