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Perry Nodelman, University of Winnipeg
Mavis Reimer, University of Winnipeg

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 338 pp

ISBN-10: 0801332486
ISBN-13:9780801332487Help icon

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New To This Edition
  • A new co-author, Mavis Reimer, helps clarify ideas, opinions, and reading experiences represented throughout.
  • More detailed descriptions of reading strategies and practices (Chs. 2 & 4) provide suggestions for using theoretical contexts in their interactions with texts to develop richer experiences and richer understanding of those experiences.
  • New and recent examples of novels and picture books have been incorporated throughout the text.
  • A reorganized discussion of children's literature in the context of ideological theory, feminist theories, and theories of masculinity, give readers an up-to-date overview of both children's literature criticism and literary studies (Ch. 10).
  • The chapter on the economic and cultural factors that influence what children's literature is produced and distributed has been expanded to two chapters (Chs. 6 & 7) with more breadth and perspective.
  • Includes updated and current academic, intellectual, cultural, and economic trends, and shows how children's literature is influenced by them (Chs. 3, 5, 6 & 9). Extensive discussion of the Harry Potter series illustrates trends in the business of publishing and selling children's books.
  • TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—A new Companion Website (http://www.ablongman.com/nodelman3e) includes (1) additional information about children's literature, giving readers access to detailed listings of bibliographic resources and (2) content previously found in the Instructor's Manual, making this an interactive tool for both professors and students.
 
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