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  • Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare

    by Perry Nodelman ...
    Coping with being poor during the Depression is hard enough, but Sally also has to contend with anti-Jewish sentiment when she ventures outside her familiar neighbourhood near Toronto's Kensington Market. Her cousin Benny is always getting into scrapes or dragging Sally into his hare-brained schemes. But it's also Benny who tries to open Sally's eyes to the wider world, telling her about Hitler's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Of Two Minds

    The Minds Series, Book One

    by Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman ...
    Series Book 1 - Minds
    Changing the world was impossible. Creating another one was worse. And escape was out. She was trapped.A collaboration between acclaimed writers Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, this roller coaster of an adventure is filled with twists and turns, excitement and fun. It is an extraordinary creative fantasy about empowerment that compels readers not to take everything at face value."A spellbinding ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Representations of Art and Art Museums in Children’s Picture Books

    by Professor Emeritus Perry Nodelman ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Research in Illustration Series
    What happens when the assumptions and practices of museum curators and art educators intersect with the assumptions and practices of publishing for children?This study explores how over three hundred children's picture books, most of them published in the last three decades in English, introduce children to art and art museums. It considers how the books emerge from and relate to a range of ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

    Tales of Comfort and Joy

    by Perry Nodelman, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson, Karleen Bradford ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    A wonderful seasonal anthology for Dear Canada readers, both old and new!A real treat for fans of this series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Eleven stories that each revisit a favourite character from books in the Dear Canada series are included in this special collection. These are completely original tales that stand alone as heartwarming Christmas stories, but also serve as a lovely ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare

    by Perry Nodelman ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    Coping with being poor during the Depression is hard enough, but Sally also has to contend with anti-Jewish sentiment when she ventures outside her familiar neighbourhood near Toronto's Kensington Market. Her cousin Benny is always getting into scrapes or dragging Sally into his hare-brained schemes. But it's also Benny who tries to open Sally's eyes to the wider world, telling her about Hitler's ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Hidden Adult

    Defining Children's Literature

    by Perry Nodelman ...
    What exactly is a children’s book? How is children’s literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a clear definition of children’s writing as a distinct literary form.Perry Nodelman begins by considering the plots, themes, and structures of six works: "The Purple Jar," Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Doolittle, Henry ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Words about Pictures

    The Narrative Art of Children's Picture Books

    by Perry Nodelman ...
    A pioneering study of a unique narrative form, Words about Pictures examines the special qualities of picture books—books intended to educate or tell stories to young children. Drawing from a number of aesthetic and literary sources, Perry Nodelman explores the ways in which the interplay of the verbal and visual aspects of picture books conveys more narrative information and stimulation than ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Alternating Narratives in Fiction for Young Readers

    Twice Upon a Time

    by Perry Nodelman ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is about the implications of novels for young readers that tell their stories by alternating between different narrative lines focused on different characters. It asks: if you make sense of fiction by identifying with one main character, how do you handle two or more of them? Do novels with alternating narratives diverge from longstanding conventions and represent a significant change in ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • More Words about Pictures

    Current Research on Picturebooks and Visual/Verbal Texts for Young People

    Edited by Perry Nodelman, Naomi Hamer, Mavis Reimer ...
    Series series Children's Literature and Culture
    This volume represents the current state of research on picture books and other adjacent hybrid forms of visual/verbal texts such as comics, graphic novels, and book apps, with a particular focus on texts produced for and about young people. When Perry Nodelman’s Words about Pictures: the Narrative Art of Children’s Picture Books was published almost three decades ago, it was greeted as an ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Out of Their Minds

    The Minds Series, Book Three

    by Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman ...
    Series Book 3 - Minds
    Princess Lenora and Prince Coren are finally getting married at the court of Andilla, Coren's homeland, where everyone lives in their imagination. There's just one problem: The Andillans' powers aren’t working, and the wedding can't proceed when the sacred Balance is so out of whack. For the headstrong Lenora, this means a new adventure. She and a reluctant Coren head into the Andillan countryside ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • More Minds

    The Minds Series, Book Two

    by Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman ...
    Series Book 2 - Minds
    The headstrong Princess Lenora craves an adventure, and defeating the giant who has appeared up north would be a great one. The trouble is, no one will let her help. They want her to stay behind and plan her wedding to Prince Coren of Andilla, but Lenora has absolutely no use for color schemes or pew ribbons. Using the power to create whatever she imagines—an ability that all Gepethians have, but ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Meeting of Minds

    The Minds Series, Book Four

    by Carol Matas, Perry Nodelman ...
    Series Book 4 - Minds
    Suddenly transported against their will, the Princess Lenora and her fiancé, Prince Coren, find themselves in a strange place—bone-chilling cold and snow outside, garish marketplaces and angry people inside. The inhabitants call it the city of Winnipeg. Lenora and Coren, however, have no idea where it is or why they are there. They can't return home because, yet again, their imaginative powers ... Read more

    $5.99 USD