Description:Turn to this authoritative new guide for a comprehensive look at the current status of children's literature through the eyes and experience of some of today's leading authors, editors, critics, teachers, booksellers, professors, theorists, and teacher educators. Shattering the Looking Glass is a thorough, comprehensive volume that defines, analyzes, defends, and often critiques the current state of Children s Literature within American Culture. The book is designed to tackle the major concerns revolving around Children s Literature today, including: the influence of politics and political agendas on the market, quality, and themes; the disagreements over the integration of diversity and diverse ideas into books for children; theoretical and academic discourses that are feeding topics, characters, and narrative structures; and, threaded throughout all of these topics, is a discussion of how these texts can be integrated into the classroom. This book is ideal for the in-service professional who wants insights into the current cultural mindset concerning children s literature, as well as professors who integrate theory and culture into undergraduate and graduate education coursesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shattering the Looking Glass: Challenge, Risk and Controversy in Children's Literature. To get started finding Shattering the Looking Glass: Challenge, Risk and Controversy in Children's Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
468
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Christopher-Gordon Publishers
Release
2008
ISBN
1933760125
Shattering the Looking Glass: Challenge, Risk and Controversy in Children's Literature
Description: Turn to this authoritative new guide for a comprehensive look at the current status of children's literature through the eyes and experience of some of today's leading authors, editors, critics, teachers, booksellers, professors, theorists, and teacher educators. Shattering the Looking Glass is a thorough, comprehensive volume that defines, analyzes, defends, and often critiques the current state of Children s Literature within American Culture. The book is designed to tackle the major concerns revolving around Children s Literature today, including: the influence of politics and political agendas on the market, quality, and themes; the disagreements over the integration of diversity and diverse ideas into books for children; theoretical and academic discourses that are feeding topics, characters, and narrative structures; and, threaded throughout all of these topics, is a discussion of how these texts can be integrated into the classroom. This book is ideal for the in-service professional who wants insights into the current cultural mindset concerning children s literature, as well as professors who integrate theory and culture into undergraduate and graduate education coursesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shattering the Looking Glass: Challenge, Risk and Controversy in Children's Literature. To get started finding Shattering the Looking Glass: Challenge, Risk and Controversy in Children's Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.