A literature of questions : nonfiction for the critical child /

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Nonfiction books for children - from biographies and historical accounts of communities and events to works on science and social justice - have traditionally been most highly valued by educators and parents for their factual accuracy. This approach, however, misses an opportunity for young readers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanders, Joe Sutliff (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Temas:
American prose literature > History and criticism.
Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature de jeunesse américaine > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
American prose literature.
Children's literature, American.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the literary study of children's nonfiction
  • Beyond authority: questioning the literature of facts
  • Voice and the seamless narrative of knowledge
  • Nonfiction's unfinished characters: the people who are wrong, flawed, and incomplete
  • Inquiry at and in the margins: how peritexts encourage critical reading
  • Seeing photographs: breaking the authority of nonfiction's favorite medium
  • The pursuit of reliability in almost astronauts
  • The empathy of critical engagement: emotion and sentimentality in children's nonfiction
  • Conclusion: critical engagement's moral imperative.

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