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Stewart, Melissa; Correia, Marlene – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
Once upon a time, nonfiction books for children routinely included concise, stodgy writing. Most of the books were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating, rather than enhancing, the content and meaning. But nonfiction has changed dramatically over the last two decades, evolving into a new breed of visually dynamic, engaging texts…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Books, Childrens Literature, Language Arts
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Nurhayati, Dwi Astuti; Djatmika – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2020
The article discusses the quality of language exploitation performed by the students of the English Language Study Program in the City of Tulungagung in writing English text stories. The data was collected for 4 months, starting May up to August 2020 in IAIN Tulungagung campus in the sense of data collection, through the observation. This study…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Strategies, Literary Genres, English (Second Language)
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Pantaleo, Sylvia; Sipe, Lawrence R. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2012
In this article, the authors situate their discussion of diverse narrative structures in the context of oral storytelling practices and postmodern picturebooks. They focus on three contemporary picturebooks: "Don't Read This Book!" (Lewis, 2009), "Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall Thin Tale" (Hopkins, 2008), and "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Picture Books, Postmodernism, Childrens Literature