Ghosts as rhetorical devices in children's fiction

The relationship of past and present and the linking of characters through time and place are themes that underlie the work of many writers for children. This article considers the use of the Ghost as a literary device to allow the exploration of what is, what has been, and what might have been, particularly in the 1973 Carnegie Medal Winner,The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, by Penelope Lively.Judith Armstrong was brought up in Lancashire. She has travelled widely, and taught young children in England and Ethiopia. She is currently working on themes associated with the supernatural in children's books.     

Trends in children's fiction in the United Kingdom during the 1980s

Through her work onChildren's Books of the Year Julia Eccleshare has a unique overview of the development of fiction written for children during the 1980s.CLE invited her to detect trends in the writing and publishing of children's books during the past decade.Julia Eccleshare is a freelance editor, advisor to publishers, and reviewer of children's books for national newspapers. She has written or edited some 15 books, includingTreasure Islands: The Woman's Hour Guide to Children's Reading: BBC 1988.     

American children's fiction of the eighties: Continuity and innovation

Joel D. Chaston teaches children's and young adult literature at Southwest Missouri State University. He has co-authoredGrowing Into Whole Language: An Odyssey in Theme Exploration (forthcoming from Scholastic of Canada/Heinemann) and has recently published articles on contemporary children's writers such as Katherine Paterson and Lois Lowry.     

Penelope Lively,children's fiction and the failure of adult culture

Children's Literature in Education -     

教育风格论

与经济和政治体制转型同步的我国教育体制转型活动，在全球化运动过程中已走出“独白”时代，开始进入同世界教育进行全面对话新时代。这种对话不单指各级各类学校走出去请进来进行教育大交流的学术活动方面，尤突出表现在引进的各种现代教育思想理念及体制、专业设置、教材等在教育界引起的思想学术争鸣     

奥斯卡时尚

Audrey Hepburn.1954 Thanks to Givenchy,this classic beauty managed toappear innocent and sexy at the same time. Givenchy garbed(装扮)Audrey Hepburn for all ofher many Oscar appearances,but this fresh,flower-bedeckedevening gown best captured the star’s essence at the time:innocent,yet striking and sexy.The dress caught the eyeof many because of the way it showed off Hepburn’sdelicate shoulders.