Children's Literature

“If Dragons 'Would Eat' [sic] Pink Hearts, That Would be OK”: Preadolescent Boys' Paths to Reading

by Geneviève Brisson

Published in The Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education/ Revue canadienne des jeunes chercheures et chercheurs en éducation (CJNSE/RCJCÉ), 2012

This article explores a study of five preadolescent boys‘ perceptions of reading and readers, and the role of agency... more This article explores a study of five preadolescent boys‘ perceptions of reading and readers, and the role of agency on their reading paths. The boys, in grades five to seven, shared their thoughts and experiences through individual and group interviews. The findings suggest that these boys adapted norms and practices of the dominant discourse among their male friends to pursue their own interests in reading. Some participants, however, stated they sometimes experience pressure to assume gender–appropriate preferences in order to be accepted by their (male) peers.

Place and displacement: determining a spiritual path in children's fantasy literature| Macquarie University ResearchOnline

by Beppie Keane

Theseus and the Minotaur

by Laurel Bowman

Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children's Literature: Robert D. San Souci

by Roberto C. Delgadillo

Peter J. Shields Library Lobby Display Cases
Winter Quarter 2008

In honor of the Fourth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit... more In honor of the Fourth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit and online bibliography of selected works of noted young adult and children's book author Robert D. San Souci. Mr. San Souci will be the featured speaker at the Mondavi Center on February 27, 2008. This event is co-sponsored by the UC Davis School of Education and the UC Davis Children's Hospital.

Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children's Literature: Maya Christina Gonzalez

by Roberto C. Delgadillo

Peter J. Shields Library Lobby Display Cases
Winter Quarter 2009

In honor of the Fifth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit... more In honor of the Fifth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit and online bibliography of the works of famed illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez. Ms. Gonzalez will be one of two featured speakers at the Mondavi Center on January 28, 2009. This event is presented by the UC Davis School of Education and the Children's Center at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.

Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children's Literature: Francisco Xavier Alarcón

by Roberto C. Delgadillo

Peter J. Shields Library Lobby Display Cases
Winter Quarter 2009

In honor of the Fifth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit... more In honor of the Fifth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit and online bibliography of selected works of noted writer, performer, professor, and activist Francisco Xavier Alarcón. Mr. Alarcón will be one of two featured speakers at the Mondavi Center on January 28, 2009. This event is presented by the UC Davis School of Education and the Children's Center at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.

Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children's Literature: Ying Chang Compestine

by Roberto C. Delgadillo

Peter J. Shields Library Lobby Display Cases
Winter Quarter 2012

In honor of the Eighth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit... more In honor of the Eighth Annual UC Davis Children's Literature Lecture, the UC Davis General Library presents an exhibit and online bibliography of selected works of noted author, public speaker, educator, and television host Ying Chang Compestine. Ms. Compestine will give two lectures at UC Davis on February 23, 2012. The morning lecture will be held at Freeborn Hall at 10:30 a.m. and the evening lecture will held at the Buehler Alumni and Visitor Center at 7:30 p.m. A book sale will be held after each lecture. Ms. Compestine will sign books after the evening lecture. This event is presented by the UC Davis School of Education.

Challenges and Solutions: Children’s Literature in Today’s K–12 Classrooms

by Jodene Morrell

Pardo, L. & Kersten, J. (2008) Challenges to Children’s Literature. Language Arts, 85(3), 242 – 246.

Professional book review: Stirring Up Justice: Writing & Reading to Change the World (Jessica Singer); Using... more Professional book review: Stirring Up Justice: Writing & Reading to Change the World (Jessica Singer); Using Literature to Enhance Content Area Instruction: A Guide for K–5 Teachers (Rebecca Olness); Free within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature (Rudine Sims Bishop)

Çocuk Edebiyatı Yapıtlarında Aile Kavramı

by Sedat KARAGÜL

Dalla Università del Maryland un progetto di biblioteca digitale dedicata ai bambini

by Valeria Baudo

Published in Biblioteche oggi, 2006,8,p.70-72 (ITA)

Erfahrung schrieb's und reicht's der Jugend: Geschichte der deutschen Kinder-und Jugendliteratur vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert. Gesammelte …

by Tatiana Korneeva

War and the Liminal Space: Situating The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the Twentieth Century Narrative of Trauma and Survival

by Nanette Norris

Forthcoming in C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia Casebook, ed. Lance E. Weldy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve, and Children of Aslan: An Environmentalist Perspective on The Chronicles of Narnia

by Margarita Carretero González

L'enfance colonisée

by Yan Hamel

La terre en héritage, l'écriture en partage. Bruno Saint-Hill, de Nampilly à Swedenborg

by Laurent Déom

Published in "Héritage, filiation, transmission. Configurations littéraires (XVIIIe-XXIe siècles)" (ed. by Christian Chelebourg, David Martens and Myriam Watthee-Delmotte), Louvain-la-Neuve, Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2012.

"Que la littérature soit fondamentalement concernée par la question de la transmission est une évidence : en tant... more "Que la littérature soit fondamentalement concernée par la question de la transmission est une évidence : en tant que message adressé par un émetteur à un récepteur, elle relève d’une logique communicationnelle sur laquelle nous n’insisterons pas. Cette logique est souvent mise en exergue dans le cas de la littérature de jeunesse, car les objectifs pédagogiques que de nombreux prescripteurs assignent à celle-ci rendent cruciale sa dimension pragmatique : étant donné que l’émetteur est censé former le récepteur, l’on attend de son message qu’il se conforme aux valeurs en vigueur dans la communauté à laquelle appartiennent les lecteurs visés1.

Dans certaines productions littéraires pour la jeunesse, la transmission est également utilisée comme thématique. La question des relations entre parents et enfants, en particulier, est abordée dans de nombreuses œuvres, qu’il s’agisse d’en louer les attraits, d’en dépeindre les difficultés ou d’en présenter les paradoxes. Il arrive en outre que ce thème se décline en sous-thèmes plus spécifiques, parmi lesquels celui de la problématique patrimoniale.

Ainsi, le roman de Bruno Saint-Hill Tempête sur Nampilly (publié en 1950 aux éditions Alsatia dans la collection « Signe de piste ») raconte l’histoire d’un héritage menacé que le héros tente de recouvrer. Si cette thématique présente un intérêt dans cet ouvrage, ce n’est pas seulement parce qu’elle est associée à un certain nombre d’enjeux culturels, politiques et sociaux, que nous n’évoquerons d’ailleurs qu’au passage, mais aussi parce qu’elle occupe une place considérable dans la démarche de création de l’écrivain. La transition du thématique au poétique va toutefois de pair avec une modification sensible de la façon dont Saint-Hill conçoit l’héritage, comme nous le montrerons."

Hear My Cry: A Manifesto for an Emancipatory Childhood Studies Approach to Children's Literature

by Mary Galbraith

'The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth'

by Richard Shakeshaft

Written as part of the requirements for an MEd in Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. August 2011

This thesis surveys the way in which the young adult protagonists are presented in Feed by M T Anderson, Little... more This thesis surveys the way in which the young adult protagonists are presented in Feed by M T Anderson, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Hybrids by David Thorpe and Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini. In particular, it focuses on their physical creation and representation, the question of the human-ness and humanity of a human with embedded technology, and the ways in which the dystopian societies in which they live are constructed. It also examines the way in which the texts can be seen to be didactic in style through consideration of the authors, their intentions, and their use of peritextual and epitextual features.

Although the study shows that the dystopian authors’ creations of visions of a future dominated by technology are intended to be a warning to the contemporary reader, it also identifies ways in which the presentation of the young adults demonstrates the importance and power of humanity in the portrayal of characters in fictional texts, and to some extent celebrates their engagement with technology. However, their presentation and other academic research confirms the authors’ need to warn people about the effects of technology and I suggest general ways in which this needs to be undertaken.

The nature of the study means that it adopts a constructionist approach and combines traditional literary analysis of aspects of form, structure and language with secondary sources from the fields of technology, neuroscience, human and social psychology, biology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence. I believe this demonstrates, as the novels do, the way in which developments in technology have blurred boundaries in all areas of life and the need for a more holistic approach to the study of children’s literature involving new technology.

An analysis of Year 7 and Year 10 girls’ responses to Shaun Tan’s 'The Red Tree'

by Richard Shakeshaft

Written as part of the requirements for an MEd in Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. August 2010

Cose da grandi. Identità collettive e valori civili nei fumetti italiani del dopoguerra (1945-1955)

by Juri Meda

Published in “Annali di storia dell’educazione e delle istituzioni scolastiche in Italia”, n.9, 2002, pp.285-336.

Per una storia della stampa periodica per l’infanzia e la gioventù in Italia fra ’800 e ’900

by Juri Meda

Published in: Fabiana Loparco, I bambini e la guerra: il “Corriere dei Piccoli” e il primo conflitto mondiale (1915-1918), Firenze, Nerbini, 2011, pp. 7-24.

Presentation of the editorial series «Nerbiniana: History of Magazines for Children and Youth». Presentation of the editorial series «Nerbiniana: History of Magazines for Children and Youth».