Since its inception in the 1970s, the Philosophy for Children movement (P4C) has affirmed children’s literature as important philosophical work. Theory, meanwhile, has invested in children’s classics, especially Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, and has also developed a literature for beginners that rese
Imagine that : developing critical thinking and critical viewing through children's literature
✍ Scribed by Considine, David M., 1950-
- Publisher
- Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
xx, 207 pages : 28 cm
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