Acts of reading
Subtitle: teachers, texts and childhood
By: edited by Morag Styles and Evelyn Arizpe.
Contributors: Styles, Morag.; Arizpe, Evelyn, 1965-
Publisher: Trentham
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stoke-on-Trent, UK; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781858564388
Subjects: Reading history; Children -- Books and reading -- History; Children's literature -- History and criticism
Description: 'Acts of Reading' looks at the history of reading & texts for children from an educational perspective. The texts selected date from the 18th century to the digital age & beyond. They are examined through the eyes of their various audiences: the children, writers, teachers, & parents, so as to explore the act of reading itself.
Notes: Includes index.