The Image of Schools and Teachers in Recent American Fiction for Children and Pre-Adolescents

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  • Diane E Bushner

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2001vol11no2art1333

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school stories, teachers, American children's literature

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2000) English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks. Maiden, MA, Department of Education.

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Literature for Children and Pre-Adolescents

Bartlett, Susan (1999) Seal Island School. Illustrated by Tricia Tusa. New York, Viking.

Clements, Andrew (1996) Frindle. Illustrated by Brian Selznick. New York. Simon and Schuster.

Clements, Andrew (1999) The Landry News. Illustrated by Salcatore Murdocca. New York, Simon and Schuster.

Cox, Judy (1998) Third Grade Pet. Illustrated by Cynthia Fisher. New York, Holiday House.

Demuth, Patricia Brennan (1995) In Trouble with Teacher. Illustrated by True Kelley. New York, Dutton.

Flake, Sharon G. (1998) The Skin I'm In. New York, Hyperion, Jump at the Sun Books.

Freeman, Martha (1999) Fourth Grade Weirdo. New York, Holiday House.

Henkes, Kevin (1996) Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. New York, Greenwillow.

Hill, Kirkpatrick (2000) The Year of Miss Agnes. New York, McElderry Books.

Hughes, Thomas (1999) (1856] Tom Brown's Schooldays. New York, Oxford Press. Introduction by Andrew Sanders.

Hurwitz, Johanna (1998) Starting School. Illustrated by Karen Dugan. New York, William Morrow Co.

Konigsburg, E. L. (1996) The View from Saturday. New York. Atheneum.

Kline, Suzy (1993) Song Lee in Room 2B. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. New York, Viking.

Kline, Suzy (1998) Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. New York, Viking.

Kline, Suzy (1999) Song Lee and the ‘I Hate You’ Notes. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. New York, Viking.

Korman, Gordon (1998) The 6th Grade Nickname Game. New York, Hyperion.

Levy, Elizabeth (1992) Keep Ms Sugarman in the Fourth Grade. New York, HarperCollins.

Martin, Ann (1992) Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-Off. Illustrated by Nancy Poydar. New York, Holiday House.

Slate, Joseph (1996) Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff. New York, Dutton.

Slate, Joseph (1998) Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff. New York, Dutton.

Slate, Joseph (2000) Miss Bindergarten Stays Home from Kindergarten. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff. New York, Dutton.

Wells, Rosemary (2000a) Emily's First 100 Days of School. New York, Hyperion Books for Children.

Wells, Rosemary (2000b) [l981] Timothy Goes to School. New York, Viking. (2000 edition has new illustrations.)

Wells, Rosemary (2001a) How Many? How Much? New York, Viking.

Wells, Rosemary (2001b) Letters and Sounds. New York, Viking.

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2001-07-01

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“ The Image of Schools and Teachers in Recent American Fiction for Children and Pre-Adolescents” (2001) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 11(2), pp. 45–55. doi:10.21153/pecl2001vol11no2art1333.

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