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Direct linkCheetham, Dominic – Children's Literature in Education, 2014
The impetus for the incredible variety found in the modern literary dragon is commonly seen to stem from the creative genius of either E. Nesbit or Kenneth Grahame. However, examination of dragon stories in the late nineteenth century shows that several different authors, on both sides of the Atlantic, were producing similar stories at about the…
Descriptors: Nineteenth Century Literature, Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Folk Culture
Castleman, Michele D. – Children's Literature in Education, 2011
As a narrative series, Brandon Sanderson's humorous, middle grade, Alcatraz Smedry novels display some of the arguably vague concepts of Reader Response theorist Wolfgang Iser as accessible themes that encourage a critical understanding of the stories. "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians" (2007), "Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones" (2008) and…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Novels, Childrens Literature, Fantasy
Pantaleo, Sylvia – Children's Literature in Education, 2007
"The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" (1992) by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith was awarded a Randolph Caldecott Honor Medal in 1993. Scieszka and Smith subvert textual authority through playing "with literary and cultural codes and conventions" (McCallum 1996, p. 400) in their metafictive text. In this article, I discuss the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Parody, Postmodernism
Peer reviewedStott, Jon C. – Children's Literature in Education, 1990
Offers a practical demonstration of the conventions of children's literature. Discusses dragon lore and their parodies. Presents class activities related to such lore. (RS)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Fairy Tales
