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Powerful magic : learning from children's responses to fantasy literature /

Mikkelsen, Nina.

Powerful magic : learning from children's responses to fantasy literature / Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2005. - x, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Language and literacy series . - Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.

PART I. Children's ways of reading : 1. The child and the book - 2. Stepping into response: Alexander and the wind-up mouse - 2. Inside the world of The Snowman: different ways of seeing. PART II. The reading transaction : 3. Alexander in the classroom: many voices, many literacies - 4. A deeper look at aesthetic literacy: Brooke and Louis the fish - 5. Louis in the classroom: the transactional literary conversation. PART III. Children as research partners : 6. Fighting the dragon--and winning: The Hobbit - 7. Into the woods: the magical adventures of pretty Pearl. Conclusion: Embracing fantasy, inviting response.

0807745952 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0807745960 (acid-free paper)

2005045706


Children--Books and reading--Psychological aspects.
Children's literature--Psychological aspects.
Fantasy literature--Psychological aspects.
Literacy--Philosophy.

PN1009.A1 / M55 2005 Z1037.A1 / M55 2005

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