| Description |
xvii, 188 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. 'Is this a real story?' : the study and its methodology -- 2. 'The books we've had for ever' : the environment, the books, the children -- 3. 'More book' : infant book behaviour -- 4. 'This one's exotic and not real too!' : what is real, what is pretend? -- 5. 'He's looking the wrong way' : picture conventions -- 6. 'The man who drawed it was wrong!' : authorship, the illustrator's role and artistic style -- 7. 'A'course I can, read-marker' : the concept of author and ideology -- 8. 'Did he ever think again?' : characters, emotions and the theory of mind -- 9. 'I'm Tigger pretending to be Eeyore' : identification and reality -- 10. 'It was a joke because it couldn't really happen' : humour and irony -- 11. 'But the words say it' : conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-182) and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
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Children -- Books and reading -- Longitudinal studies.
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Reading comprehension -- Longitudinal studies.
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Reality in children.
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Cognition in children.
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| LC no. |
2006016926 |
| ISBN |
9780415397230 hardback |
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0415397235 hardback |
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9780415397247 paperback |
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0415397243 paperback |
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