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From Page to Stage: Locating the Spirit of Branar's "How to Catch a Star"
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Myers, Lindsay – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Oliver Jeffers' best-selling picturebook "How to Catch a Star" has been the subject of several recent theatre adaptations for children. This paper provides a detailed case study of the 2017 stage adaptation created by the Irish-language, theatre company, "Branar Téatar do Pháistí"; an adaptation which has been highly praised…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Media Adaptation, Drama
From Page to Stage: Locating the Spirit of Branar's Adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' "How to Catch a Star"
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Myers, Lindsay – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Oliver Jeffers' best-selling picturebook "How to Catch a Star" (2004) has been the subject of several recent theatre adaptations for children. This paper provides a detailed case study of the 2017 stage adaptation created by the Irish-language theatre-company, Branar Téatar do Pháistí; an adaptation that has been highly praised for the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Theater Arts, Foreign Countries
Ted Hughes: The Development of a Children's Poet
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Lockwood, Michael – Children's Literature in Education, 2009
This article looks at how Ted Hughes' poetry for children developed over more than 30 years of publication. It traces the movement from his earlier, more conventional rhyming poems, such as "Meet My Folks!" (1961) and "Nessie the Mannerless Monster" (1964), to the mature, free verse "animal poems" for older readers of "Season Songs" (1976c),…
Descriptors: Poets, Attitude Change, Poetry, Rhyme