Date of Award

5-15-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Education (MSEd)

First Advisor

Sue Carbary

Abstract

This thesis explores a simple question: what happens when modern children are exposed to the "canon" of great children's literature for the very first time? How will contemporary children process and engage with texts that are over fifty years old? Using qualitative research with her own classroom of second graders, the author sets out to explore student reactions as they discovered a selected set of exemplary children's literature.

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