Picture-Book Professors

Picture-Book Professors PDF

Author: Melissa M. Terras

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-10-04

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781108438452

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How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children. Professors are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists who fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. The Element is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.

Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook

Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook PDF

Author: Eleanor Abraham

Publisher: Waverley Books Limited

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781902407616

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A cookbook with a difference, this nostalgic collection of recipes dates back to 1940 and is entirely different, but just as good as, the first Maw Broon cookbook. Funny, inventive, and full of humor and comic strips from The Broons, with witty comments from the family members throughout, this second cookbook has more balance with both sweet, traditional, recipes as well as recipes with lighter, healthier ingredients.