Reading the world : what young children learn from literature /

Smidt, Sandra, 1943-

Reading the world : what young children learn from literature / Sandra Smidt. - xi, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Setting the scene -- The difficult art of narrative -- Meaning-making: a word about semiotics -- Pt. 2. Tales told, visualised, read, said, heard, shared and transformed -- 'Listen with your nose and eyes': the power of the oral tradition -- Reading the images -- The interweaving of pictures with words -- The tale visualised in your head -- Whose culture is it? -- Children's books in translation -- Pt. 3. Reading the world -- Controversy: the role and significance of postmodern picture books -- Making the coin and currency: the child as narrator -- Adopting and subverting the real world through narrative in play -- Building your collection.

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Storytelling.
Children's stories
Language arts (Elementary)
Language arts (Early childhood)
Children--Books and reading.

LB1042 / .S65 2012

372.6044

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