Journal•ISSN: 0006-7377
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Johns Hopkins University Press
About: Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature is an academic journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Reading (process) & Narrative. It has an ISSN identifier of 0006-7377. Over the lifetime, 505 publications have been published receiving 1038 citations. The journal is also known as: Book bird.
Topics: Reading (process), Narrative, Poetry, Computer science, Publishing
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TL;DR: This paper examined the pedagogical issues and strategies involved in integrating international literature into the curriculum beyond a "tourist" approach, encouraging close critical reading in developing children's understandings of culture and the world.
Abstract: This collaborative project involves teachers in a small public elementary school in Tucson, Arizona in the USA They examine the pedagogical issues and strategies involved in integrating international literature into the curriculum beyond a “tourist” approach, encouraging close critical reading in developing children’s understandings of culture and the world
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TL;DR: Chick discusses the benefits of gay sensitive literature and the controversies and challenges associated with its use as mentioned in this paper, and describes several examples of high-quality picturebooks with gay and lesbian characters.
Abstract: In this article, Kay Chick discusses the benefits of gay-sensitive literature and the controversies and challenges associated with its use She describes several examples of high-quality picturebooks with gay and lesbian characters, and points up gaps in existing literature selections
21 citations
TL;DR: Tan as mentioned in this paper describes the process of his art as playfully experimental, exploratory, and as a quest to find expression to meet the demands of particular stories, and often stands in awe of renowned artists who, like him, seem to engage in this process.
Abstract: As the title of this article suggests, Shaun Tan communicates the process of his creations as playfully experimental, exploratory, and as a quest to find expression to meet the demands of particular stories. Tan is inspired and often stands in awe of renowned artists who, like him, seem to engage in this process. Tan hits home in conveying the multilayered and complex nature of visual and verbal narratives that create a space in which author and reader can intersect in powerful and personal ways.
17 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined selected Canadian and American picture books featuring characters with disabilities and proposed critical literacy as a framework through which children may interrogate messages in text and illustration, identifying patterns, trends, and themes related to characterizations that involve disabilities.
Abstract: This study, framed through a lens of Radical Change, examines selected Canadian and American picture books featuring characters with disabilities. While aspects of diversity such as cultural difference are consciously included in contemporary children’s books, differences related to disability are often absent. In this study, qualitative content analysis identifies patterns, trends, and themes related to characterizations that involve disabilities, proposing critical literacy as a framework through which children may interrogate messages in text and illustration.
16 citations