Looks at literature children enjoy reading and its impact on their lives both in and out of school, and suggests ways that teachers can use this as a foundation for classroom learning experiences.
It is impossible to reflect upon children's books without considering the children who read them. Where Texts and Children Meet explores the ways in which children make meaning of the various texts they meet both in and out of school.
Eve Bearne and Victor Watson have brought together chapters on all the major issues and topics in children's literacy including:
* the meaning and relevance of terms such as literature and classic texts
* an analysis of new genres including picture books and CD-ROMs
* moral dilemmas and cultural concerns in children's texts
* working with quality texts that children will also adore.
Where Texts and Children Meet shows how the world of children's books is changing and how teachers can build imaginative learning experiences for their pupils from a whole range of published materials.
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'... fascinating ... an overwhelming belief in the transforming power of texts.' - The Times Educational Supplement
'...certain to be useful additions to MA reading lists, while LEA English advisors, literacy consultants and Inset-providers will also find them useful to dip into.' - Elizabeth Plackett, The English and Media Magazine
List of illustrations viii Notes on contributors ix Preface xiii Permissions acknowledgements xv Introduction: childrens literature is dead: long live childrens reading 1(10) Victor Watson PART I The old meets the new `Familiar Shakespeare 11(15) Janet Bottoms `Play-business: issues raised by Robert Louis Stevensons classic collection, A Childs Garden of Verses 26(15) Morag Styles The Grimms wicked stepmothers 41(10) Nicholas Tucker By children, about children, for children 51(20) Victor Watson PART II Crossing boundaries: where cultures meet One mornings reading of `An Afternoon in Bright Sunlight 71(11) Gabrielle Cliff Hodges Tales from The Mouse House: playing with reading on CD-ROM 82(16) Lisa Sainsbury Girls playground language and lore: what sort of texts are these? 98(15) Elizabeth Grugeon Drama, literacies and difference 113(12) Helen Nicholson PART III In the picture: the meeting place for authors, illustrators and readers Show and tell: perspectives on Noahs Ark 125(12) Jane Doonan New Dimensions: word and image in a selection of picture books written by Martin Waddell 137(9) Jacqueline Kirk Learning the letters 146(15) Anne Rowe PART IV Meetings in imaginative spaces `Harming young minds: moral dilemmas and cultural concerns 161(11) Jenny Daniels Fantasy narratives and growing up 172(11) David Whitley Myth, legend, culture and morality 183(30) Eve Bearne Afterword: transitional transformations 198(15) Margaret Meek Spencer Index 213
Eve Bearne is currently joint Assistant Director in Research at Homerton College, Cambridge. She was a project officer for the National Writing Project and taught English in schools for over thirty years. She has written many books for Routledge including Making Progress in English, Use of Language Across the Primary Curriculum and Use of Language Across the Secondary Curriculum. Victor Watson is joint Assistant Director in Research at Homerton College, Cambridge. He was previously a Senior Lecturer in English at Homerton College. He has edited and contributed to a wealth of publications in this field including Voices Off.
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