In spite o the accusations of being a misogynist and encouraging the young minds to embrace such theories related to gender stereotypes, Polly and Diggory, the first two children to populate the series, are far from impersonating stereotypes. Polly Continue Reading...
David Wiesner's Body Of Work In Children's Literature This is an essay discussing children's author and illustrator David Wiesner's body of work as a whole. Four books, Tuesday, Free Fall, June 29,1999, and The Three Pigs are examined for plots, set Continue Reading...
Children's Literature "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." This adage takes on various meanings according to context -- in the early twenty-first century, it will most likely be used to imply too much seriousness about schoolwork. But in th Continue Reading...
Children's Lit Montano urges a rigorous critical examination of children's literature for racism, linguicism, sexism, and bias. The importance of critical examination is to empower teachers, students, and parents to recognize the root causes of bias Continue Reading...
For instance, in Jacob Have I Loved, a twin comes of age in the 1940s, and finds that she indeed can make ordinary life more than extraordinary. Realistic fiction also tends to be more contemporary in tone, connecting with issues that are relevant t Continue Reading...
Ultimately, Osborn succeeds in using idiom of the period that is immediately accessible through various venues of popular culture (she describes Crockett as seeming to "be half varmint") and weaves the language of the legend into the story. This dif Continue Reading...
In addition, the human pronoun "her" is used to refer to the mother penguin, while "it" would have been a more appropriate choice if the author wanted to reinforce the penguins' animal aspects (BBC 3, 8). While the author does use the term "chick" t Continue Reading...
Children's literature can provide rich pictorials that appeal equally to adults as to children. David Wiesner is one author-illustrator that can be singled out for his talents at reeling in grown-ups. Some of his picture books are exactly that; conta Continue Reading...
All of these factors show that a young boy in the country and from a working class background stereotypically likes to hunt and fish. In Moke and Poki Build a House, the main characters are the two friends, Moke and Poki. Moke and Poki are Menehune Continue Reading...
Although at first Sahara did not need special education, by being placed in it she was removed from exploring her true gifts for reading and learning. Even when placed in the regular classroom, Sahara continued to view herself as "dumb" and thus abl Continue Reading...
Because schools matter so greatly in shaping the destiny of each child, they have always been the focus of intense, often unfriendly, attention. Criticisms of the system have always been abundant, and the targets of dissatisfaction have remained vir Continue Reading...
16). In comparing a number of literary elements in one story, Smith and Wiese (2006) contend that at times, when attempting to transform an old story into a modern multicultural version, cultural meanings of the original story may be lost. In turn, Continue Reading...
Children's Literature: The Conflict between Indigenous and Modern Worlds As the world continues to evolve towards a more modern existence, many indigenous cultures are assimilating more and more into the larger society. Books like Scott Odell's Isl Continue Reading...
Children's Literature Picture Books Allard, Harry and James Marshall. Miss Nelson Is Missing. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Print. Miss Nelson is a non-threatening instructor whose students take advantage of her gentle personality by misbehav Continue Reading...
children's stories can also express complex feelings meant to instruct young individuals regarding attitudes that they need to employ in order to integrate society as healthy persons. In addition to providing their readers with intriguing events, wr Continue Reading...
Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1909 "The Secret Garden" is one of the best loved children's stories of all time. As with most children's stories it is based on the fairy tale motif. No one really knows the exact origin of fairy tales, in Continue Reading...
Robber and Me, by Josef Holub [...] . "The Robber and Me" is a touching story of a young orphan who not only finds a home; he finds courage, honesty, and the love of a real family. THE ROBBER AND ME Josef Holub was born in Czechoslovakia in 1926, Continue Reading...
Children's Literature Research The Changing Representation of Female Characters and Feminist Heroines in Children's Literature from Baum to Montgomery Introduction Once children can read, they are cast into the literature world – chara Continue Reading...
Forests in Children's Lit The Dark Forest of Fairy Tales Fairy tales are rightly seen by many authors and critics from Jung to Bruno Bettelheim as repositories for archetypes and for vital social messages. Additionally, they must be seen as a liter Continue Reading...
Children's Safety On The Internet How safe are children when it comes to online use? What are the most important issues when comes to Internet safety for children? What is being presented in the literature when it comes to protecting children who us Continue Reading...
" However surprisingly, there have been arguments for pornography and have stated that it encourages experimentation with new media and any act to censor it would go against the First Amendment which has not only intellectual, moral, political, and Continue Reading...
On page 16 grandfather and grandmother are pictured in a meadow with a baby girl, and on page 17, as the daughter grows grandfather begins to think about "his own childhood" and his "old friends" -- in other words, he is thinking about his home cou Continue Reading...
It also fosters their language development. The poems are categorized according to the topics like self, animals, seasons, seashore, bedtime, and adventure which can become a springboard for introducing certain topics. This way, the book becomes ide Continue Reading...
Scholastic: 1993 Curious young astronomers who ask, "what are stars made of?" And "Why do astronauts float in space?" will find answers here. A brief survey of the universe in a question and answers format. Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback: 28 p Continue Reading...
He stated that, "I mean printed works produced ostensibly to give children spontaneous pleasure and not primarily to teach them, nor solely to make them good, nor to keep them profitably quiet." (Darton 1932/1982:1) So here the quest is for the capt Continue Reading...
HUMOR IMPORTANT IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND HOW DOES MO WILLEMS USE HUMOR IN HIS PICTURE BOOKS? The objective of this study is to answer as to why is humor important in children's literature and how does Mo Willems use humor in his picture books? Continue Reading...
In this context, water represents more than a source of physical life as it forges an unbreakable link between the two characters, and penetrates the barren spirit of the pilot. Any discussion on the message of "Le Petit Prince" must include a cons Continue Reading...
Unconventional Children's Tale "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a lot of things. It's a great story, it's a satire on organized religion, it's a perfect example of magical realism, and - to be b Continue Reading...
Children's Drawing Ability and Cognitive Development There is scarcely a refrigerator door in America in homes with children that does not have one or more pictures attached to it with magnets providing proof positive that these young learners are Continue Reading...
At first the child is presented with a mental image of an ordinary site, such as a person wondering why people are looking at them. But then, with a line such as "I just wink my middle eye," the reader is suddenly forced to alter their normal mental Continue Reading...
children's conceptualization of race and experiences with racial discrimination" details a research study regarding the awareness and impact of racism on young children. The researchers conducted a series of interview with children from seven to 12 Continue Reading...
Part II - Students Who Self-Injure: School Counselor Ethical and Legal Considerations In this article the authors discuss students who self-injure, and the ethical and legal considerations school counselors must take into consideration when addres Continue Reading...
Storytelling Review of Literature For hundreds of years, stories have been used to teach children about morality and ethics. Indeed, many of the same myths, legends and fairy tales have been handed down from generation to generation, remaining large Continue Reading...
The author notes that little research is accorded to children's diminished psychosocial behavior following divorce. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (n=10,061), he examines the associations between divorce a Continue Reading...
Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, and answers several questions covering topics from age appropriate content, theoretical perspectives, book summary, and opinion. Social conflict theory and Piaget's cognitive theory of development are briefly co Continue Reading...
The fact that this figure remains a guess says something important about what Morrison was up against in trying to find out the full story of the slave trade. Much of that story has been ignored, left behind, or simply lost. Through her works she a Continue Reading...
Parenting Attitude and Style and Its Effect on Children's School Achievements. This reading assessment examines the connection between parenting attitudes and styles and children's school achievements. Kordi and Baharudin (2010) identify three dist Continue Reading...
Media Violence on Children's Social and Emotional Development The past century has been characterized by a proliferation of media types, beginning with newspapers and tabloids in the late 19th century, to the introduction of other print media, radi Continue Reading...
These generally viewed race in terms of superior or inferior throughout history. The time frame family studies explored involved biological and pathology theories dating from the 1899 through the twentieth century. Interestingly, these researchers Continue Reading...
