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Peer reviewedPinkney, Andrea Davis – New Advocate, 2000
Reflects on the author's own personal background as a reader, including how television led her to more books and sparked her interest in a literary career. Discusses why, in a technological society, people care about literature. Argues that the Internet has its valuable uses, and that literature and technology can be good friends. (SR)
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Intimacy
Peer reviewedGallas, Karen – New Advocate, 2000
Offers children's answers to the question, "Why do we listen to stories?" Explores what a group of second graders had to say about literature, imagination, and the place of stories in their own lives. Discusses the role of literature in unleashing imagination, helping humans see the big picture, and how "knowing the old helps us make the new." (SR)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Coping, Grade 2
Peer reviewedShea, Mary E. – New Advocate, 1998
Offers a classroom vignette that describes how the author invites students to collect pearls of wisdom (memorable quotations in books) as a source of inspiration. Offers an example of such a quote that stimulated rich discussion in a sixth-grade classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Coping, English Instruction
