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From: Kathy Isaacs <kisaacs_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:09:44 -0500
By necessity, an informational picture book is just a small slice of inform ation about a subject. The best picture book biographies pick just a few moments from a person's life, moments that represent high points or moments that will spark interest in t he child reader or listener and send them off to learn more. This is not so much to make th em "superheros" as it is a necessary part of introducing a complex subject (animate or inan imate) in 32 or 48 pages.
Kathy Isaacs
On 3/5/2012 12:50 PM, Claudia Pearson wrote and I excerpted:
Most PB biographies tend to avoid the more difficult parts of the subject s' lives in order to render them "superheros" and models of behavior and goal orienta tion. IMO, offering juxtaposing viewpoints necessitates an understanding of the way in which certain facts are chosen while others go unmentioned. How would you sugge st that a teacher approach these issues in the classroom?
Received on Mon 05 Mar 2012 03:09:44 PM CST
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:09:44 -0500
By necessity, an informational picture book is just a small slice of inform ation about a subject. The best picture book biographies pick just a few moments from a person's life, moments that represent high points or moments that will spark interest in t he child reader or listener and send them off to learn more. This is not so much to make th em "superheros" as it is a necessary part of introducing a complex subject (animate or inan imate) in 32 or 48 pages.
Kathy Isaacs
On 3/5/2012 12:50 PM, Claudia Pearson wrote and I excerpted:
Most PB biographies tend to avoid the more difficult parts of the subject s' lives in order to render them "superheros" and models of behavior and goal orienta tion. IMO, offering juxtaposing viewpoints necessitates an understanding of the way in which certain facts are chosen while others go unmentioned. How would you sugge st that a teacher approach these issues in the classroom?
Received on Mon 05 Mar 2012 03:09:44 PM CST
