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From Literary Ballad to Verse Novel:
Narrative Poetry in the Contemporary Scene in The
Literature Base, Vol 10, Issue 4, October
1999, p 4-14 looks at the the characteristics of the traditional
ballad and compares this form of poetry to several modern works.
Interesting
activities are provided for six books:
- BASE, Graeme. The Worst Band in
the Universe
Viking, 1999
Phase of Development: Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
(Years 4-8)
- FLETCHER, Ralph. Relatively Speaking,
Poems About Family
Orchard, 1999
Phase of Development: Middle Childhood (Years 5-7)
- HESSE, Karen. Out
of the Dust
Scholastic, 1997
Newbery Medal, 1998
Phase of Development: Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
(Years 7-10)
- HERRICK, Steven. The Spangled Drongo
University of Queensland Press, 1999
Phase of Development: Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
(Years 6-8)
- HERRICK, Steven Love, Ghosts and
Nose Hair
University of Queensland Press, 1996
Shortlisted Children's Book of the Year 1997, Older Readers
Phase of Development: Early to Late Adolescence (Years
8-12)
- HERRICK, Steven. A Place Like This
University of Queensland Press, 1998
Shortlisted Children's Book of the Year 1999, Older Readers
Phase of Development: Late Adolescence (Years 10-12)
Search the Verse
Novels Subject field in the CMIS Resource Bank for a complete list of related titles. [Use the Phase
of Development restrictor to just see titles appropriate
for your students]
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