Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences: Harry Potter and Beyond

by Jane Sunderland Dr, Joanne Thistlethwaite, Steven Dempster, et al.

Over the past few decades there have been intense debates in education surrounding children's literacy achievement and ways to promote reading, particularly that of boys. The Harry Potter book series has been received enthusiastically by very many children, boys and girls alike, but has also been constructed in popular and media discourses as a children's, particularly a boys', literacy saviour. Children's Literacy Practices and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138841234
• ISBN13: 9781138841239
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"