Children's literature is written for children and youth, but the analysis of children's literature requires careful attention to text as well insightful interpretation of the ways in which authors and illustrators present the human condition, the physical world, imaginative experiences, and global forces. Children's literature is also a $4-billion-a-year industry that impacts social practices, politics, financial markets, schools, literacy rates, history, and art. Whatever the reason for your interest, children's literature is a big deal.
The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge by .
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The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Book Chapters
Chapter 01: Why Are You Reading Kids' Books?, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 02: What is Children's Literature?, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 03: Got Books?, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 04: Important Books, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 05: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 06: The Reading Wars, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 07: American Typo, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 08: Beyond the Page and Behind the Scenes, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 09: Gore & Grimm, Princesses & Porridge, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 10: Waxing Poetic with Deliberate Description and Aesthetic Argument, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 11: Past Presidents and Evading Inventors: Not Your Grandmother's Information Books, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Chapter 12: Banned and Burned: Why Worry? It's Just Kiddie Lit, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
End Matter, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Front Matter, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Videos
Video 01.01: Overview of The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children’s Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 02.01: It’s a Book by Lane Smith, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 02.02: Look, touch, shake, and swipe: Pop up books and interactive ebooks, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 02.03: The didactic origins of children's literature, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.01: Jenny's tour through the wackety stacks, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.02: Toddler story time. Webster Library, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.03: Using special collections, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.04: Nancy Drew: Then and now, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.05: The evolution of an author's manuscript: Luna by Julie Anne Peters, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.06: The Alice in Wonderland Collection at the University of South Florida, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.07: Inkwood Books, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 03.08: Inkwood Books Reading Groups, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 04.01: Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.01: Determining the communicative purpose of text and illustration, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.02: How to read a picture book: Olivia by Ian Falconer, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.03: Visual purpose and illustrative style, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.04: Reading development and selecting texts for children: birth to adolescence, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.05: Reading to a newborn, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.06: Reading to a baby, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.07: Reading with a toddler, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.08: Reading with young children, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 05.09: Reading with older children, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.01 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library introduction, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.02 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library Teaching area, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.03 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library Computer Stations, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.04 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library read around the world, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.05 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library Storytime area, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.01.06 Interactive school library video series: The Rudolph Library collections development, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.02: Jean Ann Cone Library at Berkeley Preparatory School, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 06.03: Bess the Book Bus, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.01: Olivia by Ian Falconer, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.02: Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.03: Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.04: Science Verse by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.05: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.06: Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.07: Series books for girls and boys, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 07.08: Meeting authors and illustrators: Autographs, materials, and tweets, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 08.01: The evolution of an author's manuscript: Luna by Julie Anne Peters, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 08.02: Chromolithography and early methods for color illustrations, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 09.01: Studying folk and fairy tales: The Brothers Grimm, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.01: Survey of poetry, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.02: IGNITE choral speaking: Speak first chapter, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.03: Choral reading example, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.04: Changing the world, one word at a time! The Queen Latifah Show, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.05: Judy Collins "Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" Muppet Show- 1977, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.06: Three Michael McDonalds sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake), Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.07: IGNITE choral speaking: Speak 4th chapter, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.08: Valentine's Day poem/Moon whole class, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.09: Performing a book, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 10.10: Building a poem, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 11.01: Survey of information books, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 11.02: Survey of biography books, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 11.03: Information book read aloud, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 11.04: Survey of information book illustration, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
Video 12.01: Authors fight back: Censorship and editorial control in My Brother Sam is Dead, Jenifer Jasinski Schneider
