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Download full textMatthews, Stephen – 1993
This resource book is intended to help parents identify good books for their children by offering a list of the best contemporary Australian books for children and by explaining ways to recognize what qualities to look for in new and unfamiliar books. The first section of the book answers some common questions about why books and reading aloud are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Webb, Jean A. – 1993
Politics and children's literature would seem to be two areas of thought which are incompatible; politics being the administration of power, control, government, and regulation, and children's literature embodying the freedom of the imagination at a period in life described as "literary innocence." Embedded political perspectives,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Child Role, Childrens Literature
