TY - BOOK AU - Smidt,Sandra TI - Reading the world: what young children learn from literature SN - 1858565057 AV - LB1042 .S65 2012 U1 - 372.6044 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Stoke on Trent, England, Sterling, VA PB - Trentham Books KW - Storytelling KW - Children's stories KW - Language arts (Elementary) KW - Language arts (Early childhood) KW - Children KW - Books and reading N1 - 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 ER -