Powerful magic : learning from children's responses to fantasy literature / Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep.
Series: Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: New York : Teachers College Press, c2005.Description: x, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0807745952 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
- 0807745960 (acid-free paper)
- 028.5/5 22
- PN1009.A1 M55 2005
- Z1037.A1 M55 2005
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | PN1009.5 .P78 M55 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 33039000790575 |
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.