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From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:13:00 -600
One of the elements I've always appreciated in Number the Stars is Lowry's parallel uses of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. This signals her intention to make the story intellectually as well as emotionally understandable to young (I mean y-o-u-n-g) readers. In your experience, do child readers talk or write about this dimension of Number the Stars? ... Ginny
******************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall (Corner of N. Park St. & Observatory Dr.) Madison, WI 53706
Received on Thu 16 Jan 1997 08:13:00 AM CST
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:13:00 -600
One of the elements I've always appreciated in Number the Stars is Lowry's parallel uses of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. This signals her intention to make the story intellectually as well as emotionally understandable to young (I mean y-o-u-n-g) readers. In your experience, do child readers talk or write about this dimension of Number the Stars? ... Ginny
******************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall (Corner of N. Park St. & Observatory Dr.) Madison, WI 53706
Received on Thu 16 Jan 1997 08:13:00 AM CST
