ERIC Number: ED259392
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 87
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Literature for Children.
Salomone, Ronald E., Ed.
FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, v11 n3 Spr-Sum 1985
The 15 articles in this journal issue deal with children's literature. Among the topics and titles discussed are (1) Virginia Hamilton's books, (2) the new realism in children's literature, (3) gender bias in children's books, (4) teaching "Where the Wild Things Are" to adults, (5) language use in "Alice in Wonderland," (6) "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me," (7) reading to children, (8) "The Mighty Hunter of Paint Creek," (9) classical vision and comic effect in Natalie Babbit's "Knee-Knock Rise and Goody Hall," (10) an author's view of children's literature in the elementary curriculum, (11) a state-wide survey of children's literature instruction, (12) a personal response to "Jacob Have I Loved," (13) folklore in recent Caldecott books, (14) opening the doors of communication through children's literature, and (15) selected poems by fifth graders. (EL)
Descriptors: Adults, Authors, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, English Instruction, Fiction, Folk Culture, Literature Appreciation, Literature Reviews, Novels, Reading Aloud to Others, Realism, Short Stories
FOCUS, Division of Humanities, Ohio University, Chillicothe, OH 45601 ($7.50 for one year subscription (3 issues); make check payable to SOCTE).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Southeastern Ohio Council of Teachers of English.; Ohio Univ., Chillicothe. Div. of Humanities.
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