In response to a focus on reading, this paper examines the notion of reading online; as such it uses the term "networked reading" to describe any act of reading in an online or digital environment. In accordance with this notion of "networked" reading, the paper provides a broad introduction to AustLit: the Australian…

Comic books and graphic novels are one of the newest fully fledged art forms, a vibrant, hybrid medium birthed in America and brimming with all the wildly experimental vigor of youth. Traditionally associated with children's narratives and the object of condescension and ridicule, they have only recently captured academic attention. What is…

Reviews and describes Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ) Literature Series. Discusses the contributors to these anthologies, the content, and a teaching apparatus. Concludes that HBJ has made few changes in their books over the years and has paid only the most cursory attention to how schools, teachers, pedagogy, literature, and culture has changed.…

This anthology of modern Kannada fiction is written for the second-year student of Kannada who has finished an intensive course such as is covered in "Kannada: A Cultural Introduction to the Spoken Styles of Language" (ED 016 196). It is assumed that the student is familiar with all the basic structures of the language and writing system and will…

The National Writing Project designed the Professional Writing Retreats to support writing by teacher-leaders for audiences of scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other members of the public who have an interest in education. These writing retreats focus on writing about the profession of teaching, giving teachers a chance to write about…

The subject of this article is "The Royal Readers", a group of reading anthologies published in Britain by Thomas Nelson between 1872 and 1881 for use in elementary schools. The focus is not on their contribution to the teaching of reading but rather on how they functioned as the tools of an education system conceived primarily as an agent of…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECOMMENDED READING FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES IN FRENCH CONTAINS 194 ITEMS. THERE IS A MAJOR SECTION ON LITERARY AND CRITICAL WORKS, AND BRIEF SECTIONS ON PERIODICALS, RECORDS, FILMS, AND FILMSTRIPS. EACH ITEM IS PRICED AND AMERICAN SUPPLIERS ARE INDICATED FOR BOOKS PUBLISHED ABROAD. THE BULLETIN ALSO CONTAINS…

Discusses the need for reading anthologies that not only contain the works of female writers but also works that do not specifically deal with women's issues. Outlines the problem as it exists in magazines, newspapers, and other media. Discusses modal versus thematic organization in writing and areas of traditional female concern. (PRA)

The author criticizes the old standard collection's disdain for such contemporary needs as readability and variety of appeal. (Editor/SJL)

Presents several teachers' recommendations for short-story anthologies to use in junior-high or high-school English classes. (MM)

Reviews 24 children's books and divides them into 3 groups: picture books, story collections, and chapter books. (MG)

Presents an interview with Don Gallo, editor of seven anthologies of short stories and one collection of plays, and author or editor of seven books about young adult fiction for teachers and scholars. (TB)

Presents reviews of 22 poetry anthologies, collections of poems by 1 poet, and books that contain a single illustrated poem. Urges students and teachers to bring poetry alive by reading it aloud. (RS)

THE BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY OF ESTONIAN LITERATURE WHICH INTRODUCES THIS ANTHOLOGY COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT AND DISCUSSES THE POETS AND WRITERS INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION. THE FIRST PART OF THE COLLECTION PRESENTS ESTONIAN FOLK SONGS, IN NORTH ESTONIAN DIALECT, WITH A SHORT EXPLANATORY NOTE ON THE PHONOLOGY AND…

The translator selected six short stories by modern Indian writers and compiled them as a reader for advanced students of Hindi and Area Studies. The Hindi text on the right-hand page is translated into English on the left. The stories were selected to include vignettes of urban and rural life and characters from both middle and lower class…