Powerful magic : learning form children's responses to fantasy literature / Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep.

Author/creator Mikkelsen, Nina
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLanguage and literacy series
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.) ^A258785
Contents Children's ways of reading -- I: The child and the book -- Stepping into response: Alexander and the wind-up mouse -- Inside the world of The Snowman: different ways of seeing -- II: The reading transaction -- Alexander in the classroom: many voices, many literacies -- A deeper look at aesthetic literacy: Brooke and Louis the fish -- Louis in the classroom: the transactional literary conversation -- III: Children as research partners -- Fighting the dragon--and winning: The Hobbit -- Into the woods: the magical adventures of pretty Pearl.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
LCCN 2005045706
ISBN0807745952 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0807745960 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks Z1037.A1 M55 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold