The importance of parents reading to their preschool age children is stressed.

Uses a literary analysis of "The Golden Bird," a Grimm Brothers fairy tale, to show how an investigation of the literary qualities of fairy tales can reveal what the artistry of such tales consists of. (GT)

Shows that the pervasive violence toward women in Richard Wright's fiction is caused by the irreconcilable oedipal dilemmas that afflict his heroes. (GW)

Reports the results of a two year survey of 300 teachers in four Southeastern states who taught some form of science fiction in their classroom instruction. The survey considered (1) disciplinary areas utilizing science fiction and the basic purposes for using it; (2) basic themes of science fiction; and (3) teachers' comments about science…

Presents a problem-solving model comprised of nine generalizations derived from the methods and principles which guided the investigations of the fictional London detective, Sherlock Holmes. (EM)

Discusses the use of novels in studying social history. Proposes that the contents of novels be accepted not as a set of answers about a society, but as a set of questions, plausible hypotheses as to how the historian might organize his evidence. (Author/JK)

The study of literature is described as a unique and effective way of understanding a culture and its peculiarities. Examples of American literature are cited and the relationship between literature and social studies is discussed. (LBH)

Argues that the relationship between Lily and Mrs. Ramsey in Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" is a form of the Oedipal story. According to the theory, Lily must resist Mrs. Ramsey's effort to entice her into the traditional female role and recognize that she can be separate from Mrs. Ramsey's world and still love her. (JC)

Describes a project carried out with children in grades one through four for which each grade produced a volume of a book containing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and picture stories with the help of a writer-in-residence. (SRT)

Contains a partially annotated, nontechnical bibliography of recent materials about supernovae, including some about the discovery of a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Includes citations of general books and articles about supernovae, articles about Supernova 1987A, and a few science fiction stories using supernovae. (TW)

Discusses women who write fiction and fan literature based on the "Star Trek" universe, outlining how Star Trek fans force the primary text to accommodate alternate interests. Also considers the issue of literary property in light of the moral economy of the fan community that shapes the range of permissible retellings of the program…

Summarizes the similarities between classification systems for catalog selection and information retrieval systems, and discusses system characteristics that allow the use of measures such as recall and precision in system evaluation. (27 references) (Author/CLB)

Focuses on librarians' search for their place in American popular culture, 1876-1950. Discussion covers preposterous caricatures, citations to male and female librarians in "Library Literature," fictional librarians, battle of sexes, and a glamorous image as portrayed in films and theater. Annotated list of 18 fictional works is…

Provides bibliographic citations for 53 works by Ojibwe author and satirist, Gerald Vizenor, published from 1966 to 1983: 15 books, 12 short fiction, 2 dramas, 6 poems in anthologies, and 18 articles, editorials, and essays. Includes titles, dates, and places of publication in each entry. (NEC)