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  • Work and Manual Labour In Children’s Literature and Art

    Work and Manual Labour In Children’s Literature and Art

    Labor is used symbolically, as a temporary trial through which the young protagonists have to go before they can find their true place in society. The depiction of labor is highly ambiguous: it is a punishment, and even when chosen voluntarily… it is a burden that brings neither joy nor satisfaction. The message young readers […]

    August 27, 2013
  • Who does the nurturing work in children’s books?

    Who does the nurturing work in children’s books?

    “Mothers in the books were more likely than fathers to perform almost every nurturing behaviour, including verbal and physical expressions of love, encouraging, praising and listening,” the researchers write. Similarly, mothers outperformed fathers on every care-giving behaviour. Gender stereotypes plague children’s picture books, from Salon Mothers often appear at the beginnings of hero tales. They…

    August 25, 2013
  • Writing Activity: Describe A Bedroom

    Writing Activity: Describe A Bedroom

    Lectrology, the study of the bed and its surroundings, can be extremely useful and tell you a great deal about the owner, even if it’s only that they are a very knowing and savvy installations artist. Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals Each of us has three lives: public, private and secret. We are rarely afforded glimpses into…

    August 24, 2013
  • Use of long words: sesquipedalianism

    Sesquipedalianism is a linguistic style that involves the use of long words. It might be characterised as polysyllabic holophrastic verbalism. Wikipedia Some well-known authors advise against making use of words which draw attention to themselves. Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles…

    August 18, 2013
  • Lookism and Physiognomy in Children’s Fiction

    Physiognomy is the assessment of a person’s character or personality from his outer appearance, especially the face. Wikipedia There are plenty of books about this subject, which encourages readers to judge people based on how they look. (Here’s a list on Goodreads.) If you read classic children’s literature you’ll encounter descriptions of character which exist not only…

    August 12, 2013
  • The Science and Pleasure of Reading

    The Science and Pleasure of Reading

    Many people who read silently do so by imagining a voice speaking the words they are reading…This could be because when we learn to read, we associate symbols with verbal sounds until the association is effortless…What’s particularly new about this study is that it not only shows that silent reading causes high-frequency electrical activity in…

    August 10, 2013
  • Book Apps And Print Books: Advantages Disadvantages

    THE ADVANTAGES OF PRINTED PICTUREBOOKS Can exist in larger size, enabling the reader to linger for a long time over each page. e.g. Animalia by Graham Base, Where’s Wally. No backlit screen, so possibly more suitable for bedtime reading, especially for children who are sensitive to light. Well-bound objects can be handed down to children…

    August 5, 2013
  • Three Ways Of Looking At Character

    Three Ways Of Looking At Character

    There are many ways of looking at character: flat vs rounded, static vs dynamic and stylised versus natural. These distinctions are explained below. FLAT/ROUNDED Is this character more ‘flat’ or more ’rounded’? This distinction was first made by E.M. Forster in Aspects of the Novel, who said that a round character is one who is…

    August 3, 2013
  • The Features Of Chapter Books

    The Features Of Chapter Books

    Chapter books are better able to be defined than other types of books because they are for quite a narrow developmental process.

    August 3, 2013
  • For Mushroom Lovers

    For Mushroom Lovers

    This one goes out to all those mushroom lovers out there.

    July 30, 2013
  • Why Boys Don’t Read Books About Girls

    Why don’t boys read books about girls? Well, first of all, many boys do read books about girls. As for the ones who won’t? They understand that gender is a hierarchy, and their position at the top is tenuous. Also, the adult book buyers in their lives probably aren’t buying them books starring girls, under…

    July 28, 2013
  • Littera scripta manet The Written Word Will Remain

    Littera scripta manet The Written Word Will Remain

    “The written word will remain” Which words will we leave as our legacy? What we have published in books and magazines, or what we have published on blogs and ezines and Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook…? A few years ago I set about inputting all of our known family data into a family tree program.…

    July 15, 2013
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