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Book Title：Potent Fictions : Childrens Literacy and the Challenge of Popula Author：Hilton, Mary (EDT) Language：english en ligne ISBN：9781138167650
Potent Fictions : Childrens Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture, Hardcover by Hilton, Mary (EDT), ISBN 1138167657, ISBN-13 9781138167650, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

Todays children spend more time than ever before watching television, playing computer games and reading comic and pulp fiction. Many of these are directly designed by the toy and media industry. Are children therefore simply being manipulated?
There is widespread concern that because of these kinds of popular fiction, children do not read `quality literature, resulting in lower standards of literacy. There is also the further fear that because many of these popular media portray highly stereotyped, gendered images, this too will have a damaging effect on children.
Mary Hiltons fascinating book proves that there is another side to the argument. We do not have to view popular culture as a threat to our children or their education. The writers of this collection show how, used carefully alongside other types of literature, popular culture can actually help teachers to develop literacy in a broad and positive sense..