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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453760503321

Titolo

Beyond the book : transforming children's literature / / edited by Bridget Carrington and Jennifer Harding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-5541-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarringtonBridget

HardingJennifer

Disciplina

809.89282

Soggetti

Children's literature - History and criticism

Children - Books and reading

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PLATES; INTRODUCTION; BEFORE THE BOOK?MANUSCRIPT, HOUSEHOLD READING AND THE ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; A MONSTER CALLS; 'LOTS OF SUDDEN LIES'; POP UP; CHARTING THE JOURNAL OF A CIRCUS-THEATRE COLLABORATION INSPIRED BY SHAUN TAN'S THE ARRIVAL; EIGHT BOOKS IS NEVER ENOUGH; DIGITAL DEVELOPMENTS; JUST A FIGMENT?ONLINE PARTICIPATORY WRITING COMMUNITIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL; THE DRESS OF THE BOOK; VIRTUAL WORLDS AND NEW LITERARY INTERACTIONS IN SALMAN RUSHDIE'S LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE; THE BLANK PAGE; POP-UPS

CHILDREN'S MOVABLES AND THE THREAT OF THE MECHANICAL BOOK REIMAGINING THE FORM OF THE BOOK; WALKING WITH WOLVES; THE IMPACT OF E-BOOKS ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S READING HABITS; BEYOND THE 'GROWN-UP CHILD'; 'SECOND TO THE RIGHT AND STRAIGHT ON TILL GALLIFREY'; ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE; WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?; NON-VERBAL CHILDREN AND 'LITERACY'; PLANETA TANGERINA; GREEK CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE; BIOGRAPHIES OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

November 2012 saw the joint annual conference of the British branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY UK) and the



MA course at the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature (NCRCL) at Roehampton University. The theme of the conference was the investigation of aspects of literature for children that were 'Beyond the Book'. From woodcuts to e-books, children's literature has always lent itself to reinterpretation and expansion. In its early days, this was a...

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795341703321

Autore

Acks Alex

Titolo

Can states make their own laws? / / Alex Acks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Enslow Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-9785-0842-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits

Collana

Ask the constitution

Disciplina

342.73042

Soggetti

Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers - United States

Federal government - United States

Constitutional law - United States

Interstate relations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter one. The need for a constitution -- chapter two. Federalism and the tenth amendment -- chapter three. "States' rights" and the Civil War -- chapter four. From layer cake to marble cake -- chapter five. Federalism today.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes America as a complex tapestry of laws, from the local ones passed by your city council to national laws made by Congress. Sometimes Congress passes a law to build a program, such as the Affordable Care Act, and then hands some or all of its administration over to the states. Was it always like this? What happens when a state and the national government disagree? Readers find out how these issues have evolved since before the Constitution was signed.