Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences: Harry Potter and Beyond

by Joanne Thistlethwaite, Jane Sunderland, Steven Dempster

Over the past few decades there have been intense debates in education surrounding children's literacy achievement and ways to promote reading, particularly that of boys. The Harry Potter book series has been received enthusiastically by very many children, boys and girls alike, but has also been constructed in popular and media discourses as a children's, particularly a boys', literacy saviour. Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367195992
• ISBN13: 9780367195991
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"