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Direct linkPetty, J. T. – Voices from the Middle, 2004
This young adult author claims his most enjoyable task as a writer is "intellectual danger, getting into other people's trouble." He asks his readers not to trust him, and then, as evidence, tempts us with a look at a chapter from "Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer."
Descriptors: Fiction, Fantasy, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedRigby, Marilyn K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1988
Discusses the implications of Charles Darwin's personal and professional history for an academic career in psychology. Relationships between his theoretical position and the content of an introductory psychology course he might teach and how he might fare in a contemporary academic environment are sketched in this fictionalized account.…
Descriptors: Biographies, College Instruction, Fantasy, Fiction
Schmidt, Nancy J. – 1981
Children's fiction about Africa which has been either written in English or translated from other languages into English is discussed in this book. Covered are 542 novels and volumes of short stories written for children that were collected and read by the author before July 1977. Part I outlines several major elements of the cultural background…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Literature, Authors, Background
Palandra, Maria – 1978
This primary level reader in Italian intended for use in a bilingual education setting, is about the life cycle of a drop of water. The drop of water is personified and the story tells of its adventures as it travels from the top of the lake to the bottom, its meeting with the inhabitants of the lake, and its trip to the clouds. After deciding not…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Fantasy
Nottingham, Theodore J. – 1998
This book of fables from the animal kingdom contains: "The Frog Who Knew Too Much"; "Long Tail the Lizard"; "The Otter Who Went to the Bottom of the Sea"; "The Single-Wattled Cassowary and His Lethal Toe"; "The Rebel Gerbil"; "Why Hairless Monkeys Turn Out So Bad"; and "The Eagles'…
Descriptors: Animals, Creative Writing, Didacticism, Elementary Secondary Education
Dugas, Don – 1977
This French reader, intended for use in a bilingual education setting, tells the story of a monster, "Croque-Carotte," who served Franco-American villages in the days when people believed in monsters. The story tells of the monster's difficulties in plying his trade because of the sadness of the people. Eventually two children discover…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Education
Dugas, Donald G.; Ogrydziak, Dan – 1977
This story in French about a butterfly who talks to children is presented in comic-book style and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Words and expressions peculiar to the Franco-American idiom are marked and translated into standard French. The drawings are in black and white. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Cartoons, Children
