Midterm Flashcards
Engaged readers
Read because they want to and don’t think about the process
Unengaged readers
Read because they have to, for someone else’s purpose
John Newberry
In 1744 first publisher to publish a children’s book
Beatrix Potter
Mother of modern picture story book
New realism
Wrote about things that were really happening
Not the whole world was perfect
Young adult books
11-18 years old
Has a teen as the central character
Why is the outsiders important?
The first young adult book
How to determine literary quality
Powerful language, memorable characters, compelling plot
Format requirements for picture books
Requires illustrations and texts to work together
Quality picture book art has something significant to say
Come in wide range of readers and reading levels
Randolph Caldecott
First illustrator to show action in pictures
The Caldecott medal (major award for children’s literature)
Functions of picture book art
Establish setting
Define and develop characters
To reinforce the text
To provide a different viewpoint
To extend or develop the plot
Provide interesting asides
Establish mood
Definition of contemporary realistic fiction
Tells a story that never happened but could have happened
2 beginning books of contemporary realistic fiction
Harriet the Spy
Where the wild things are
Cycle format
One book is linked to another through characters, settings, or both
Fantasy Motifs
Magic, other worlds, good vs evil, heroism
Define historical fiction
A story that’s set in historically accurate past with historical facts but the main characters are fictional
Rationale for use of historical fiction in classrooms
That’s what interests students and brings stories to life
Fills in the story and helps see history is meaningful
Presents multiple perspectives
3 kinds of picture books
Predictable, concept, participation
Engineered book
Physical structure is different
Graphic novel
Story conveyed using sequential art
Definition of poetry
The concentrated expression of ideas and feelings through precise and imaginative words selected for their sonorous and rhythmic effects
3 different forms of poetry
Narrative, lyric, haiku
Oral tradition and the role it played on traditional fantasy
Stories were always told by mouth so things would change and different things would be emphasized
3 kinds of traditional folk tale
Tall tales, beast tales, cumulative
Define myth
To explain/understand the world around us
Define modern fantasy
Stories written by known authors in which the events, settings, or characters are outside the realm of possibility
Hero cycle
Hero called to adventure by herald
Hero crosses threshold into another world or a place not safe
Hero must survive various trials in new world
Hero is assisted by a protective figure
Hero matures becoming a “whole person”
Hero returns home
2 rewards of reading
Immediate; getting lost in a book
Long-term; increased language and thinking skills
