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ERIC Number: EJ648660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-1381
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Rethinking Childhood Innocence.
Sychterz, Terre
New Advocate, v15 n3 p183-95 Sum 2002
Discusses the controversial work of Maurice Sendak, a popular, yet controversial children's author and illustrator. Examines the oral responses of a class of first graders to "We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy," with the purpose of demonstrating that children can act as their own agents in constructing meaning through complex analysis. (SG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Grade 1, Poverty, Primary Education, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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