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movie “The Help” written and directed by Tate Taylor, this text includes two worlds that are separated by skin colour brought together by one book. The colourful picture book “Where the wild things are” Written and illustrated in 1963 by Maurice Sendak includes

King By Lina de Haan, The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne, To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, Harry Potter By JK Rowling, The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger, Gone with the Wind By Margaret Mitchell, Where the Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak, Uncle Tom’s Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe. Want to know what all these books have in common? They have all been banned somewhere at some time or another. All of these books teach important values and teach children about world conflicts and affairs

Where the Wild Things Are, is a classic picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, won the Caldecott Medal as the most distinguished American picture book in 1964. The book for children 5-9 years old. The plot of the book is based on the fantasy and real consequences of a little boy's mischief. After more than 50 years Where the Wild Things Are is a well-known, well-loved children’s book. “Children can connect to the book on a personal level – they have all “made mischief”, been punished

alternative places or it can fill you with information. Reading is important since text surrounds the world. When I was a little girl I treasured reading. One of my favorite books to read over and over again was Where the Wild Things Are written by Maurice Sendak. As I got older I lost interest in reading for

Good evening. Some of you out there may not realize this but those of you who attended Suntime Middle School have been with this guy for the last seven years. I would like to ask you all, not just Suntime Middle School grads and who all else, to join me in thanking Mr. Weather for his patience and dedication to the success of our education over the years. We are the Class of 2000. The first graduating class of the new millennium. The past four years have been pretty wild. We started out as a bunch

The Grimm Brothers Any good fairy tale may captivate a child’s (or adult’s) mind, but few could argue that, to be truly enchanting, a tale needs great illustrations. Two of the most influential fairy tale tellers in history were the German Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. Both very intelligent scholars, they knew how to spin a tale in the most effective way possible. However, they had plenty of work just dealing with the tales’ text, so in the area of illustration, they let their younger brother

     Not all children may know his real name, but they do know what they like. And what they like is the author Theodor Geisel, or better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss. During the years of my early childhood I fondly remember my parents reading me the whimsical words of Dr. Seuss. His books were filled with imagination and humor which made them very enjoyable for me to listen to. As I got older I started to read Dr. Seuss books all by myself. All of his books are constructed

this way invites the reader to attend to both in order to make sense of the story. Revisiting and old picture book is like revisiting an old friend. An example of a book where the illustrations are highlighted is Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The story begins with a boy

The article Teaching Young Children Self-Regulation through Children’s Books by Patricia Cooper observes that reading certain books can have an impact, positive or negative, on children’s psychosocial development. The article argues that teachers need to understand how certain pieces of literature affects a child’s psychosocial development and how teachers should go about choosing books that most positively affect psychosocial development. According to Cooper (2007), the article uses a combination

There & Back Again: Analysing The Journey in Children’s Fantasy Fiction in regards to the Escapism Debate So many children’s fantasy fiction stories began as larks, extempore creations for their delight, and were written down and published by chance – Lewis Carroll invented Alice In Wonderland (1865) simply to amuse Alice Liddell while boating one ‘golden afternoon’, while Neil Gaiman originally started writing Coraline (2002) for his daughter Holly because she liked scary stories. So much so, that