Book Reviews: "Holes" and "The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963"
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This 3 page paper gives brief reviews of the books "Holes" by Louis Sachar and "The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Carl Jung & Fairy Tales / Hansel and Gretel
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An 8 page paper that considers the popular Grimms' fairy tale using Swiss psychologist Carl Jung's theories the collective unconscious. Includes discussion of the composition of the psyche and various archetypes such as the self, the shadow, and the God-image. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Carl Jung and Fairy Tales
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An 11 page paper that provides an overview of Jung's imperative to interpret fairy tales and then looks at two fairy tales to demonstrate Jung's considerations and the application of this notions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Censorship and Harry Potter
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A five page paper looking at the debate over Joanna Rowling's Harry Potter books. Looking particularly at her first novel in the series, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the paper presents both the fundamentalist Christian viewpoint against the book and the more moderate secular argument in favor of it, finally concluding that the book does present sound moral values. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Children as Outsiders in Juvenile Lit.
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A 5 page essay that examines three books about juveniles facing exclusion (in some form) within different societal contexts. The books examined are Quintana's The Baboon King, Yumoto's The Friends, and Morgenstern's Secret Letters from 0 to 10. No additional sources cited.
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Children's literature
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A nine page paper which looks at the significance of the adult and child voice in three works of children's literature: Alice in Wonderland, Little Women and The Secret Garden. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Children's Literature / Fantasy & Science Fiction
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A 9 page research essay on the necessity of allowing children to form their own ideas from reading. The writer posits that fantasy and science fiction are good genres for children and argues this in terms of fable, myth, and even horror stories. The reason: intellectual development and a desire for reading. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Children's Literature During World War II: Unfailing Optimism
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7 pages in length. The sole objective of children's literature during World War II was to put forth a sense of strength, hope and reassurance; despite the horrors of the Depression and World War II, children's literature written between the 1930s and 1950s witnessed an unfailing optimism. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Children's Literature: Borders between Worlds
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This 6 page paper discusses the way the characters in "Wind in the Willows" and "Peter Pan" move between the real world and the fantasy world of their stories. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Children's Literature: Reflection of the Time Period
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A 4 page paper which discusses how children's literature reflects the age in which they were written. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Children's Poems/Silverstein & Stevenson
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares children's poems by these two poets. Being able to recreate the magic and joy of childhood and to do it from the child's perspective is a rare gift that few poets have exhibited. Two poets who manage to accomplish this feat are Shel Silverstein and nineteenth century author Robert Louis Stevenson. Examination of a representative poem demonstrates not only the technical virtuosity of each poet, but also the fact that each man managed to capture a child's narrative voice without talking down to their young readers, but rather showing empathy and understanding of a child's world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Children’s Fantasy Literature
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This 5 page report discusses fantasy in children literature and agrees with author Ursula K. Le Guin that fantasy is a “different approach to reality” or an “alternative technique for coping with existence.” The two authors briefly looked at are Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling. Coleridge’s term “habituate to the Vast” can serve as s single phrase that encompasses the importance of fantasy and imagination in a child’s world. It allows them to become accustomed to the fact that realms exist around them that they can imagine anything they might choose to about those realms. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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