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.