Storytime: Young Children's Literary Understanding in the Classroom (Language and Literacy Series)
''After a thorough, engaging review of theory and research, Sipe describes the interactions among children and their teachers and analyzes their conversations about picture storybooks. The author concludes with comments about the classroom implications for reading picture storybooks aloud to K-2 students and offers suggestions for further research on literary understanding. Highly recommended.'' --CHOICE, September 2008''After a thorough, engaging review of theory and research, Sipe describes the interactions among children and their teachers and analyzes their conversations about picture storybooks. The author concludes with comments about the classroom implications for reading picture storybooks aloud to K-2 students and offers suggestions for further research on literary understanding. Highly recommended.'' --CHOICE, September 2008Sipe provides a comprehensive theory of literary understanding specific to contemporary young children s interactions with picture books. Storytime is grounded in well-documented research, an in-depth knowledge of literary theory, and enlivened by insightful commentary. --Glenna Sloan, Professor Emerita, Queens College of the City University of New YorkSipe s book makes an important contribution to the field. Built on a solid theoretical and research foundation, Storytime gives the reader deep insight into how young children construct literary understanding in the context of picture storybooks. --Miriam Martinez, University of Texas at San AntonioTwelve years of powerful data, an encyclopedic understanding of the field, and an incisive analytic stance combine to make Sipe's Storytime the single most important book on this topic since Applebee's The Child's Concept of Story. Written with wit and grace, it is also a pleasure to read. --Lee Galda, University of Minnesota''After a thorough, engaging review of theory and research, Sipe describes the interactions among children and their teachers and analyzes their conversations about picture storybooks. The author concludes with comments about the classroom implications for reading picture storybooks aloud to K-2 students and offers suggestions for further research on literary understanding. Highly recommended.'' --CHOICE, September 2008Sipe provides a comprehensive theory of literary understanding specific to contemporary young children s interactions with picture books. Storytime is grounded in well-documented research, an in-depth knowledge of literary theory, and enlivened by insightful commentary. --Glenna Sloan, Professor Emerita, Queens College of the City University of New YorkSipe s book makes an important contribution to the field. Built on a solid theoretical and research foundation, Storytime gives the reader deep insight into how young children construct literary understanding in the context of picture storybooks. --Miriam Martinez, University of Texas at San AntonioTwelve years of powerful data, an encyclopedic understanding of the field, and an incisive analytic stance combine to make Sipe's Storytime the single most important book on this topic since Applebee's The Child's Concept of Story. Written with wit and grace, it is also a pleasure to read. --Lee Galda, University of Minnesota''After a thorough, engaging review of theory and research, Sipe describes the interactions among children and their teachers and analyzes their conversations about picture storybooks. The author concludes with comments about the classroom implications for reading picture storybooks aloud to K-2 students and offers suggestions for further research on literary understanding. Highly recommended.'' --CHOICE, September 2008Sipe provides a comprehensive theory of literary understanding specific to contemporary young children s interactions with picture books. Storytime is grounded in well-documented research, an in-depth knowledge of literary theory, and enlivened by insightful commentary. --Glenna Sloan, Professor Emerita, Queens College of the City University of New YorkSipe s book makes an important contribution to the field. Built on a solid theoretical and research foundation, Storytime gives the reader deep insight into how young children construct literary understanding in the context of picture storybooks. --Miriam Martinez, University of Texas at San AntonioTwelve years of powerful data, an encyclopedic understanding of the field, and an incisive analytic stance combine to make Sipe's Storytime the single most important book on this topic since Applebee's The Child's Concept of Story. Written with wit and grace, it is also a pleasure to read. --Lee Galda, University of Minnesota