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Andrew Melrose - Monsters Under the Bed - 9780415617505 - V9780415617505
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Monsters Under the Bed

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Description for Monsters Under the Bed Paperback. This user-friendly textbook for students of creative writing explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for children in their early years. Andrew Melrose encourages students to examine the critical questions in child literacy through an exploration of the fusion of text and images. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 6 blac. BIC Classification: DSY; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.

Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for ‘early years’ children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice.

This text dynamically explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for early years children with a wider view on child-centred culture, communication and media. Internationally recognised as an expert in the field, Andrew Melrose encourages academics, researchers and students to examine the fundamental questions in ... Read more

    • an accessible and critically important challenge to the latest international academic research and debates in the field of children’s literature and creative writing
      • an extensive investigation of early years writing and reading
        • a pathway to developing critical awareness of children’s literature, allowing students to develop their own critical ability and writing skills
          • constant ‘checkpoints’ throughout, in which the reader is encouraged to reflect on critically creative and creatively critical development.

              Providing a coherent and pedagogical approach, this compelling text will be an indispensable resource for critics, writers and students interested in children's writing, as well as those on Creative Writing, Children's Literature and English BA and MA programmes. It will also be of great interest to those in teacher training, PGCE students and for those studying at Doctoral and Post-Doctoral level.

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              Product Details

              Format
              Paperback
              Publication date
              2012
              Publisher
              Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
              Number of pages
              168
              Condition
              New
              Number of Pages
              166
              Place of Publication
              London, United Kingdom
              ISBN
              9780415617505
              SKU
              V9780415617505
              Shipping Time
              Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
              Ref
              99-1

              About Andrew Melrose
              Andrew Melrose is Professor of Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. He has also written Write for Children and Here Comes the Bogeyman, available from Routledge.

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