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Item The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter(University of Minnesota, 2019-02-15) Marcus, Leonard S.; Von Drasek, LisaFor fourteen months beginning in June 2013, the New York Public Library hosted an exhibition about the role of children’s books in world culture and in our lives. Now with this book, a collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature and children’s literature historian Leonard Marcus, the nostalgia and vision of that exhibit can be experienced anywhere.Item Enabling Space Cadets: Quality Science Fiction for Children under 12 Years Old(2017-05) Midkiff, EmilyIn this dissertation, I challenge the dominant assumptions in science fiction and children’s literature criticism: that young children’s science fiction is exclusively poor quality, unwelcoming to girls, and lacking in diversity. Most of all, I refute the bias that children do not or cannot read science fiction before they reach 12 years of age. My results offer strong evidence in favor of the genre’s quality and potential. After developing a method for recognizing high quality science fiction for children under 12 that hinges on the power of pictures to scaffold an introduction to the genre, I used this method on over 200 books. I discovered more excellent science fiction picturebooks, comic books, graphic novels, and early readers than anticipated. In addition, I use STEM strategies and the literary theories of feminist science fiction, Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, and Latin@futurism to examine the books for girl-friendliness and diversity. This method revealed that exemplar books are currently in circulation and also offered direction for future improvement of children’s science fiction and children’s literature in general. Other results demonstrate that children under 12 can and do read science fiction, though adult opinions of the genre require more attention. The children participating in the study show high competency in deciphering illustrations and comprehending complex science fiction picturebooks, while library circulation analysis demonstrates that science fiction has a surprisingly high and statistically significant readership among children in 5th grade and below. Meanwhile, the survey data from librarians and teachers indicates that they generally value the genre and include it in their classrooms and libraries, but will avoid using these books in large group settings due to several assumptions about their young readers. Unlike previous literary criticism implies, this case study describes a high quality, vibrant genre that young children read and understand. Since more work is needed to improve adult comfort with this genre in classrooms and libraries, this study opens a future arena for scholarship. Additionally, the research design demonstrates the benefits of merging literary analysis with interdisciplinary methods: a future for children’s literature studies overall.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter Summer 2009(2009) Children's Literature Research CollectionsSummer 2009 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2004(2004) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2004 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2005(2005) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2005 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2006(2006) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2006 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2007(2007) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2007 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2008(2008) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2008 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2009(2009) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2009 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2014(2014) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2014 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2015(2015) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2015 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2016(2016) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2016 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2017(2017) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2017 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2018(2018-08) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2018 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2019(2019-09) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2019 newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Fall 2020(2020-09) Children's Literature Research CollectionsFall 2020 newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Spring 2005(2005) Children's Literature Research CollectionsSpring 2005 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Spring 2006(2006) Children's Literature Research CollectionsSpring 2006 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Spring 2007(2007) Children's Literature Research CollectionsSpring 2007 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.Item Kerlan Collection Newsletter, Spring 2008(2008) Children's Literature Research CollectionsSpring 2008 Newsletter for the Kerlan Collection of the Children's Literature Research Collections, containing events, updates, news, new acquisitions, and other items and events related to the department.
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