Reading and Loving
eBook - ePub

Reading and Loving

  1. 140 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Reading and Loving

About this book

Originally published in 1977. Learning to read is probably the central educational achievement of any child's life. It is also a central concern for parents and teachers. Leila Berg, known for her work in children's literature, believes that the enjoyment of books and the acquisition of reading and writing is not primarily an academic or a technical skill, but grows from a warmly physical and emotional base of shared enjoyment with another human being. This book traces the varied ways that babies learn to communicate, and discusses the place of books in the lives of different groups in the community. It examines the types of books used in school, and demonstrates that, in many cases, books themselves provide the major inhibition to the development of reading through their stilted and often formalistic vocabulary. The author's aim is that all children's first experience of reading should be a loving and sensuous one, so that they can come to discover the power of books themselves.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780815373568
eBook ISBN
9781351237048
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Chapter 1 Kit, Martha and Emily
  7. 2 Round and round the garden
  8. 3 Three together
  9. 4 Words and welcomes
  10. 5 Open Sesame!
  11. 6 Bodies and books
  12. 7 ‘That’s mel’
  13. 8 Words are true
  14. 9 ‘Dear Billy …’
  15. 10 The child and the tigers
  16. 11 Frogs or pearls
  17. 12 Surviving the Siamese cat
  18. 13 Factory babies
  19. 14 Explorers keep out
  20. 15 Access to lions
  21. 16 ‘Hurry up’ and ‘Don’t touch’
  22. 17 Do teachers cuddle?
  23. 18 I’ll tell you what you like
  24. 19 Gnomes are all right
  25. 20 ‘My Dad!’
  26. 21 Filthy fish and chips
  27. 22 The appalling accusative
  28. 23 What is a sprout?
  29. 24 Going to the right places
  30. 25 Soft nees, hard art
  31. Aterword: Wendy house at the Tate
  32. Appendix