Contemporary childrens picture books provide a rich domain for developing theory and analysis of visual meaning and its relation to accompanying verbal text. This book offers new descriptions of the visual strand of meaning in picture book narratives as a way of furthering the project of multimodal discourse analysis and of explaining the literacy demands and apprenticing techniques of childrens earliest literature.
Charlotte's Web is a children's book by acclaimed American author E. B. White. First published in 1952, it tells the story of a barn spider named Charlotte and her friendship with a pig named Wilbur. The book was illustrated by Garth Williams. Wikipedia says this on the illustrator - the article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Williams Worth reading! Did you know that Mr Garth Williams also wrote a childrens' book, but in the USA it got....banned! Because he wrote about a white rabbit marrying a black rabbit. Imagine!!!! We are - I hope - past these times...
Want a quick way to check to see whether a student has read a book? This is it. Quizzes contains objective reproducible tests for well-known children's books, all of which are likely to be found in school and public libraries. Titles include award winners and runners-up; classics; popular books; and books by such children's authors as Cleary, Fox, and Norton. With a new organization and layout, this revised edition offers users an improved and more durable resource.
Author: Carolyn Graham, Karen Jamieson Level: Kindergarten - Lower Elementary Language: American English Audio CD attached Designed specifically for young children, the Young Children's Picture Dictionary presents words through a variety of richly illustrated and photographed topics. The dictionary is specifically designed to appeal to young children aged 2-5 and can be used at home or in class.
