Inside Picture Books.
Inside Picture Books. | Ellen Handler Spitz | Yale. 1999 | Paperback | 9780300084764 | AI Description: Mention a name from a beloved childhood picture book-Madeline, Corduroy, Peter Rabbit, Max and his "wild things"-and most adults can recollect a bright image, fragments of a story, the timbre of a certain reading voice, the sensation of being held, and best of all being together with someone and enveloped in fantasy. Why do picture book images shown to us as young children linger in our minds? How do picture books shape our lives early on and even later into adulthood? This book takes up such questions. It explores the profound impact of the experience of reading to children. Ellen Handler Spitz reveals how classic picture books transmit psychological wisdom, convey moral lessons, shape tastes, and implant subtle prejudices. Each chapter of the book discusses well-known children's books-Goodnight Moon, Babar, Little Black Sambo, to name a few-that deal with a theme of importance to young children. These include bedtime, separation, loss, and death; curiosity, disobedience, and punishment; and identity and self-acceptance. | Book Condition: Very Good | Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.
Inside Picture Books. | Ellen Handler Spitz | Yale. 1999 | Paperback | 9780300084764 | AI Description: Mention a name from a beloved childhood picture book-Madeline, Corduroy, Peter Rabbit, Max and his "wild things"-and most adults can recollect a bright image, fragments of a story, the timbre of a certain reading voice, the sensation of being held, and best of all being together with someone and enveloped in fantasy. Why do picture book images shown to us as young children linger in our minds? How do picture books shape our lives early on and even later into adulthood? This book takes up such questions. It explores the profound impact of the experience of reading to children. Ellen Handler Spitz reveals how classic picture books transmit psychological wisdom, convey moral lessons, shape tastes, and implant subtle prejudices. Each chapter of the book discusses well-known children's books-Goodnight Moon, Babar, Little Black Sambo, to name a few-that deal with a theme of importance to young children. These include bedtime, separation, loss, and death; curiosity, disobedience, and punishment; and identity and self-acceptance. | Book Condition: Very Good | Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.
Inside Picture Books. | Ellen Handler Spitz | Yale. 1999 | Paperback | 9780300084764 | AI Description: Mention a name from a beloved childhood picture book-Madeline, Corduroy, Peter Rabbit, Max and his "wild things"-and most adults can recollect a bright image, fragments of a story, the timbre of a certain reading voice, the sensation of being held, and best of all being together with someone and enveloped in fantasy. Why do picture book images shown to us as young children linger in our minds? How do picture books shape our lives early on and even later into adulthood? This book takes up such questions. It explores the profound impact of the experience of reading to children. Ellen Handler Spitz reveals how classic picture books transmit psychological wisdom, convey moral lessons, shape tastes, and implant subtle prejudices. Each chapter of the book discusses well-known children's books-Goodnight Moon, Babar, Little Black Sambo, to name a few-that deal with a theme of importance to young children. These include bedtime, separation, loss, and death; curiosity, disobedience, and punishment; and identity and self-acceptance. | Book Condition: Very Good | Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.