The Courage to Imagine : the Child Hero in Children's Literature. by Natov, Roni

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What I Believe -- 1 Landscapes of Childhood -- Pastoral: Forest, sky, river -- Interior landscapes: Private spaces -- 2 The Construction of the Creative Child -- 3 The Freedom to Imagine: Childhood Creativity and Socialization in the Work of William Steig -- 4 Imagining Difference and Diversity -- The picture book and life story -- Difference and the species: Owen & Mzee -- The young adult novel: Representing the cultural â#x80;#x9C;otherâ#x80;#x9D…”
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How to write a children's book and get it published / Barbara Seulin. by Seuling, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…: how to find ideas and work with them -- Sabotage made easy : procrastination and what to do about it -- Learning your craft : how to become a better writer -- Writing picture books -- Writing easy-to-read books -- Writing chapter books -- Writing fiction -- Writing nonfiction -- Writing in verse -- Writing plays -- Who cares? …”

Bush, city, cyberspace : the development of Australian children's literature into the twenty-first century / John Foster, Ern Finnis, Maureen Nimon. by Foster, John (John Elwall)

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER 6 Negotiating the maze of life 1: Focus on the familyFurther reading; CHAPTER 7 Negotiating the maze of life 2: Additional dilemmas for today's children and adolescents; CHAPTER 8 Future histories of Australia; CHAPTER 9 The hero and the quest: From Dot and the kangaroo to Dragonkeeper; Further reading; CHAPTER 10 Popular fiction for the cyber-generation; Further reading; CHAPTER 11 Australian children's poetry; CHAPTER 12 Australian picture books; Further reading; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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International perspectives on digital media and early literacy : the impact of digital devices on learning, language acquisition and social interaction / edited by Katharina J. Rohlfing and Claudia Müller-Brauers.

Table of Contents: “…Promising interactive functions in digital storybooks for young children -- A look into the future : how digital tools may advance language development -- Designing apps to facilitate first and second language acquisition in children -- Digital children's literature in the interplay between visuality and animation : a model for analyzing picture book apps and their potential for children's story comprehension -- DAZonline.ch : a gallery of annotated interactive pictures for cross-situational language learning.…”
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Islam in modern Turkey : religion, politics and literature in a secular state / edited by Richard Tapper.

Table of Contents: “…Islamic education in Turkey : Medrese reform in late Ottoman times and Imam-Hatip schools in the Republic / Bahattin Akşit -- Muslim identity in children's picture-books / Ayşe Saktanber -- The new Muslim intellectuals in the Republic of Turkey / Michael E. …”

Views from the loft : a portable writer's workshop / edited by Daniel Slager.

Table of Contents: “…Letting the Poem or Picture Book OutGot Them Poetry Blues?; A Few Cranky Paragraphson Form and Content; Toward a Metaphor of Translation; Some Notes on Negative Capability; Naming Names; A Recipe for Illusion; Nicole Helget; Critique; The Sad Epiphany Poem; A Tall White Pine; On Poetry; Ted Kooser; The Memoir as Literature; Power and Powerlessness; Children's Literature; Writing for the World; Is There Life after Elegy?…”
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Teaching through texts : promoting literacy through popular and literary texts in the primary classroom / edited by Holly Anderson and Morag Styles.

Table of Contents: “…Beyond the text: metafictive picture-books and sophisticated readers KATE RABEYReading the movies: learning through film SARAH JONES; 'My mum's favourite yoghourt is ~Diet Choice'~: language study through environmental texts HOLLY ANDERSON; 'And they lived happily ever afternot really!'…”
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Ways of being male : representing masculinities in children's literature and film / edited by John Stephens.

Table of Contents: “…Making boys appear : the masculinity of children's fiction / Perry Nodelman -- Picturing the male : representations of masculinity in picture books / Kerry Mallan -- "A page just waiting to be written on" : masculinity schemata and the dynamics of subjective agency in junior fiction / John Stephens -- Redeeming masculinity at the end of the second Millennium / Beverley Pennell -- Reframing masculinity : female-to-male cross-dressing / Victoria Flanagan -- Come lads and ladettes : gendering bodies and gendering behaviors / Kimberley Reynolds -- Masculinity as social semiotic : identity politics and gender in Disney animated films / Robyn McCallum -- Making the invisible visible : stereotypes of masculinity in canonized high school literature / Ingrid Johnston and Jyoti Mangat -- Challenging the phallic fantasy in young adult fiction / Kerry Mallan -- Queering heterotopic spaces : Shyam Selvadurai's funny boy and Peter Wells's boy overboard / Beverley Pennell and John Stephens -- Trigger pals : a case history / Roderick McGillis -- Masks and masculinity in James Barrie's Peter Pan / Monique Chassagnol -- Representing masculinities in Norwegian and Australian young adult fiction : a comparative study / Rolf Romoren and John Stephens.…”
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Little red readings : historical materialist perspectives on children's literature / edited by Angela E. Hubler.

Table of Contents: “…Miller -- "We are all one": money, magic, and mysticism in Mary Poppins / Sharon Smulders -- Solidarity of times past: historicizing the labor movement in American children's novels / Cynthia Anne McLeod -- "The disorders of its own identity": poverty as aesthetic symbol in Eve Bunting's picture books / Daniel D. Hade and Heidi M. Brush -- The young socialist: a magazine of justice and love (1901-1926) / Jane Rosen -- Girls' literature by German writers in exile (1933-1945) / Jana Mikota -- Different tales and different lives: children's literature as political activism in Andhra Pradesh / Naomi Wood -- A multicultural history of children's films / Ian Wojcik-Andrews -- Bloodthirsty little brats: or, the child's desire for Biblical violence / Roland Boer -- Utopia and anti-Utopia in Lois Lowry's and Suzanne Collins's dystopian fiction / Angela E. …”
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Freewriting with purpose : simple classroom techniques to help students make connections, think critically, and construct meaning / Karen Filewych. by Filewych, Karen

Table of Contents: “…Constructing MeaningInspired by Literature; Inspired by Photographs and Videos; To Facilitate Comparisons; To Foster Metacognitive Thinking; Cultural Connections; Controversial Issues; Current Events; Nurturing Citizenship; Chapter 8 Freewriting in Mathematics; Constructing Meaning, Clarifying Thinking; Inspired by Picture Books; Inspired by Videos; Writing as Reflection; To Reveal Feelings about Math; To Document Thinking; To Support Inquiry-Based Learning; Math beyond the Classroom; Chapter 9 Freewriting in Science; Learning to Write like Scientists; Making Meaning, Finding Relevance…”
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Differentiation and diversity in the primary school / edited by Eve Bearne.

Table of Contents: “…"Cushioned by confidence" : using picture books as a resource for differentiated learning / Noelle Hunt. …”
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Folktales Aloud. by Del Negro, Janice M.

Table of Contents: “…Fox"; Stories for Ages 12 to 14; A Ghost Story; Clever Grethel; The Magic Pipe: A Norse Tale; The Wild Geese; Chapter 6: Beyond the Legacy: Storytelling Now; References and Resources; Resources for Researching Folktales and Storytelling; Storytelling How-and-Why Books; Folktale Picture Books; Folktale Collections.…”
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Psychoanalytic responses to children's literature / by Lucy Rollin and Mark I. West. by Rollin, Lucy

Table of Contents: “…Childhood fantasies and frustrations in Maurice Sendak's picture books / Lucy Rollin -- ch. 9. Grotesque and the taboo in Roald Dahl's humorous writings for children / Mark I. …”

Multimodal Studies : Exploring Issues and Domains. by O'Halloran, Kay

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The war on terror and American popular culture : September 11 and beyond / edited by Andrew Schopp and Matthew B. Hill.

Table of Contents: “…Hill; Lost--a post-September 11, post-oedipal American Jeremiad / Mathias Nilges; "People have had enough tragedy": the spectacle of global heroism in Superman returns / Justine Toh; Deal with it, sort of: the picture-book treatment of September 11 / Katie Sciurba -- Part III. …”
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Subjectivity in Asian Children's Literature and Film. by Stephens, John

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4 Cooperation and Negotiation: Formation of Subjectivity in Japanese and Australian Picture BooksChapter 5 Subjectivity and Culture Consciousness in Chinese Children's Literature; Chapter 6 "How Can I Be the Protagonist of My Own Life?"…”
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Death, culture & leisure : playing dead / edited by Matt Coward-Gibbs.

Table of Contents: “…Staying dead: the corpse, burial and exhumation in three contemporary British history plays / Benjamin Poore -- 4, Death, playfulness and picture books / Maggie Jackson -- Part 2. Gaming encounters in Gothic environments. 5. …”
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Keywords for children's literature / edited by Philip Nel and Lissa Paul.

Table of Contents: “…Beckett -- Culture / Richard Flynn -- Domestic / Claudia Nelson -- Education / Elisabeth Rose Gruner -- Empire / Jo-Ann Wallace and Stephen Slemon -- Fantasy / Deirdre Baker -- Gender / Erica Hateley -- Girlhood / Jacqueline Reid-Walsh -- Golden age / Angela Sorby -- Graphic novel / Charles Hatfield -- Home / Mavis Reimer -- Identity / Karen Coats -- Ideology / Elizabeth Parsons -- Image / Nathalie op de Beeck -- Innocence / Marah Gubar -- Intention / Philip Pullman -- Latino/a / Phillip Serrato -- Liminality / Michael Joseph -- Literacy / Lissa Paul -- Marketing / June Cummins -- Modernism / Kimberley Reynolds -- Multicultural / Debra Dudek -- Nature / Peter Hollindale -- Nonsense / Michael Heyman and Kevin Shortsleeve -- Picture book / William Moebius -- Popular / Julie A.S. …”
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Singer's typewriter and mine : reflections on Jewish culture / Ilan Stavans. by Stavans, Ilan

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on the King James Bible, with Veronica Albin -- Storytelling as Midrash. People of the picture book.…”
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The reception of ancient Greece and Rome in children's literature : heroes and eagles / edited by Lisa Maurice.

Table of Contents: “…3: (De)constructing Arcadia: Polish Struggles with History and Differing Colours of Childhood in the Mirror of Classical MythologyPART 2: Ancient Mythology, Modern Authors; 4: The Metanarrative of Picture Books: 'Reading' Greek Myth for (and to) Children; 5: Reading the Fiction of Video Games; 6: From Chiron to Foaly: The Centaur in Classical Mythology and Fantasy Literature; 7: Classical Memories in C.S. …”
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