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No Small Challenge: Literature for the Transitional Readers.

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Cianciolo, Patricia J. – Language Arts, 1989

Discusses literature for transitional readers (8 to 11 year olds who can read fairly lengthy stories independently, but need to sharpen and extend reading comprehension and critical thinking skills). Outlines developmental characteristics of these readers, and characteristics of the literature they tend to favor. Includes references to 73…

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Intermediate Grades, Preadolescents, Reading Comprehension

Views of Childhood in Children's Literature over Time.

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Goldstone, Bette P. – Language Arts, 1986

Argues that children's books are agents of socialization and examines childhood as a socially constructed concept throughout history. (SRT)

Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Processes