Selected Product: | Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature (7th Edition) Hardcover Edition: 7 Author: Donna E. Norton, Saundra E. Norton Publisher: Prentice Hall Release Date: 2006-06-17 ISBN-10: 0132202964 ISBN-13: 9780132202961 List Price: $126.67 Average Customer Rating: | | Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition ISBN-10: 0131950843 ISBN-13: 9780131950849 List Price:$38.60 Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally ISBN-10: 0205483925 ISBN-13: 9780205483921 List Price:$125.33 Literature-Based Reading Activities (4th Edition) ISBN-10: 020544248X ISBN-13: 9780205442485 List Price:$58.60 Relevant Linguistics, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded: An Introduction to the Structure and Use of English for Teachers (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) ISBN-10: 1575862182 ISBN-13: 9781575862187 List Price:$28.00 Literature for Today's Young Adults (8th Edition) ISBN-10: 0205593232 ISBN-13: 9780205593231 List Price:$124.80 |
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"Another approach to the study of art is recommended by Stephen F. Eisenman and Thomas Crow, who use art criticism that focuses on the relationship between art and ideology, the economic and social conditions expressed in the art (a Marxist approach to criticism)."
Now pause briefly and consider this is a book about *children's* literature. Let us continue to some questions that should be used in this analysis:
"What role does class play in the work of both the artist and the viewer?
In what way might the artwork serve as propaganda?
What is the dominant ideology that the artist challenged?"
I'm now preparing to write a whithering review of the oppression inherent in the "Cat and the Hat".
All of this wouldn't be so bad if books were actually presented. Instead we get lots of small type with a reference to a random children's title in every other paragraph and the impression that children's literature is either dominated by the enlightened academic class or club wielding classist Neanderthals. You know, the kind that make you read books like "Through the Eyes of a Child".
DO NOT USE THIS IN YOUR CLASS. You will be torturing your students in a manner not allowed by the constitution. Hopefully, that at least, will carry some weight. | Great source for Children's Literature !! | Customer Rating: | | I highly recommend this book for Children's Literature. Extremely well organized by genres and well written. I found it very interesting and informative, but, I love childrens' literature. My only criticism of the book is regardingthe copyright of 1995. As a result, there have been many great children's books printed since 1995 that were not covered in this book. Nevertheless, I found this book to be a source of great information and one that I will continue to use. | Through the eyes of child | Customer Rating: | | This was required reading for my class. I like the web site that goes with the book. It has sample tests. | Hard To Read Wealth of Children's Litature Course | Customer Rating: | If you plan to teach a children's literature course, then this book possesses nearly all of the information, history, and important milestones that you need...if you can get by the stilted language.
It reads well for someone like me who studies/collects children's literature as a personal hobby; however, for the average reader? Get ready for a painful struggle.
I would suggest using it in conjunction with two other books: Jacob & Tunnell's more classroom-focused CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, BRIEFLY and Rebecca Luken's more historcal/applicable balanced CRITICAL HANDBOOK OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. |
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