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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sanders, Joe Sutliff (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Children's literature, American.
American prose literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature de jeunesse americaine > Histoire et critique.
Prose americaine > Histoire et critique.
Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
American prose literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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