Fairy tales with a madcap twist

The Boston Globe;  August 18, 1991 ;     358 words ...A roundup of late-summer picture books. There should be more fractured fairy tales like "Once Upon a Golden Apple" by Jean Little...ages 4-8). One of the best ongoing series of picture books are these humorous, sometimes poignant adventures...

THE EVERGREEN PLEASURE OF PICTURE BOOKS

The Boston Globe;  January 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Picture books for children have taken various forms over the years...Caldecott; genuine humor became part of children's picture books. The British illustrator changed picture books, and his innovative ideas remain yardsticks for judging...

Drawing Readers Of Any Age; Picture Books Have An Appeal That Extends...

The Washington Post;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......book recently. Most people associate picture books with nursery school story time or the...parents assume they have graduated from picture books and start pushing "beginner books...or nonfiction. In leaving behind the picture books, though, parents and children miss...

Using picture books to arouse interest in the study of geographic areas.

The Social Studies;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......author describes methods for using picture books to teach geography in middle school...provides strategies for incorporating picture books as learning tools in the intermediate...curriculum. Specific examples of recommended picture books for target cultures are included along...

Picture books for young adults.

Teacher Librarian;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......AND REACH EARLY TEENS WITH A FAMILIAR FORMAT: PICTURE BOOKS. PICTURE BOOKS TODAY CONTAIN POETRY, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, MATH...secondary school libraries. POETRY AND HUMOR IN PICTURE BOOKS Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poetic ballad Casey...

Authenticity in Chinese folktale picture books. (On-going...

Academic Exchange Quarterly;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......cultural authenticity in Chinese folktale picture books. Some major Chinese cultural and artistic...1992). Chinese American children's picture books, likewise, can be used to serve the...life. Furthermore, the majority of picture books available with Chinese protagonists...

WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG, BAD FAIRY TALE? FAIRY TALES CONTINUE TO HAVE...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  January 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......became more sophisticated and lost their need for fairy tales. Or did they? Today's children may need the magic of fairy tales even more than their parents did, says Bette Bosma, author of Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends and Myths: Using Folk Literature...

Informational Picture Books for Children.

The Book Report;  September 1, 2000 ;     262 words ...Cianciolo, Patricia Informational Picture Books for Children 1999. 205pp. $38 pbk...Professional The popularity of picture books for older readers and the large number of informational picture books now being published makes this...

Exploring issues of national identity, ideology and diversity in...

Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Picture books are one of the first points of contact...children's schooling. Contemporary picture books appeal to a range of readers, and offer...interactions between text and illustrations, picture books take up particular ideological positions...

Fairy Tales and Foreign Languages: Ever the Twain Shall Meet

Foreign Language Annals;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: Fairy tales are certainly not new to foreign language...there is a resurgence of interest in fairy tales and a rebirth of their use in the...origin and development of European fairy tales, while also providing them with necessary...

PREFACE TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON FAIRY TALES, PRINTED TEXTS, AND ORAL...

Marvels & Tales;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......showcases contemporary explorations of fairy tales' origins and transmission, introduces...illuminate the origins and transmission of fairy tales. The traditional history provided for fairy tales largely originated from successive forewords...

History through many eyes: ten strategies for building understanding of...

Childhood Education;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...A growing array of nonfiction picture books, appropriate for every age level, is...moment in education. However, nonfiction picture books should be considered far more than...the books themselves. Good nonfiction picture books are important in instruction due to...

Painter touches urban souls in Taiwan with picture books aimed at adults

AP Worldstream;  January 9, 2003 ;     682 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: TAIPEI, Taiwan Picture books are usually just for kids. Most adult...Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. The picture books are popular because they touch on common...I was first thinking of buying the picture books for my daughter, but then found the...

MUST-READS FOR CHILDREN; CLASSIC PICTURE BOOKS ARE SURE TO THRILL THE...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Kathy Englehart Newhouse News Service Picture books are the genre of choice for young children...marriage of text and images. The best picture books become a gateway, a child's first exposure...together. Below is a list of some great picture books that every preschooler should know...

The role of postmodern picture books in art education

Art Education;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......would read from beautifully illustrated picture books. Yet when my children were younger...realized that these books are POSTMODERN picture books. The more I thought about these books...picture book. What is a picture book? Picture books are a form of visual art (Kiefer, 1991...