Provides a list of recently published books in Spanish for children and adolescents. A tentative grade level is indicated for each book, but it is suggested that the individual child's Spanish-reading ability, interest, taste, and purpose should be the main criteria for determining the true level of each book. (Author/VWL)

Including relevant fiction along with digitized history helps the reader to deal effectively with the various letters, photos, and census records or the individual pieces of history revealed. For educational, social, psychological, and biological reasons, fiction is important in the study of history. Not only can novels and stories be valuable…

Discusses the silencing of girls in mixed-sex education, noting that a multitude of taught and untaught lessons reinforce established routines that maintain ritualistic and repressive hierarchies. Asserts that by establishing a body of literature, using forbidden words, and revealing forbidden tales that speak to, and not just about, women, myriad…

Presents an interpretive text which functions as a report of the author's personal engagements with literary fiction and with philosophical, theoretical, and historical writings. Provides a theoretical and historical overview of literary anthropology as a research method. Concludes with a discussion of what literacy anthropological methods might…

Identifies a number of growth paths from 15 years of experimenting with Literature Circles. Presents an annotated bibliography of seven collections of very short fiction the author has been using to create collaboration minilessons. Notes that microfictions work on every level, are packed with craft, and often feature a surprising synthesis or…

Discusses 22 young adult fiction titles that address teen pregnancy. Addresses issues such as female responsibility, female sexuality as victimization, and female sexuality as moral choice. Concludes that through reading and critiquing young adult novels in which girls meet the challenge of pregnancy or of mothering, teachers can help students…

Discusses the modern stories for children which are, in their own ways, versions of "Cinderella" changed for modern times. Looks at how this classic tale has influenced modern writers. (MG)

Describes a high school course in American fiction in which students read an excerpt from a work of literature, watch the film adaptation of the work, and study both from a particular literary standpoint. Notes that such an approach appeals to reluctant readers. (RS)

Nick Joaquin, a leading English-language writer in the Philippines, explores the cultural construction of self though fiction that centers on the lives of the Spanish-speaking elite. Joaquin seeks to interpret the self as a dynamic process, forever exploring, interrogating, and reaffirming itself against the background of Philippine culture. (25…

Recalls childhood experiences which influenced the author in becoming a writer and a teacher. Explores the symbolic power humans wield with language, which extends from a single word to a phrase to a whole story. (MG)

Argues that Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" deserves exploration and analysis because of its outlandish plot, dazzling visual and technical elements, and its reflection of the closing days of Weimar Germany. Presents a brief study guide designed to stimulate student curiosity and facilitate further interest in the film. (RS)

Tested the hypothesis that adult readers would identify with story characters who display a similar gender role orientation to themselves. Findings indicate an interaction between reader's gender role and character's gender role behavior. Davis's (1983) Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Empathic Concern subscale) significantly predicted…

Compares characteristics of young adult literature and television situation comedies. Highlights include writing for television versus writing novels; the use of humor, irony, and serious topics; character growth; plot construction; and responsibility for solving characters' problems. (LRW)

Presents nine benefits for student understanding and appreciation of literature that come from having students work at their own creative writing in undergraduate literature classes. (RS)

Presents brief annotations of the 31 books chosen most often by middle, junior, and senior high school students. Notes that problem novels abound and that romantic fiction, sports, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction are included. (RS)