Noted and Quoted.

Thought you might enjoy seeing the Reference list for my Literacy & Society position paper.

  • “About a Boy” (2002). Universal Pictures.
  • Au, Kathryn H. (1998) “Constructive Approaches, Phonics, and the Literacy Language of Students of Diverse Backgrounds.” National Reading Conference Yearbook, 47.
  • Bjorklund, David (2005). Children’s Thinking; Cognitive Development and Individual Differences. Fourth Edition. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  • Nussbaum, Martha (1997). Cultivating Humanity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • “The Reader” (2008). Mirage Enterprises.
  • Scribner, Silvia (1984). “Literacy in Three Metaphors.” American Journal of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago.
  • Skorokhodova, Olga Ivanova. As quoted by F.T. Mikhailov (1980). The Riddle of the Self. Moscow: Progress Publishers.
  • Socrates. As quoted by Plato, Apology 38a.

Yup, that’s the way I roll.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for October.

Bought:

  • The five books I bought in Iowa!
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (book 3!!!)
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater

Read:
  • Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Sweep 15: Night’s Child, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Liar, by Justine Larbalestier
  • Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (iphone/kindle)
  • Ravens, by George Dawes Green (library)
  • Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (anne’s)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson