Curriculum, Instruction, and Bibliotherapy

Special Section: English Journal 83.3 (March 1994): 15-52: The English Curriculum. The editorials call for the reinvention of English as a subject.

Special Issue: Journal of Children's Literature 20.2 (Fall 1994). Children's Literature and Basal Readers.

Special Issue: New Advocate 7.1 (Winter 1994). The Basalization of Children's Literature.

Special Issue: Reading Teacher 47.7 (April 1994): Literacy in the Content Areas.

Andersen, Anne. "The Literature-Based Classroom: Reading for Fun." Five Owls 8.4 (March/April 1994): 83-84. How to do it. G.A.

Anderson-Inman, Lynne, et al. "Hypertext Literacy: Observations from the Electro Text Project." Language Arts 71.4 (April 1994): 279-87. Uses Roald Dahl's "The Landlady" to show how children interact with a story presented on a computer screen with facilities for defining words, further explaining phrases, searching the text for repetitions, and self-monitoring questions. G.A.

Bat-Ami, Miriam. "War and Peace in the Early Elementary Classroom." Children's Literature in Education 25.2 (June 1994): 83-99. Why texts dealing with war and nuclear destruction should be made available to young children. Includes annotated bibliography. G.A.

Bigham, Shauna, Darwin L. Henderson, Joann Martin, and Jill P. May. "It's All the Same, But It's Really Different." Journal of Children's Literature 20.1 (Spring 1994): 28-39. Four instructors of the same introductory children's literature course at Purdue discuss their similarities and differences on what common experiences children's literature students should have and other topics. G.A.

Buckle, A "The Not-So-Popular Princess." Language and Learning Jan./Feb. 1994: 24. Argues that "gender swap" stories such as Martin Waddell's The Tough Princess are unlikely to be enjoyed or heeded by young readers. A.K.D.C.

Carletti, Silvana, Suzanne Girard, and Kathlene Willing. The Library/Classroom Connection. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1991. 136 p. Paper. Review Judith Scheu et al., "Reading and Reflections: Literature-based Language Arts Programs: Present and Future," Language Arts 69 (Nov. 1992): 560-61. Demonstrates how classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, principals, parents, and children can work together as partners in utilizing library materials. "Invaluable guide." G.A.

Carter, Betty. "Books in the Classroom: Alphabet Books." Horn Book 70.3 (May/June 1994): 366-72. Names some of the elements the simplest alphabet books should have; also addresses more advanced alphabet books. G.A.

Chambers, Aidan. Tell Me: Children, Reading and Talk. Stroud: Thimble, 1993. 127 p. ISBN 0-903355-42-6. £5.95. Chambers is concerned with encouraging children to discuss books that they have read and aims at people who work with children, particularly teachers. S.G.R.

Dunleavy, M. P. "Reforming the 3 R's: Blueprints for the Schools of Tomorrow." Publishers Weekly 21 Feb. 1994: 33-35. Warns against a backlash and a return to textbooks and rote learning. G.A.

Durrington, Mary. "Novel Teachers: The Image of Teachers in Australian Children's Literature." Magpies 9.4 (Sept. 1994): 5-8. How the portrayals are developed. J.D.A.

Duthie, Christine. "Nonfiction: A Genre Study of the Primary Classroom." Language Arts 71.8 (Dec. 1994): 588-95. Description of the use of works by Gail Gibbons in a first-grade classroom. C.N.

Egan, Kieran. "Teaching the Romantic Mind." English Journal 83.4 (April 1994): 1625. Egan argues that because adolescents share the characteristics of 19th-century romantics, it is appropriate to pay attention to the ideas of Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth in teaching them. G.A.

Elliott, J., and J. Hewison. "Comprehension and Interest in Home Reading." British Journal of Educational Psychology 64.2 (1994): 203-20. Information collected from 4 different categories of famines suggests that the greatest reading successes with 7- to 8-year-olds are associated with certain parental behaviors. A.K.D.C.

Encisco, Patricia E. "Cultural Identity and Response to Literature: Running Lessons from Maniac Magee." Language Arts 71.7 (Nov. 1994): 524-33. How discussion of texts such as Maniac Magee facilitates understanding of cultural identity. C.N.

Farris, Pamela J., and Carol J. Fuhler. "Developing Social Studies Concepts through Picture Books." Reading Teacher 47.5 (Feb. 1994...