TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mikkelsen,Nina
TI  - Powerful magic: learning from children's responses to fantasy literature 
T2  - Language and literacy series
SN  - 0807745952 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - PN1009.A1 M55 2005
U1  - 028.5/5 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Children
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Children's literature
KW  - Fantasy literature
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
ER  -