Children's and YA Books in the College Classroom

Emily Dial-Driver is a professor of English at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, and fiction editor of RSU’s Cooweescoowee: A Journal of Arts and Letters. Jim Ford teaches humanities, philosophy, and religion at Rogers State University and is director of the honors program. His articles have been published in the Journal of Religion, the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, and Honors in Practice. Sara N. Beam is the Writing Center Coordinator and an English instructor at Rogers State University. Her recent scholarly work includes presentations at the Conference on College Composition and Communication and the South Central Writing Center Association Conference.

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Preface delete(Emily ­Dial-Driver)

Introduction delete(Jim Ford)

Part I: Inside the English Classroom

Out of the Sandbox delete(Emily ­Dial-Driver)

In Appreciation of Mere “Horseflesh” deleteSara N. Beam

Magical Persuasion delete(Scott Reed and Frances E. Morris)

Once Upon a Time delete(Nataliya Romenesko)

Making a Case delete(Robin M. Murphy and Macy McDonald)

Graphic Language (Devices) in the High School Classroom (Jesse Stallings)

Steppin’ Out with “Jabberwocky” delete(Mike Turvey)

Composing a Work That No One Hero Could Compose Alone (Sara N. Beam and Holly ­Clay-Buck)

The Truth About Native Stories delete(Sally Emmons)

Part II: Beyond the English Classroom

Shifting Perspectives delete(Hugh Foley)

The Story, Myth, Legend of Jumping Mouse delete(David Newcomb)

Happy Hedgehogs, Happy Students delete(Gioia Kerlin)

Unwinding Ethical Questions delete(Jacqueline Bach, Melanie Hundley and Emily Tarver)

Children’s Books from Serious, Adult Concepts delete(Laura Gray and Gary Moeller)

Image and Text in The Tale of Peter Rabbit delete(Michael McKeon)

Trees, Not Poles delete(Peter Macpherson)

Freedom delete(Carolyn Taylor)

Thinking About the Unthinkable delete(Paul B. Hatley)

Biology Tales delete(D. Sue Katz Amburn)

Biblical Studies through Yertle, Aslan and Little Red Riding Hood (Gregory Stevenson)

Timber!!! delete(Francis A. Grabowski III)

Growling Bears delete(Weldon Lee Williams and David Blakely)

Girls and Boys Stay In with Media delete(Juliet Evusa)

Part III: Student Perspectives

The Whole Picture delete(Erika Carter)

Sources of Morality delete(Kimberly Qualls)

My Lady Hero delete(H. J. Bates)

Tulsa’s ­Coming-of-Age Stories delete(Jessica Limke)

Into the Swamp delete(Davey Rumsey)

Epilogue delete(Sara N. Beam)

About the Contributors

Index