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Philosophy in children's literature / edited by Peter R. Costello.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.Description: xxvii, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780739168233
  • 0739168231
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1009.A1 P49 2012
Contents:
Chapter 1. Heidegger, Winnicott, and The Velveteen Rabbit -- Chapter 2. Slave Morality in The Rainbow Fish -- Chapter 3. Absolutely Positively Feeling that Way and More -- Chapter 4. Are You My Mother? Finding the Self in (M)others -- Chapter 5. Horton Hears Badiou!: Ethics and an Understanding of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! -- Chapter 6. Mapping Chris Van Allsburg'sThe Mysteries of Harris Burdick -- Chapter 7. Silverstein's Missing Pieces -- Chapter 8. Is Arthur's Anger Reasonable? -- Chapter 9. Gift-Giving, Waiting, and Walking -- Chapter 10. Word Play, Language-Games, and Unfair Labels in Beverly Cleary's Ramona the Pest -- Chapter 11. The Things That Are Not among the Things There Are to Do -- Chapter 12. Intelligence and Utopia in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH -- Chapter 13. The Cricket in Times Square -- Chapter 14. Pollyanna, Moral Sainthood, and Childhood Ideals -- Chapter 15. The Giving Tree and Environmental Philosophy -- Chapter 16. The Giving Tree, Women, and the Great Society -- Chapter 17. King of the Wild Things -- Chapter 18. Lovingly Impolite.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection PN 1009 .A1 P49 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5160684

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Heidegger, Winnicott, and The Velveteen Rabbit -- Chapter 2. Slave Morality in The Rainbow Fish -- Chapter 3. Absolutely Positively Feeling that Way and More -- Chapter 4. Are You My Mother? Finding the Self in (M)others -- Chapter 5. Horton Hears Badiou!: Ethics and an Understanding of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! -- Chapter 6. Mapping Chris Van Allsburg'sThe Mysteries of Harris Burdick -- Chapter 7. Silverstein's Missing Pieces -- Chapter 8. Is Arthur's Anger Reasonable? -- Chapter 9. Gift-Giving, Waiting, and Walking -- Chapter 10. Word Play, Language-Games, and Unfair Labels in Beverly Cleary's Ramona the Pest -- Chapter 11. The Things That Are Not among the Things There Are to Do -- Chapter 12. Intelligence and Utopia in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH -- Chapter 13. The Cricket in Times Square -- Chapter 14. Pollyanna, Moral Sainthood, and Childhood Ideals -- Chapter 15. The Giving Tree and Environmental Philosophy -- Chapter 16. The Giving Tree, Women, and the Great Society -- Chapter 17. King of the Wild Things -- Chapter 18. Lovingly Impolite.

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