A humorous account of errors in existing basal readers and workbooks. (DD)

A fictional account used to demonstrate the importance of making reading interesting and meaningful to children. (DD)

Urges teachers to let students read without quizzing them about every sentence or every book they read. (DD)

An interview with Michael Stubbs, lecturer in linguistics at the University of Nottingham, regarding the sociolinguistics of the classroom. (DD)

Provides an historical overview of the subject of oral reading, comments by Richard Ammon and Ronald Cramer about it, and a selected annotated bibliography on purposeful oral reading. (DD)

Draws on articles in the ERIC system to describe several notable programs in the development of the Right to Read project. (DD)

Discusses four basic trends in children's literature that reflect four possible ways of viewing childhood: the mythic, the didactic, the Rousseauvian, and the nihilistic. (DD)

Discusses the four major concentrations that can form the framework for a childrens literature program: children's interests, literary types, literary elements, and creators of children's literature. (DD)

Discusses the contributions made to cultural understanding by the 42 works nominated for the Batchelder Award, which provides recognition for American translations of foreign children's books. (DD)

Compares two film adaptations of Robert McCloskey's "Homer Price," concluding that the Weston Woods' version, "The Doughnuts," is valuable for use in the language arts program. (DD)

Describes a study of the poetry preferences of 15 classes of primary school children. (DD)

The archetype of the trickster offers a key to understanding the protagonists of Maurice Sendak's children's books. (DD)

Presents the origin of the Paul Bunyan stories, concluding that they had their roots in the oral tradition of the lumberjacks of the northern United States. (DD)

Reviews a number of single picture book editions of songs and suggests ways to involve children in this genre. (DD)

Describes a five-week unit dealing with ageism, especially in children's books. (DD)