{"product_id":"storytime_9780807775936","title":"Storytime","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author draws on his own extensive research in urban classrooms to present a comprehensive, grounded theoretical model of children’s understanding of picture storybooks—the first to focus specifically on young children. Advancing a much broader and deeper theory of literary understanding, the author suggests that children respond in five different ways during picture storybook readalouds; that these responses reveal that children are engaged in different types of literary meaning-making; and that these types of meaning-making are examples of five foundational aspects of literary understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapturing the liveliness of children’s responses, this dynamic volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes picture storybooks as sophisticated aesthetic objects worthy of children’s literary critical abilities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a theory of literary understanding that is relevant to contemporary young children from a wide variety of ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a wealth of examples of children’s responses to literature and how teachers scaffold their interpretation of stories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines the significance of young children’s literary interpretation, factors that influence literary understanding, and implications for practice and further research.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lawrence R. Sipe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037248258150,"sku":"9780807775936","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807775936.jpg?v=1771608312","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/storytime_9780807775936","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}