scholarly journals An Impressive Array of New Books

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Desmarais
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
School Library ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
To Receive

Dear Readers,I am so grateful for the hard work and commitment of our Deakin reviewers, and I think you will share my enthusiasm for the books that they have written about for our winter issue. For example, Leslie Aitken’s review of Lila and the Crow is a wonderfully thoughtful appraisal of an important picture book deserving of a good deal of attention. Aitken writes that “Lila and the Crow belongs in every elementary school library” and I wholeheartedly agree with her assessment because this story has excellent potential to encourage positive dialogue about the physical diversity of humankind.Another highly recommended picture book is Anna Pingo’s Aluniq: and Her Friend, Buster, reviewed by Sandy Campbell. As Aluniq’s story of living with her grandparents at the Qunngilaat Reindeer Station in Canada’s Northwest Territories unfolds, readers learn that many families in remote parts of Canada experience separation when people need to leave home to receive medical treatment. The emotions that this poignant story conveys are generally ones that resonate with most readers because they remind us of one of the most significant primal fears of childhood—separation from one’s parents or guardians. For young readers coming to terms with separation, this is a charmingly illustrated and sparingly written picture book. I therefore commend it to your serious attention.Also in this issue, Lorisia MacLeod’s review of How Nivi Got Her Names calls our attention to Inuit naming customs and provides useful content for educators who want to discuss Inuit culture with young readers in the classroom.Plus, we have adventure stories, historical stories, and engaging stories of childhood and family life. Enjoy!Robert DesmaraisManaging Editor 

The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by J. Winter

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandy Campbell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
School Library ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Female Scientist ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Book Format

Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. Print. Jeanette Winter is a prolific and award winning American children’s author and illustrator.  She tells us in her author’s note at the end of this book that, as a child, she wished that she “could have read about someone like Jane Goodall – a brave woman who wasn’t afraid to do something that had never been done before”.  So she wrote this book. The picture book format and the Grade 3 reading level make this work appropriate for the lower elementary school target audience, children who are beginning to think about what they want to be when they grow up. While written mostly in poetic line form, the work is not particularly poetic. However the form does seem to give Winter the licence to begin sentences with conjunctions and end them with prepositions.  The text reads more like folksy spoken American English than poetry.  For example, “She woke at dawn and saw them slowly rise from their nests, sit for a spell, then go off to find food.” Winter’s illustrations are the delight of the book.  They are simple, two-dimensional folk art works.  In this volume Winter purposefully uses two distinct forms of presentation.  In the early part of the book, which traces Goodall’s life from her English childhood until she travels to Gombe, the illustrations are square and centred on a coloured page with the text structured below them.  Once Goodall has set up her camp in the forest, the illustrations are as wild and uncontained as the life Goodall led.  The paintings splash out across the pages and the text fits in and around them wherever there is space. As an introduction to the life of a remarkable female scientist and role model, this is a work that belongs in every public and elementary school library.  However, because the text is not exemplary of well-written English, it should not be used for classroom study. Recommended with reservations: 2 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Sandy Campbell Sandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines.  Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give. 

‘Look it Daddy’

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-119
Author(s):  
Darcey K. Searles
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Family Life ◽  
American English ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Life Data ◽  
To Receive

Video-mediated technologies enable families with young children to participate in interactions with remote family members. This article examines how a family with young children uses the affordances of video conferencing to 'show' items or themselves. Findings indicate that there are two types of shows in these remote family interactions: those that are designed to receive identification, and those that are designed to receive appreciation and/or assessment. These shows are also often collaboratively produced between a child and her co-present parent. Finally, this paper considers the implications of these shows for our understanding of how families remotely participate in family life. Data are in American English.

PENDIDIKAN BERBASIS NILAI –NILAI PROFETIK DI MIN PURWOKERTO

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-399
Author(s):  
Dwi Priyanto ◽  
Rifqi Abdul Rosyad
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Student Recruitment ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Test Selection ◽  
New Students ◽  
Recruitment System ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
New Student

Abstract: The result of research indicates that: 1) Management of education based on prophetic values in MIN Purwokerto Banyumas Regency is implemented as follows: a) The new student recruitment system of MIN Purwokerto is conducted by non-test selection, by interview, the number of new students accepted is limited the amount is in accordance with the capacity of the provided classes are 4 classes or 128 students, because one class maximum of 32 students. b) MIN Purwokerto has Panca Prasetya learners, namely: 1) familiarize and implement the rules and regulations of madrasah, 2) respect the parents and teachers, 3) commitment to maintain the facilities and infrastructure Madrasah, 4) fostering in itself to behave with akhlakul karimah, 5) cooperate and be faithful to friends. Panca prasetya learners is a loyal oath of MIN Purwokerto students to be practiced in everyday life both in the environment of madrasah and in society Prophetic values implanted in students MIN Purwokerto namely: honest, discipline, responsibility, hard work, simple, independent, fair, brave and caring; Keywords: Education, values, prophetic and Islamic elementary school

scholarly journals The Long, Long Line by T. Ohmura

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Feisst
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Long Line ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Ohmura, Tomoko. The Long, Long Line. Toronto, ON: OwlKids Books, 2013. Print."Thank you for waiting, and welcome aboard! One at a time, please!" mentions the bird, who is the ride guide on this mysterious ride for which 50 different animals have patiently lined up. As they wait, the bird flies amongst them, offering reassuring words as they guess as to what they may be in line for and play word games to pass the time.  The anticipation builds, and finally they start boarding the ride, which turns out to be a very large whale on which the animals ride while the whale performs somersaults, dives and sprays. Children will be delighted by all 50 animals represented on the large gatefold spread in the center of the book, from the smallest frog to the largest elephant.Children will love the small details such as the tail of the next animal in line ‘peeking’ around the corner of the page and the size of the animals increasing as they get closer to the ride giving perspective of size. A list of all 50 animals is included at the back for easy reference when young readers get stumped by a species. While this is indeed a picture book aimed at young children it is no quick read – children will want to hear every word of the animals’ conversations as they wait and will want to count as they go, and likely once all the animals are aboard the whale they will want to confirm there are indeed 50 animals present, perhaps multiple times.The colourful illustrations by the author are cute and engaging and show a wide range of expressions and interplay between the animals.  The language felt slightly unnatural but this may be a result of this edition being a translation of the original Japanese work Nanno Gyoretsu? A fun book for public and elementary schools as well as a nice addition to science or math based storytime in lower elementary grades.The Long, Long Line was selected as one of the best children’s books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.Recommended: 3 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Debbie FeisstDebbie is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta.  When not renovating, she enjoys travel, fitness and young adult fiction.

scholarly journals “We are the People”: The Holodomor and North American-Ukrainian Diasporic Memory in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s “Enough”

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 49-71
Author(s):  
Anastasia Ulanowicz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
North American ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
The People

“We are the People”: The Holodomor and North American-Ukrainian Diasporic Memory in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s Enough. Although the Holodomor — the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933 — has played a major role in the cultural memory of Ukrainian diasporic communities in the United States and Canada, relatively few North American children’s books directly represent this traumatic historical event. One exception, however, is Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s and Michael Martchenko’s picture book, Enough 2000, which adapts a traditional Ukrainian folktale in order to introduce young readers to the historical and polit­ical circumstances in which this artificial famine occurred. By drawing on what scholar Jack Zipes has identified as the “subversive potential” of fairy tales, Skrypuch and Martchenko critique the ironies and injustices that undergirded Soviet forced collectivization and Stalinist famine policy. Additionally, they explicitly set a portion of their fairy tale adaptation in Canada in order to gesture to the role played by the Holodomor in structuring diasporic memory and identity, especially in relation to post-Independ­ence era Ukraine.«Мы — народ»: Голодомор и североамериканско-украинская диаспорная память в книге Enough Марши Форчук Скрыпух. Несмотря на то, что Голодомор — голод в Украине 1932–1933 гoдов — сыграл важную роль в культурной памяти украинских диаспорных общин в Соеди­ненных Штатах и Канаде, относительно мало североамериканских детских книг описывает это травматическое событие. Важное место в этом контексте является книга Марши Форчук Скры­пух и Майкла Мартченко «Достаточно» 2000, которая адаптирует традиционную украинскую сказку для того, чтобы познакомить молодых читателей с историческими и политическими обстоятельствами этого искусственного голода. Опираясь на то, что ученый Джек Зайпс назвал «подрывным потенциалом» сказок, Скрыпух и Мартченко критикуют иронию и несправедли­вость советской принудительной коллективизации и политики сталинского голода. Кроме того, они установили часть своей сказочной адаптации в Канаде, чтобы показать роль Голодомора в структурировании диаспорной памяти и самобытности, и связи последних с независимой Украиной.

scholarly journals I Like Vegetables: A Touch-and-Feel Board Book by L. Siminovich

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Frail
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Dinner Table ◽  
Wood Grain ◽  
The University

Siminovich, Lorena. I Like Vegetables: A Touch-and-Feel Board Book. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2011. Print.“I Like Vegetables” is a dream come true for any nutritionally conscience parent, children’s librarian or teacher. The brightly hued collage illustrations are intriguingly textured with patterns and “touch & feel” inlays. Silky peas and rough-skinned carrots invite young readers to learn about vegetables. The layout is quite clever as it leverages contrast and comparison as a learning method. On one side of the page vegetables are depicted as they would appear growing in the garden while on the other side they are in the home being prepared for the dinner table. In addition, the nature side of the page illustrates the concept of opposites. For example, there are “tall” and “short” cornstalks. Orange carrot roots are “below” the ground, while the feathery green tops are “above”. The indoor side of the page features close-ups of vegetables against a wood-grain background that evokes a cutting board. Here children get a different perspective on the harvested veggies. We see shelled peas, open cornhusks and a cross-section of a pumpkin. The concluding series of images features an “empty” gardener’s basket next to a basket “full” of colourful vegetables on a blue and white gingham picnic tablecloth inlay.  This is primarily a picture book with only the names of the vegetables and the two opposing concepts appearing on each page. The typeset is Helvetica and is large and easy to read.  It is a sturdy board book and the inlays could not be easily ripped out or damaged. It is therefore a welcome addition to any toddler’s library. Other titles in the “I Like” series by Siminovich include: “I Like Toys “, “I Like Bugs” and “I Like Fruit”. “I Like Vegetables” is sure to engage children from ages 1-3. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Kim FrailKim is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta. Children’s literature is a big part of her world at work and at home. She also enjoys gardening, renovating and keeping up with her two-year old. 

scholarly journals "Lessons to flight" to start living again. Visual narrative in a state time of emergency. The ridescovery of educational potential

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Zizioli
Keyword(s):  
Picture Book ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
State Time ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Educational Potential

In the months of lockdown, in that suspended time, we recovered the «lessons of the Open» that books have to offer (Recalcati, 2018). Narratives, art expressions which «fit on the shelf» (Lee, 2012, p.170), allowed children to live an enveloping experience (Petit, 2002/2010), to discover fragments of beauty, thus contrasting boredom and educational poverty in its diverse forms. This essay will look into how beauty was unexpectedly found in the visual narrative, nurturing hope to overcome fears, to seize the emergency as an occasion to free oneself of what is excess, to be strong in bravely accepting adversities and to cultivate the ability to look at reality from original perspectives, as the picture book Flight lessons teaches us. Here, through the use of metaphor, the young readers are taught that living is a little like flying and that it is “not necessary to reach the stars to touch the sky” (Vainio, 2008/2021).

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