Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
Contents
Children's ways of reading -- I : The child and the book -- Stepping into response : Alexander and the wind-up mouse -- Inside the world of The Snowman : different ways of seeing -- II : The reading transaction -- Alexander in the classroom : many voices, many literacies -- A deeper look at aesthetic literacy : Brooke and Louis the fish -- Louis in the classroom : the transactional literary conversation -- III : Children as research partners -- Fighting the dragon--and winning : The Hobbit -- Into the woods : the magical adventures of pretty Pearl.
