A study of citations in instructional development (ID) periodical literature identifies invisible colleges--groups linked by common ideas or approaches--in the ID field. Although ID literature as a whole was weakly based on previous work, this study found eight invisible colleges and 10 authors who dominate the literature. (MBR)

Records the background, both artistic and social, of the noted children's book writer-illustrator Ezra Keats and describes his major and most favored works. (CRH)

Briefly describes the career of the poet and reprints three selections from a newly released anthology of her complete works. (CRH)

During an interview, Virginia Hamilton discusses the influences, themes, and language of her most recent work. (HOD)

Discusses three novels in English by Canadian authors Brian Doyle, Devin Major, and Jan Truss. (FL)

An author posthumously thanks a fellow Canadian novelist for his inspiration, through an allegory of Theriault's imaginary world and the strange and colorful season of "Indian Summer," the season in which Theriault died. (MSE)

This is the author's reply to a critic, who in reviewing this author's work in a previous article, took phrases out of context, ignored materials obviously contradictory to his thesis, and in one case, changed a quotation. (Author/AM)

Eighteen books of readings for introductory psychology courses were evaluated to determine what articles and what authors were listed four times or more. Eight articles were identified as classics and 39 authors were identified as classicists. (ND)

In October 1999 young adult author, Adam Rapp, was the first author-in-residence at Ridgewood High School, located outside Chicago. During his week at Ridgewood, Adam did readings and question and answer sessions for area 7th and 8th graders who came to the high school on field trips. He talked with the staff of the high school literary magazine…

Although it is difficult to write well even in one language, a rich body of translingual literature--by authors who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one--exists. This book is a study of the phenomenon, which is as ancient as the use of Arabic, Latin, Mandarin, Persian, and Sanskrit as "lingua…

Each year the Newbery and Caldecott Medals are awarded by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's books published the previous year. This 2001 edition of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards guide celebrates the latest medal and honor books along with all those that came before. The first chapter presents the…

This paper discusses a study that was conducted in order to add to the body of literature that investigates the manner in which feminist psychology is accepted among education graduate students. Graduate students (N=69) at a large public mid-western university were recruited and randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. Participants were…

This textbook is designed to present to its readers a few examples from the work of the English novelist Charles Dickens and to develop in them a profound interest in his varied writings. Preceding each selection is a note on the book from which the extract has been taken. With some abridgments, the author's diction has been carefully followed. In…

Article discussed the grammatical influence of Bishop Lowth, who changed the face of grammar by his method of prescription and proscription applied in the seventeenth century. (RK)