Journeying: Children Responding to Literature Book

	Contributors
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Mapping the Journey	1
1	The Literary Transaction: Evocation and Response	6
Pt. I	Literary Responses in Early Childhood	25
2	Star Wars and the World Beyond	27
3	The Judge Comes to Kindergarten	43
4	Reading Aloud in a Primary Classroom: Reaching and Teaching Young Readers	54
5	The Jolly Postman Comes to Call: Primary Writers' Response to Literature	72
Pt. II	Literary Responses in Middle Childhood	89
6	What's a Bustle?	91
7	Dances Between Stances	114
8	The Evolution of Response Through Discussion, Drama, Writing, and Art in a Fourth Grade	137
9	Children's Responses to Poetry in a Supportive Literary Context	151
Pt. III	Literary Responses in Late Childhood	173
10	Responding to Literature Through Journal Writing	175
11	Exploring Literature with Children Within a Transactional Framework	187
12	Puerto Rican Students Respond to Children's Books with Puerto Rican Themes	204
13	Beyond the Information Given: Response to Nonfiction	219
Pt. IV	Literary Responses Throughout Childhood	235
14	The Princess Learns a Lesson: Three Studies of Theme in Individual and Interactive Contexts	237
15	Going up the Beanstalk: Discovering Giant Possibilities for Responding to Literature Through Drama	250
16	Children's Responses to Picture Books: A Developmental Perspective	267
17	Making Connections Across Literature and Life	284
18	How Preferences and Expectations Influence Evaluative Responses to Literature	302
	Commentary on Research: Response to Literature	317
	Index	323