Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.

The language arts program in the elementary school offers an excellent opportunity for children to discuss life's intangible basics. (JH)

Defines pornography as sexually explicit material and investigates several aspects of "adult only" paperback fiction which is easily accessible to the general American public. (MH)

Gives the outline of a mini-course which utilizes science fiction to motivate science students. (LS)

Discusses artistic or esthetic, social and cultural, functional, and commercial values looked for by children's book editors in selecting and publishing manuscripts. Also reviews changes in social and cultural values as shown by children's books published in 1947, 1957, and 1967. (GT)

Provides a brief review of the literature and an annotated bibliography of reading materials for the young, middle, and older child. The 42 citations are listed in several categories: picture books; easy reading books; fiction; nonfiction folklore, science, and nature; poetry; history; and biography. A general indication of level is given.…

A librarian stresses that book selection in public libraries should satisfy community interests and needs rather than the "balanced stock" recommended by Melvil Dewey. (MBR)

Discusses the many world-wide stories of Cinderella, contrasting the American version with other versions in different eras and cultures. (MB)

Discusses ways of using science fiction to teach about culture, human variation, and cross-cultural understanding on elementary, secondary, and college levels. A selected bibliography is included. For journal availability, see SO 505 790. (Author/AV)

The unity of past and present provided by historical novels changes reading about history from dull lessons to interesting stories that youngsters can emphathize and identify with and that, in many cases, strongly relate to their own experiences. (Author)

Notes that the problem of appropriating Western art forms presents a dilemma for the black writer who on the one hand must allow the protagonist to fulfill the criteria of fiction but simultaneously must dramatize the ineffectiveness of that fiction as well. (Author/AM)

Writer's work diary shows how short fiction generated creative expression and creative writing by fifth- and sixth-grade students. Samples of student writing provided. (RL)

Discusses professional writers' use of "metaphorical stories" to describe their composing processes. Maintains that fiction writers' ascription of independence to their characters has profound psychological implications. Cites metaphorical stories as an important means by which authors understand and communicate their composing…