Michigan Reading Journal Michigan Reading Journal

Volume 8 Issue 1 Article 5

January 1974

Children's Literature: Views and Reviews Children's Literature: Views and Reviews

Jane M. Bingham

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Children's Literature: Views and Reviews

by Jane M. Bingham

K-4 - "Little Blue and Little Yellow," by Leo Lionni. 10 min., $12.50

3-6 - "Paddle To The Sea," by Holling C. Holling. 28 min., $17 .00

3-6 - "Rabbit Hill," by Robert Lawson. 53 min., $40.00

3-6 - "Stuart Little," by E.B. White. 53 min., $40.00

K-2 - "Gilberto and the Wind," by Marie Hall Ets. 7 min., $12.50

Happy New Year! Ready to try something different during the Mich­igan Winter months? Why not try to interest some of your reluctant readers in books by using movies, filmstrips and records? Perhaps you could start a weekend film festival for the children in your school or district. Here are some of the harder to find resources of A-V materials and examples of some of the things you can get that are based on or actually reproduce chil­dren's books. All movie prices are for rentals and are subject to change. Crowell-Collier-Macmillan, School/ Grade levels are approximate. Library Services, 866 Third Ave., New

Before sending to various com- York, New York 10022 panies for A-V materials, you might 2-4 - "Brighty of Grand Canyon," first check with the Michigan Depart- by Marguerite Henry. 89 min., $45.00 ment of Education's School Library 1-6 - "The Red Balloon," by Services to see if they have a copy of Albert Lamorisse. 34 min., $27.50 the materials. If so, they will send ~ them to you rental free. Their address is 735 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48913.

Also, many of the materials come with teacher's guides that may be useful to you if you don't follow them too mechanically. Study questions and follow-up activities are prominent features of most of the A-V material guides.

COLOR MOVIES

B.F .A. Educational Media, 2211 Mich­igan Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90404

1-3 - "Evan's Comer," by Eliza­beth Hill. 24 min., $20.00.

Brandon Films, 221 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019

2-6 - "A Dog of Flanders," by Louis DelaRamee. 97 min., $32.50.

Contemporary Films, McGraw Hill, 828 Custer Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60202. (312) 869-5010.

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Films Inc. 1144 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091

4-6 - "Little Women," by Louisa May Alcott. 122 min., $30.00

4-6 - "My Side of the Mountain," by Jean George. 100 min., $35.00

Landmark Educational Media, Ind. 315 West 57 St. New York, New York 10019

2-4 - "Anansi the Spider," retelling by Gerald McDermott. 10 min., $15.00

Leaming Corporation of America, Rental Library, 711 Fifth A venue, New York, New York 10022. (212) 421-6525.

2-6 - ''The Cow-Tail Switch," from Harold Courlander's Collection. 8 min., $12.00.

K-6 - "How the Elephant Got His Trunk," from Kipling's Just So Stories. B min. $12.00.

K-4 - "Madeline," by Ludwig Bemelman. 7 min., $10.00

National Film• Board of Canada, 680 Fifth Ave., New York, New York 10019.

3-6 - "Paddle to the Sea," by Holling C. Holling. 28 min., $11.00

Newenhouse-Novo, 1825 Willow Rd., Northfield, Illinois 60093.

3-6 - "Story of a Book." 11 min. $125.00

Rembrandt Films, 59 East 54 Street, New York, New York 10022.

2-4 - "Anatole," by Eve Titus. 9 min., $10.00

Universal Education and the Visual Arts, 221 Park Ave. South, New York, New York 10003

.3-6 - "And Now Miguel," by Joseph Krumgold. 95 min., $37 .50.

Weston Woods, Weston, Connecticut 06880. (203) 226-3355 (collect).

2-6 - "The Doughnuts," from McCloskey's Homer Price. 26 min. $15.00

K-4 - "Curious George Rides a Bike," by H.A. Rey. 10 min., $5.00

2-5 - "Andy and the Lion," by James Daughterty. 10 min. $5.00

2-5 - "The Five Chinese Brothers," retelling by Claire Bishop. 10 min., $5.00

K-2 - "A Letter to Amy," by Ezra Jack Keats. 7 min., $6.00

FILMSTRIPS AND RECORDS

Bailey-Film Associates Educational Media, 2211 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, California 90404

K-2 (FS & R) "What Mary Jo Shared" and "What Mary Jo Wanted," by Janice May Udry. 76 frames and 62 frames, color, both $21.00 with record.

Caedmon Records, D. C. Heath & Co., · Indianapolis, Indiana 46 21 9

2-5 (R) "Just So Stories," by

Rudyard Kipling, read by Boris Karloff. $6.50 - $7 .95 cassette.

K-2 (R) "The Three Little Pigs, and Other Fairy Tales," read by Boris Karloff. $6.50 - $7 .95 cassette.

K-3 (R) "Madeline" read by Carol Channing. $6.50 - $7 .95 cassette.

K-3 (R) "Rootabaga Stories," by and read by Carl Sandburg. $6.50

· Folkways/Scholastic Records, 906 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.

4-6 (R) "The Dream Keeper" by and read by Langston Hughes. $4.15

4-6 (R) "Song of Hiawatha," by Longfellow, read by Harry Fleetwood. $5.79

4-6 (R) "Folk Tales from Indo­nesia," read by Harold Cour1ancter . $4.15

Guidance Associates, 41 Washington Ave., Pleasantville, New York 10570.

4-6 (FS & R) ''The Boy Whc C,:,nl~ Do Anything: A Mexican Folktale," telling of Anita Bremmer. 80 frames, color, $16.00 - $18.00 cassette.

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2-5 (FS & R) "John Henry: An American Legend," retelling of by Ezra Jack Keats. 40 frames, color, $18.00 - $20.00 cassette.

Newbery Award Records, Inc., 342 Madison Ave., New York, New York_ 10017.

4-6 (FS & R) "Call It Courage," by Armstrong Speery. 195 frames, color, $20.00 - $22.00 cassette.

4-6 (R) "King of the Wind," by Marguerite Henry. 40-45 min., $5.95, $6.95 cassette.

4-6 (R) "Strawberry Girl," by Lois Lenski. 40-45 min., $5.95, $6.95 cassette.

4-6 (FS & R) "Wheel on the School,'_' by Meindert De Jong. 172 frames, color, $20.00 - $22.00 cassette.

P~thways of Sound, Inc., 102 Mt.

Auburn St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

2-5 (R) "Charlotte's Web," by and read by E. B. White. SO min., $17 .SO.

2-5 (R) "Stuart Little," by E. B. White, read by Julie Harris. $7 .96

4-6 (R) "Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Graham, read by Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn. $3.98.

Scott Education Division, 463 York St., Detroit, Michigan 48202.

2-5 (FS & R) "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling. 19 frames, color, $10.00 - $11.00 cassette.

2-5 (FS & R) "How the Whale Got His Throat," by Rudyard Kipling. 21 frames, color, $10.00 - $11.00 cassette.

Troll Associates, East 64 Midland Ave., Paramus, New Jersey 07652.

1-4 (FS) "Johnny Appleseed," 40 frames with captions, color, $6.00.

K-2 (FS) "The Elves and the Shoemaker," 38 frames with captions, color, $6.00.

1-4 (FS & R) "The Adventures of Paul Bunyan," 64 frames, color, $16.00 - $18.00 cassette.

The Viking Press, 625 Madison Ave., New York, New York 10022.

K-2 (FS & R) ''Talking Without Words," by Marie Hall Ets. 35 frames, b/w, $9.50 with record.

K-2 (FS & R) "Thy Friend, Obadiah," by Brinton Turkle. 28 frames, color, $9.50 with record.

1-3 (FS & R) "Joey•s Cat," by Robert Burch. 41 frames, color, $9.50-.

Weston Woods, Weston, Connecticut 06880. (203 226-3355 (collect)~

2-4 (FS & R) "Crow Boy," by Taro Yashima. 54 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with record, $12.75 with cassette.

K-3 (FS & R) "Curious George Rides a Bike," by H. A. Rey. 59 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with record. Available in Spanish.

1-3 (FS & R) "Danny and the Dinosaur," by Syd Hoff. 61 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with record.

K-2 (FS & R) "The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Two Bad Mice, Tom Kitten, etc.," by Beatrix Potter. Approx. 34 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with record.

K-3 (FS & R) "Where The Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak. 39 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with Record, $12.75 cassette.

K-2 (FS & R) "Millions of Cats," by Wanda Gag. 45 frames, color, $7.25, $9.25 with record.

Do make sure that the books with the A-V materials are based on are available to the children in your room. Attractive book displays are helpful in luring children to books.

The first annual Children's Lit­erature Conference will be held March 15-17 at the University of Connecti­cut, Storrs, Connecticut. Full details about the conference are available from The Children's Literature Association, P.O. Box 2445, Kala­mazoo, Michigan 49003

A course titled "The Author's Craft" is being offered Winter term by th_e School Services Division of Oak~ land University. Leland Jacobs will · interview prominent childrenrs bopk authors. Lloyd Alexander and Char­lotte Zolotow are just t:wo o.f the authors that will appear.

(Jane M. Bingham is on the faculty at the .School of Education, Oakland University.)

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