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The Important Books: Children's Picture Books as Art and Literature/Once upon a Time: Illustrations from Fairytales, Fables, Primers, Pop-Ups, and Other Children's Books
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The Important Books: Children's Picture Books as Art and Literature. By Joseph Stanton. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. 88pp., endnotes, other works of interest.
Once upon a Time: Illustrations from Fairytales, Fables, Primers, Pop-Vps, and Other Children's Books. By Amy Weinstein. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. 180 pp., color illustrations, suggested readings.
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Picture Books as a Social Studies Resource in the Elementary School Classroom.
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; ... present each historic era from multiple perspectives. The Greek news by Anton Powell and Philip Steele (1996, Candlewick) and The Roman news by Andrew Langley and Philip DeSouza (1996, Candlewick) present ... 1991, Tambourine); and The little weaver of Thai Yen village by Tran-Khanh-Tuyet, illustrated by ...
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Drawing Readers Of Any Age; Picture Books Have An Appeal That Extends Beyond Nursery School
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Picture books for young adults.
Teacher Librarian
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THE EVERGREEN PLEASURE OF PICTURE BOOKS
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; ... the picture book to adapt. Today, picture books are evolving and changing and the genre is alive and healthy. And that is good news. Because one of the few places on Earth that it is still possible to find an instant sense of freedom, joy, and privacy is anywhere ...
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Images of struggle and triumph: using picture books to teach about civil rights in the secondary classroom.
Social Education
; Colored men and women traded in the five and dime all the time. They kept money in the bank and on some Saturdays were allowed to sit in the balcony of the theater to watch a movie. This all seemed normal to me. It's true that they couldn't drink out of the same water fountain as white folks or eat
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Reading(s) beneath the surface: Using picture books to foster a critical aesthetics.
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
; ... small animals and plants; sepia-toned rubbings of linocuts suggest both the hazy account of the past and the heat of the desert; maps track Sturt's tortuous journey. Although irony pervades the hapless journey of Sturt and his party, there is another kind of ...
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Using children's picture books as tools to facilitate undergraduates' learning.
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The role of postmodern picture books in art education
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; I read to my boys every night until they were in high school. As often as I could, I would read from beautifully illustrated picture books. Yet when my children were younger, I first saw a different kind of picture book. This was of a type that did not appeal to me, yet my boys loved these books.
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