Landscapes of Childhood – serie
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Children's Special Places
Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens and Bush Houses in Middle Childhood
Av David Sobel
Häftad, 2001
323 kr
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From the ages of five to twelve, the middle years of childhood, young people explore their surroundings and find or construct private spaces. In these secret places, children develop and control environments of their own and enjoy freedom from the rules of the adult world. Children's Special Places …
Wild Things
Children's Culture and Ecocriticism
Av Sidney I. Dobrin, Kenneth B. Kidd
Häftad, 2004
412 kr
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Today's children are occupied with activities taking place in settings that are isolated from nature or are simulations of the earth's natural environment. As a result, unless they receive appropriate nature education, many children may never develop a familiarity with and positive attitudes toward …
And Life Is Changed Forever
Holocaust Childhoods Remembered
Av Martin Ira Glassner, Robert Krell
Inbunden, 2006
383 kr
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This distinctive volume contains twenty first-person narrative essays from Holocaust survivors who were children at the time of the atrocity. As children aged two to sixteen, these authors had different experiences than their adult counterparts and also had different outlooks in understanding the …
His Dark Materials Illuminated
Critical Essays on Philip Pullman's Trilogy
Av Millicent Lenz, Carole Scott
Häftad, 2005
384 kr
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British author Philip Pullman's celebrated trilogy for young readers, His Dark Materials [Northern Lights/Golden Compass (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), The Amber Spyglass (2000)], has reached a broad spectrum of readers, from those appreciating his metaphysical imagination and literary depth to …
Come the Morning
Häftad, 2005
324 kr
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Published in 1989 to wide acclaim, Come the Morning was one of the first novels for older children to treat the problem of homelessness realistically. Fifteen years later, with unemployment and poverty on the rise again and homeless families haunting the streets of all our major cities, the book …
Sister Water
A Novel
Häftad, 2005
286 kr
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The widowed Jessie Woolman, now in her seventies, her two married daughters, Ellen and Martha, and two grand-children live in Ann Arbor, where the family owns a museum that harbors a meandering stream and historical artifacts of the region bounded by the rivers, Just as Jessie's aging mind begins …
Poetry's Playground
The Culture of Contemporary American Children's Poetry
Häftad, 2007
351 kr
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While the study of children's poetry has always had a place in the realm of children's literature, scholars have not typically considered it in relation to the larger scope of contemporary poetry. In this volume, Joseph T. Thomas, Jr., explores the ""playground"" of children's poetry within the …
Child in the World
Embodiment, Time, and Language in Early Childhood
Av Eva M. Simms
Häftad, 2008
352 kr
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The Child in the World builds a bridge between continental philosophers, who tend to overlook child existence, and developmental psychologists, who often fail to consider the philosophical assumptions underlying their work. In this volume, author Eva M. Simms draws on both psychological and …
Under Fire
Childhood in the Shadow of War
Av Elizabeth Goodenough, Andrea Immel
Häftad, 2008
384 kr
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Under Fire is an eclectic, multidisciplinary collection that explores the representation of war and its aftereffects in children’s books and documentary film. This richly illustrated volume brings together internationally known contributors to examine the ongoing influence of violence and war on …
