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Peer reviewedSpencer, Margaret Meek – Reading Teacher, 2003
Contends that for children learning to read, imagination is not something separate or extra that their teachers add to their learning. Notes that how hard children work to make sense of the world is evinced in their play and in research analyses of it. Explains that young imaginations often move into a mental space they recognize from what they…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Imagination, Literacy, Metaphors
Peer reviewedLivingston, Nancy; Kurkjian, Catherine – Reading Teacher, 2003
Notes that there are certain books in children's literature that have stood the test of time. Explains that these books not only have artistic and literary merit, but also generate strong personal response and have universal appeal. Presents an annotated list of 17 such children's books, published between 1719 and 1985. (PM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Classics (Literature), Elementary Education
