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Powerful magic : learning from children's responses to fantasy literature / Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep.

By: 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)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 028.5/5 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1009.A1 M55 2005
  • Z1037.A1 M55 2005
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book 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.

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