Childrens Literature Inf322T F13 Test 2

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Bemelmans, Ludwig

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Madeline's Rescue

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Brown, Margaret Wise

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Goodnight Moon

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Gag, Wanda

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Millions of Cats

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Burton, Virginia Lee

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Mike Muligan and his Steam Shovel

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Johnson Crockett

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

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Leaf, Munro

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Story of Ferdinand

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McCloskey, Robert

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Make way for Ducklings

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Beatrix Potter

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Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Rey, HA

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Curious George

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Dr. Seuss

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Horton Hatches an Egg

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Slobodkina, Esphyr

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Caps for Sale

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Urdy, Janice

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A tree is nice

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Zion Gene

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Harry the Dirty Dog

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Aradema, Verna

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears

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De Paola, Tomie

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Strega Nona

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Fisher, Leonard Everett

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Cyclops

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Harris, Joel Chandler

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Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

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Holder, Heidi

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Aesops Fables

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Hodges, Margaret

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Saint George and the Dragon

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Issacs, Anne

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Swamp Angel

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Kimmel, Eric

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Baba Yaga

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Mayer, Marlanna

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Beauty and the Beast

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Lester, Julius

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Sam and the Tigers: A new telling of little black sambo

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Stevens, Janet

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The Tortoise and the Hare

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Hans Christian Anderson

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The Ugly Duckling

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Peet, Bill

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Zella Zack and Zodiac

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Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are

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used to teach alphabets and prayers, could also be toys and dolls

Wooden paddle book on parchment paper covered with transparent material like horn

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hornbook

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• First board books made of cardboard that folds out to read; taught values and morals

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Battledores

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• Condensed classics that were tiny, portable and inexpensive
• Sold by peddlers (chapman) for 1 cent

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Chapbooks

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• Puritan controlled vocab
• · The Puritan Primer - a small book with the alphabet, Bible teachings, prayers, etc.
• · The New England Primer – alphabet, prayers, poems, bible teachings,10 Commandments vowels; still a small book , illustrated with woodcuts

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primers

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Little Golden Books - 1942
• Full color illustrations that cost 25 cents each and were sold at grocery stores and dime stores
. beginning readers -”I can read” books. 1950s

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2. What are Beginning Readers and Little Golden Books? When did they first appear?

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. Because there’s adventure and fantasy, also there weren’t very many books to choose from at this time so parents would read them to their kids after dinner because the bible was pretty much the only other option
a. After dinner when kids are sent to bed, they overhear the stories (increases imagination)

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3. Why were books written for adults, such as Gulliver’s Travels and Robinson Crusoe, popular with children?

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. Hans Christian Andersen - ugly duckling, steadfast tin soldier, the little mermaid - Stories made readers look more closely at simple daily life through use of imagination; characters were unique and not stereotyped heros (literary fairytales).

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Hans Christian Andersen

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He experimented a lot with drugs and had a passion for little girls (pedophile, but never acted upon his desires).WTF
• Adventures in Wonderland (told story to little girls at a family party then something happened and he wasn’t allowed to see them again); Alice and Wonderland (little girl and rabbit);Through the looking glass. He taught mathematics at Christ Church in England.

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Lewis Carroll

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- Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit (humble Bilbo who faces the struggle of fame&fortune); professor of myth and saga

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tolkien

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Chronicles of Narnia, Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe; studied Christian theology; conflict of good vs. evil.

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CS Lewis

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Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, Trumpet of the Swan (Swan that plays trumpet); Editor for the New Yorker
• cycle of life-death

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EB White

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Peter Rabbit (originally wrote it as a letter, published by warren brothers). Potter had an overprotective strict father. She spent a lot of time in the country and saw lots of animals. she thought she would one day become a medical artist (drawing bones for medical books).

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Beatrix Potter

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Zella Zack and Zodiac (Zebra) ; writings were similar to Dr. Seuss. Californian started working for Walt Disney. Creator of Dumbo and helped produce Fantasia, Cinderella, Peter Pan. Supposedly Captain Hook resembles Walt Disney.

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Bill Peet

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• teach vocab and bible lessons, woodcut, taught latin through pictures “first picture book”
• 1st picture book. Designed to teach children Latin through pictures. Used woodcuts.

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Orbis Pictus - John Comemius

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• 1st printed childrens book about how children act when eating
• not a grammar book

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Les Contenances de la Table

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• adventure novel (action, peril, hero)

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Robinson Crusoe (chapbook)

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• started out in a dream and they meet some angels that lead them to the gates of heaven. kids could not read it so parents would read it to them. A read aloud book.

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Pilgrim’s Progress - John Bunyon

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• contrast of people
• made fun of the high English society
• He was Irish.

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d. Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift

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• first book made for kids in the New World
• partly prayer and school book

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e. Milk for Babes - John Cotton

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• landmark in lit. because it was made for enjoyment

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Little Pretty Pocket Book

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• social lessons
• a girl who loses/doesn’t have shoes and someone gives her new shoes so now she goes around telling everyone she has 2 shoes and get the name “goody two shoes.”

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little goody two shoes

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• 4 volumes
• about two boys one rich boy and one farmer boy. One of the boys was the picture perfect child the other not so much. At the end of the story the bad child becomes good.
• Tom Merton (rich family) and Harry Sanford (son of a hardworking father). Everything Harry does is perfect, while everything Tom does

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History of Sanford and Merton-by Thomas Day

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• 26 volumes
• Elsie would cry over everything, today she would be known as a drama queen

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Elsie Dinsmore Series-By Martha Finley

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. “Father of Children Literature” ‘
a. lived from 1713 to 1767 (54 yrs old)
b. publisher, not writer
c. described as a character, odd bird, befriended the down and out, manufactured and dispensed medicines
d. First publisher to think about children as being a consumer
e. wanted to share light and humor in children’s literature with children
f. Newbery award given for most distinguished work of literature published by an American Library Association
g. given annually since 1922 in January

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Who was John Newbery and what were his contributions to the formation of children’s literature?

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Extensive influence on country and shaping it; wanted kids to read so they can read the bible, created the controlled vocabulary reader. Live simply and work hard.

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What was the Puritan influence on children’s literature?

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0. wrote “Uses of Enchantment; the meaning and Importance of Fairy tales”; discusses the importance of fantasy in the lives of all children. He states that as children grow and learn, achievements start to seem insignificant in comparison to failures. Therefore, a child may completely withdraw. Fantasy can come to the rescue. The ability to fantasize makes reality no longer insufferable.
1. theorist of child psychology

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Who was Bruno Bettelheim and how did he contribute to children’s literature?

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Which U.S. President was influential in creating more public school libraries?

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More books because of the decrease in the cost of publishing, also more interest in children’s lit because of baby boom and changing times

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what were trends in children’s literature in publishing and libraries during the 20th century?

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0. fables- abstract idea or behavior and in the narrative form makes the idea understood and remembered; single significant act which teaches a moral lesson. Mostly uses animals to express moral teachings.
1. proverbs- similar to fable, but tells no story; just the punchline/wisdom(tells no story just wisdom)
2. myths - longer than a fable, roots in primitive old beliefs;often explain the realities of the universe - (reality of universe)
3. Epics- a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homers is an example of an Epics

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What’s the difference between myths, epics, fables, and proverbs?

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0. Little people- fairies- Irish, dwarves Germany, pixies--British
1. Wise Women, Witches, and Wizards--fairy godmother types were helpful, witches and wizards could be wicked/troublesome (Baba Yaga - Russian)
2. Giants and Ogres-- Ogre has French Origin, ogres are generally bad, giants can be good or bad (Swamp Angel vs. Cyclops)
3. Magic Objects--magic waiting for those who know how to use it! Helps move/complicate the plot.
4. Enchanted People--people under spell complicate the story. Help move plot along. (Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White)

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What are the different magical creatures in folklore (just the ones Dr. Williams mentioned in lecture) and what are some of their countries of origin?

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Grandma Witch (Are we sure this isn’t silly witch?) (i’m pretty sure it means “humorous”). -nope its grandma. just google it

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What does “strega nona” mean in English?

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a. Wild things
• Inspired by Sendak’s Jewish relatives
b. In the Night Kitchen
• holocaust???
• Micky Mouse/disney theme
c. Higglety Pigglety Pop
• very serious undertones
• written for his dog
d. he referred to his aunts and uncles.. with the big noses and when they went home to say hi that they told him you’re so cute “ we want to eat you all up”
e. Also see above it notes to get more info
f. For WTWTA, he couldn’t draw horses, blah blah, he used “Wild thing” so he wouldn't be limited by his drawing skills
g. influenced by the Lindbergh kidnapping, the holocaust
Where the Wild Things Are - Jewish Relatives (Aunt and Uncle)
In the Night Kitchen - Holocaust
Higglety Pigglety Pop - Sendak’s dog Jennie

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14. What were Maurice Sendak’s inspirations for his characters in Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Higglety Pigglety Pop!? (Wild Things, the documentary we viewed in class on 10/17, is the material you’ll want to recall to answer that question. If you missed class that day, I’d either ask your classmates or do a Google search to find the answers.)

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a. help visual learners; good if English is second language; helps develop vocab and stronger reading comprehension skills
b. Subcategories
• Superheros
• most popular and familiar
• Human Interest Stories
• covered broad range of subject but similar to traditional fictions
• Manga
• Japanese reads back to front ( may be hard to get used to at first)
• Adaptations and Spinoffs
• come from classic literature that might have been a novel or a film that is adapted into a graphic
• Satire
• questions political systems or social more. usually not actually novel
• Nonfiction
• are not technically novels but are still narrative and told in pictorial form

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Why are graphic novels valuable pieces of children’s literature, and what are the different subcategories of graphic novels?

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done

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You need to know virtually all of the plots and main characters in the second and third reserve reading lists. You can find those lists in your course packet.