Smith, Vivienne (2003) Lifting the flaps on information: purpose and play in non-fiction texts. Literacy, 37 (3). pp. 116-122. ISSN 1741-4350
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Abstract
Books with flaps comprise a small, but recognisable sub-genre of non-fiction texts for children. Whilst they are popular with young readers, they sit unhappily within an educational discourse of non-fiction that is dominated by notions of information retrieval and genre theory. This article considers the purpose and function of flaps in a number of texts and proposes that the best of these books provide pertinent lessons for readers about the nature of 'information', and about the playful nature of reading itself.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 3394 |
| Keywords: | education, children, non-fiction texts, reading, information retrieval, literacy, Education (General) |
| Subjects: | Education > Education (General) |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > Education |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2007 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:39 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3394 |
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