Stories for Every Classroom: Canadian Fiction Portraying Characters with Disabilities

ISBN-13: 9781551307299 / Angielski

Beverley A. Brenna

Spis treści

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: The Value of Stories
• My Journey with Books Portraying Characters with Disabilities
• Writing Books about Characters with Disabilities
• The Value of Diverse Perspectives in Children's Literature
• Changing the World through Critical Literacy
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 1: The History of Characters with Disabilities in Children's Texts
• The Evolution of Disability
• The Definition of Disability in the Context of This Book
• Historical Patterns and Trends
• Contemporary Trends
• Future Predictions
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 2: Critical Literacy and the Value of Shared Reading as a Teaching Context
• Rationale for Sharing Stories with Children
• Evaluation of Children's Literature
• Critical Literacy
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 3: Contemporary Canadian Picture Books
• Introduction to Picture Books in Canada
• Summary of Picture Books Portraying Characters with Disabilities
• Annotated Bibliography of Picture Books Portraying Characters with Disabilities
•  Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 4: Contemporary Canadian Junior Novels
• Introduction to Junior Novels in Canada
• Author Portrait: Rachna Gilmore
• Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Junior Novels Portraying Characters with Disabilities
• Read-On Bibliography
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 5: Contemporary Canadian Intermediate Novels
• Introduction to Intermediate Novels in Canada
• Author Portrait: Pamela Porter
• Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Intermediate Novels Portraying Characters with Disabilities
• Read-On Bibliography
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 6: Contemporary Canadian Young Adult Novels
• Introduction to Young Adult Novels in Canada
• Author Portrait: Beverley Brenna
• Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Young Adult Novels Portraying Characters with Disabilities
• Read-On Bibliography
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• Chapter 7: Contemporary Canadian Books on an International Landscape
• Book Selection Ideas
• The Promise of Radical Change
• Concluding Thoughts
• Three Essential Questions for This Chapter
• References
• Copyright Acknowledgements
• Index