Powerful magic
Subtitle: learning form children's responses to fantasy literature
By: Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep.
Series: Language and literacy series; Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Children -- Books and reading -- Psychological aspects; Children's literature -- Psychological aspects; Fantasy literature -- Psychological aspects; Literacy -- Philosophy
Description: "This book delves deeply into children's responses to literature, and in particular, to works of fantasy. Through close observation over time of children's natural and spontaneous reactions to books they are assigned or choose themselves, Nina Mikkelsen demonstrates how children and adults can engage as equal partners in learning, and also provides important insights into how adults can create settings in which children can experience the joy of literature."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.