Children's Book Award Handbook
Children's Book Award Handbook

Author: Diana F. Marks

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781591583042

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Includes bibliographical references and index. Children's literature awards and their namesakes -- Jane Addams and the Jane Addams Book Award -- Hans Christian Andersen and the Hans Christian Andersen Award -- Mildred L. Batchelder and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award -- Pura Belpre and the Pura Belpre Award -- Randolph Caldecott and the Randolph Caldecott Medal -- Margaret A. Edwards and the Margaret A. Edwards Award -- Theodor Seuss Geisel and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award -- Kate Greenaway and the Kate Greenaway Medal -- Lee Bennett Hopkins and the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award -- Ezra Jack Keats and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards -- Coretta Scott King and the Coretta Scott King Award -- Astrid Lindgren and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature -- John Newbery and the John Newbery Medal -- Scott O'Dell and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction -- Edgar Allan Poe and the Edgar Award -- Michael L. Printz and the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature -- Robert F. Sibert and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award -- Sydney Taylor and the Sydney Taylor Book Award -- E.B. White and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award -- Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award -- Charlotte Zolotow and the Charlotte Zolotow Award -- Other children's literature awards.

Handbook of Children and the Media
Handbook of Children and the Media

Author: Dorothy G. Singer

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 825

ISBN-13: 1412982421

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'Handbook of Children and the Media' brings together the best-known scholars from around the world to summarize the current scope of the research in this field.

Children's Book Award Handbook
Children's Book Award Handbook

Author: Diana F. Marks

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0897899911

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Diana Marks looks at children's and young adult book awards in depth. The history, award criteria, and a biography of the person behind each of the well-known awards is included. Also of interest are lists of the winners in each category, teaching and exploration activities, reproducible teaching aides, and a timeline of events leading up to the establishment of the award. Information about well-known awards is accompanied by information on the lesser known, Pura Belpré, Jane Addams, etc. Information is formatted in quick, easy-to-read tables and charts suitable for classroom duplication. Although some of this information is available online, this is a one stop handbook that contains lesser-known awards, and offers activities for enriching the study of each award, whether well-known or not. Grades K-8.

International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture
International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Author: Kirsten Drotner

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2008-02-19

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1473971756

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This essential volume brings together the work of internationally-renowned researchers, each experts in their field, in order to capture the diversity of children and young people′s media cultures around the world. Why are the media such a crucial part of children′s daily lives? Are they becoming more important, more influential, and in what ways? Or does a historical perspective reveal how past media have long framed children′s cultural horizons or, perhaps, how families - however constituted - have long shaped the ways children relate to media? In addressing such questions, the contributors present detailed empirical cases to uncover how children weave together diverse forms and technologies to create a rich symbolic tapestry which, in turn, shapes their social relationships. At the same time, many concerns - even public panics - arise regarding children′s engagement with media, leading the contributors also to inquire into the risky or problematic aspects of today′s highly mediated world. Deliberately selected to represent as many parts of the globe as possible, and with a commitment to recognizing both the similarities and differences in children and young people′s lives - from China to Denmark, from Canada to India, from Japan to Iceland, from - the authors offer a rich contextualization of children′s engagement with their particular media and communication environment, while also pursuing cross-cutting themes in terms of comparative and global trends. Each chapter provides a clear orientation for new readers to the main debates and core issues addressed, combined with a depth of analysis and argumentation to stimulate the thinking of advanced students and established scholars. Since children and young people are a focus of study across different disciplines, the volume is thoroughly multi-disciplinary. Yet since children and young people are all too easily neglected by these same disciplines, this volume hopes to accord their interests and concerns they surely merit.

The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature
The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature

Author: Julia Mickenberg

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 0199701911

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The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature is at once a literary history, an introduction to various theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, a review of genres, and a selection of original and interdisciplinary essays on canonical and popular works for children in the Anglo-American tradition. It is geared toward graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and scholars new to the study of children's literature, as well as teachers and anyone wishing to keep up with new research and innovative approaches to children's literature. Twenty-six essays by top scholars from varied disciplines address theoretical, historical, sociological, and critical issues through analyses of classic novels such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Swiss Family Robinson, Tom Sawyer, Kidnapped, and Five Little Peppers and How They Grew; early educational and religious works such as The New England Primer and Froggy's Little Brother; picture books, comics and graphic novels such as Millions of Cats, Where the Wild Things Are, the Peanuts series and American Born Chinese; early readers such as The Cat in the Hat and the Frog and Toad books; newer children's classics including Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Jade, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Circuit, the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials trilogy; works of poetry such as The Bat Poety and The Dreamkeeper; a play, Peter Pan; and media classics such as Free to Be You and Me and Dumbo. An editors' introduction surveys key trends in criticism, the field's history, and foundational scholarship.

Children's Literature Studies
Children's Literature Studies

Author: Matthew O. Grenby

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-05-24

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0230343805

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Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual challenges. This research handbook is the first devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying children's literature at university level. Bringing together the expertise of leading international scholars, it combines practical advice with in-depth discussion of critical approaches. Wide- ranging in approach, Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook: - Considers 'children's literature' in its fullest sense, examining visual texts (such as picturebooks), films, computer games and other 'transformed' texts, as well as more traditional modes of writing for children - Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake - Surveys the different methodologies and theoretical approaches used by children's literature scholars - Includes case studies, questions and exercises to reinforce ideas discussed in each chapter - Provides lists of further reading and a specialist glossary that will remain a useful reference resource This handbook will be an essential companion for those studying children's literature, whether as undergraduates, postgraduates, or beyond.

A Kid's Mensch Handbook
A Kid's Mensch Handbook

Author: Scott Blumenthal

Publisher: Behrman House, Inc

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780874417005

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Bring Jewish values to life with an engaging blend of mitzvot, middot, and timeless Jewish wisdom. At an age when students are thinking critically about right and wrong, the importance of the choices they make, and the role that Judaism will play in their lives, A Kid's Mensch Handbook provides a wealth of Jewish advice, experience, and answers. Presented in a modern format designed to engage your students' interest and imaginations, A Kid's Mensch Handbook provides each student with a unique and lasting connection to core Jewish values. The book is organized into three sections: Mensch Basics, Be a Mensch to Yourself, and Be a Mensch to Others. Together, they help students understand basics of menschlekeit, how introspection and self-examination lead to self-respect, and how respect for oneself leads to respect for and from others. Real-life examples, midrashic and historical vignettes, and lively narrative make Jewish values tangible, understandable, and applicable to your students' everyday lives. Interactive features such as "Mensch-Wise" (What do you think it means to be "created in God's image"?), "Mensch Top 5" (Check out these tips to becoming your own best friend...), and "A Note of Middot" (Sameah b'helko reminds us to be content with what we have -- and who we are!) Thought-provoking exercises, intriguing questionnaires, and fun surveys allow each student to draw a personal connection to each Jewish value, and to imagine the role he or she can play in the Jewish and global communities. Includes a "Mensch Index" with handy definitions and cross-references to mitzvot, middot, and midrash found throughout the book.

Handbook for Dragon Slayers
Handbook for Dragon Slayers

Author: Merrie Haskell

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 006220842X

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Like Gail Carson Levine's books, Merrie Haskell's middle grade fantasy adventure Handbook for Dragon Slayers mixes magic, mythical creatures, thrilling action, and a wonderful cast of characters. Political upheaval sends Princess Tilda fleeing from her kingdom in the company of two hopeful dragon slayers. The princess never had any interest in chasing dragons. The pain from her crippled foot was too great, and her dream was to write a book. But the princess finds herself making friends with magical horses, facing the Wild Hunt, and pointing a sword at fire-breathing dragons. While doing things she never imagined, Tilda finds qualities in herself she never knew she possessed. Handbook for Dragon Slayers is a deeply satisfying coming-of-age tale wrapped in a magical adventure story.

The Storyteller's Candle
The Storyteller's Candle

Author: Lucía M. González

Publisher: Children's Book Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780892392223

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During the early years of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican library, Pura Belpre, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.