Discusses G. K. Chesterton's views on children's literature and the importance of children reading for enjoyment. (AEA)

Provides an annotated bibliography of 70 examples of school stories for children chosen by three specialists in children's literature. (HOD)

Reports on a survey of 32 adult fiction readers and their attitudes toward the kind of reading that they enjoy. (AEA)

Describes the growth and current status of children's literature in Cuba. (AEA)

Discusses attacks in utopian fiction on the commonplace, or belief, which is based on assumptions that are accepted without discussion or question. Notes the importance of commonplaces in society's routines and feels challenges to them cause painful and uncomfortable self-criticism. Uses William Dean Howell's "A Travel from Altruria" in…

An author of young adult literature describes the difficulties confronted in writing the third novel in a trilogy and suggests that, for children, the historical novel can be a signpost between the fixed, always relevant, past and the changing present. (AEA)

Describes an undergraduate physics course for nonscience majors which combines physics with science fiction films. Includes course format, sample module on the concept of momentum, and an appendix with a listing of science fiction films used in this course. (DS)

Traces the history of English prose from Francis Bacon to the present, commenting on the quality of various authors' writing and of fiction today. (HTH)

Argues that books written in Black English should be used as supplementary materials in a classroom reading program; lists 22 such books and provides a plot synopsis for each book, information about estimated readability and interest levels, and language samples. (ET)

Reports that a negative correlation was found between critics' opinions of children's books in the years 1950 through 1975 and children's current reactions to the books. Explores some differences between the reactions of the critics and the child readers; lists a number of books for each year studied and indicates their status with critics and…

Describes a college level course to examine images of Asia as seen in film and fiction. The course addresses the misunderstandings created by media images. It comprises film viewing, reading, lectures, and weekly student essays. (KC)

Children, ages 8-9 and 11-12, rated fiction they had just read. Boys preferred supernatural, adventure and mystery stories while girls rated fairy and pony stories highly. Both preferred characters of their own sex. Sex differences were smaller in the 11-12 age group (f=fiche number). (CP)

Suggests nonfiction science books and novels for an elementary unit on science fiction. (SJL)

Explores the use of detective story writing to help children move from chronology to causality. Examines the elements of a detective mystery and includes a sample story written by a student. (HTH)

Presents personal testimony regarding the function of literature in a student's personal life. (GT)