Literature of Questions - Nonfiction for the Critical ChildPaperback
Literature of Questions - Nonfiction for the Critical ChildPaperback Nonfiction books for children--from biographies and historical accounts of communities and events to works on science and social…
Specifikacia Literature of Questions - Nonfiction for the Critical ChildPaperback
Literature of Questions - Nonfiction for the Critical ChildPaperback
Nonfiction books for children--from biographies and historical accounts of communities and events to works on science and social justice--have traditionally been most highly valued by educators and parents for their factual accuracy. Addressing how such works are either vulnerable or resistant to critical engagement, Sanders pays special attention to the attributes that nonfiction shares with other forms of literature, including voice and character, and those that play a special role in the genre, such as peritexts and This approach, however, misses an opportunity for young readers to participate in the generation and testing of information.In A Literature of Questions, Joe Sutliff Sanders offers an innovative theoretical approach to children's nonfiction that goes beyond an assessment of a work's veracity to develop a book's equivocation as a basis for interpretation.