{"title":"Return to Arcadia: Mediators, Marketing, and Restrictions on Ecuadorian Children’s Literature","authors":"Wladimir Chávez Vaca","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2015.976096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.976096","url":null,"abstract":"In 2009 author Santiago Páez wrote “Literatura infantil y Gran Literatura” (Children’s Literature and Great Literature), an essay that criticizes contemporary Ecuadorian children’s literature. Páez accused certain “mediators” (teachers and parents) of having a prejudiced stance towards morality, and “good manners” in the arts. He also complained that some publishers prioritized economic profits over literary quality. After a brief description of the current situation in Ecuadorian children’s literature and its close relationship to the school curriculum list, Páez’s criticism is evaluated, with reference to other critics, editorial staff, and children’s writers. In addition, the characteristics of some well-known Ecuadorian books for children are considered. This article is based mainly on the theoretical framework about Arcadia presented by Maria Nikolajeva, but her thoughts are also complemented with reflections from such scholars as Teresa Colomer, Bjerck Erik Hagen, and Nicholas Tucker.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125292539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“How Would I Like to Read a Mawlawna EBook?”: Children’s Interests and Concerns When Reading EBooks","authors":"Taraneh Matloob","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2015.976094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.976094","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on research that explored Iranian children’s design ideas in conceptualizing and making their own Mawlawna eBooks. The participants include 34 children between the ages 7 to 15 years from two Iranian nonprofit organizations: the Children’s Book Council of Iran and the Librarian’s House. In an effort to incorporate children into the process of designing technology, the researcher asked the participants to imagine themselves not only as the recipients of technology but as co-designers of Mawlawna eBooks and share their suggestions. The results of this study show that the participants like to customize Mawlawna eBooks based on their personal interests and needs.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133606824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Children Read the Children’s Literature Adults Recommend? A Comparison of Adults’ and Children’s Annual “Best” Lists in the United States 1975–2005","authors":"J. Beach","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2015.976075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.976075","url":null,"abstract":"A content analysis of two annual lists of the “best” children’s books in the United States was conducted to discover whether adults’ and children’s views overlap or diverge. All the children’s books on two prominent lists were included for the years 1975 to 2005 (for books published from 1974 to 2004): the American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Books (chosen by a committee of librarians) and the International Reading Association’s Children’s Choices (chosen by children). Analyses reveal that instead of an expected 50% overlap of titles (chosen to offer each perspective equal status), there is only a 4.36% overlap averaged for a thirty year period. Using a test of proportions, the difference is significant for each year and overall at the p < .01 level. The results suggest a significant divergence between the providers and consumers of children’s literature. Relatively few authors were appreciated by both groups, most being preferred by one and not the other. Award winning books prominent on the adult list seldom appear on the children’s list. This study raises the question of whether parents, teachers, and librarians may need to pay closer attention to children’s views of what is interesting and desirable reading matter if we are to assist all children in becoming strong and avid readers. Suggestions are made for achieving a balance between the efferent and aesthetic poles evident in this divergence.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116959201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are Avid Adolescent Readers Social Networking About Books?","authors":"Margaret K. Merga","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2015.976073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.976073","url":null,"abstract":"The possibilities for making social connections around books have increased with the advent of online social networking. This article explores engagement of keen adolescent book readers from the West Australian Study in Adolescent Book Reading in social networking in general, and social networking around books. Frequent book readers are found to have a lower frequency of engagement in social networking than infrequent readers, with some students resistant to social networking in general. Others used social networking to access book reviews, without active participation. The most active participants were members of reading and self-publishing sites of fiction and fan-fiction.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131368023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Looking at a Wordless Picture Book: Quentin Blake’s Clown","authors":"J. H. Swain","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.863657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.863657","url":null,"abstract":"In this study of Quentin Blake’s wordless picture book, Clown, which won the International Bologna Ragazzi Award in 1996, I examine the ways that the layout, color, line, perspective, directional bias and point of view act as subtexts which can influence the ‘reading’ of the pictorial narrative. Besides brief outlines of other wordless picture books and their creators there are references to those literary theorists who have informed my own work. I conclude that the lack of words in Clown is compensated for by the abundance of images, the clown’s expressive body language and the textual quality of the drawing style.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131402711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EOV Ed board","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.948340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.948340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128069567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elementary Students Consider the “What” and “How” of Typography in Picturebooks","authors":"Sylvia Pantaleo","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.929450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.929450","url":null,"abstract":"The classroom-based research discussed in this article explored developing elementary students’ visual meaning-making skills and competencies. The study’s instructional unit focused on a selection of visual elements of art and design in picturebooks, graphic novels, and magazines. As well as reading, responding in writing to, and discussing the focus texts, the 8- and 9 year-old children created their own multimodal texts during the research. Focusing specifically on the visual element of typography, this article presents the findings from the analysis of the students’ small group discussions about Don’t Read This Book! (J. Lewis and Allwright 2009). Data analysis revealed the students’ genuine appreciation for and interest in the visuality of the verbal language in Don’t Read This Book!, as well as their multifaceted understanding and interpretation of the typography in the picturebook.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116097028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Poetry is a Tremendous Ally”: Children’s Poet Michael Rosen on Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Poetry","authors":"D. Xerri","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.929439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.929439","url":null,"abstract":"Revolving around an interview with the contemporary children’s poet Michael Rosen, this article examines some of the potential effects of teachers’ attitudes toward poetry. The interview explores Rosen’s views on teachers’ attitudes toward poetry and the implications of such attitudes on students’ engagement with poetry. This article argues that teachers need to act as role models by positioning themselves as readers of poetry in order for students to perceive such reading as an enjoyable activity.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115810486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changing Viewpoints and Unraveling Clues: A Close Reading of Satoshi Kitamura’s Picture Book Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing","authors":"J. H. Swain","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.929448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.929448","url":null,"abstract":"In this study of six illustrations from Satoshi Kitamura’s picture book, Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing, the author considers the dynamics of the images by looking at the ways that the various components relate to each other, the ways that the positions of these components might relate to our progress through the pages of the picture book, and the relationship between beholder and image. Changes in perspective and mood are considered as are the ways that a sense of animation seems sometimes to be created, all of which, the author concludes, present challenges and visual exercises for the beholder and an exciting “reading” experience.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114284944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fireflies, Frogs, and Geckoes: Animal Characters and Cultural Identity in Emergent Children’s Literature","authors":"Sandra Williams","doi":"10.1080/13614541.2014.929437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2014.929437","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of this article concerns the role the animal character can play in presenting a cultural identity that is inclusive. With reference to the metaphor of mirrors, windows, and doors (Botelho and Rudman 2009), the significance of the animal character in the genre of domestic fantasy is highlighted. Drawing on research into less well-known children’s literature in the Czech Republic, Nepal, Mauritius, and Singapore, it is argued that the talking animal is able to pass under the radar in the case of censorship and avoid representing only one particular ethnic group in multi-cultural societies. In conclusion, the case for recognition of the significance of works by minority authors in emergent children’s literature is made.","PeriodicalId":364812,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126999559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}