A History of Children's Reading and Literature
The Commonwealth and International Library: Library and Technical Information Division
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1963
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Author: Alec Ellis
- Editor: G. Chandler
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 2 5 8 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 8 1 4 - 5
A History of Children's Reading and Literature presents the pattern of educational activity in relation to the methods undertaken in the schools, and the extent to which books are… Read more
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Request a sales quoteA History of Children's Reading and Literature presents the pattern of educational activity in relation to the methods undertaken in the schools, and the extent to which books are used in the advancement of literacy. This book describes the factors that are contributory or detrimental to the growth of literacy, including educational provision, the availability of school and public libraries, the use of books in schools, and the parallel evolution of recreational literature of all kinds. Organized into 22 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the educational activity during the years of economic depression wherein economic factors resulted in a national state of social unrest that both State and Church came to recognize could be controlled only by the extension of education. This text then describes the successive educational legislation and other factors that contributed to the advancement of public libraries in the last three decades of the 19th century. This book is a valuable resource for teachers, parents, and students.
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Preface
1. Light in the Darkness 1740-1830
2. The Dawn of Literacy 1830-1850
3. Reading for Pleasure 1830-1860
4. School Libraries 1830-1850
5. The Stagnant Years in Education 1850-1870
6. Books in Schools 1850-1870
7. School and Public Libraries 1850-1870
8. The Golden Years of Children's Literature Part 1 1860-1890
9. Elementary Education for All 1870-1902
10. School Books and Literacy 1870-1902
11. School Libraries 1870-1902
12. Public Libraries for Children 1870-1902
13. The Golden Years of Children's Literature Part 2 1890-1920
14. Educational Progress and Practice 1902-1918
15. Libraries for Children 1902-1919
16. Years of Decision in Education 1918-1945
17. Mediocrity and Escapism in Children's Literature 1920-1945
18. Libraries for Children 1919-1945
19. Secondary Education for All 1945-1965
20. A Second Golden Age in Children's Literature 1945-1965
21. Libraries for Children 1945-1965
22. Literacy for All
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Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1963
- No. of pages (eBook): 248
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080125862
- eBook ISBN: 9781483138145
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