How I make a picture

From the invitations to the suggested books, games, activities, and themed party snacks, this book makes it easy to plan a fun literacy event from start to finish. Pictur...

Another winner from prolific author, Nancy Polette, this title focuses on setting the stage for 200 popular picture book read-alouds. Similar to her LU book for the intermediate-gr...

The backstudio picture is a long-lived genre. Its value, I have argued, arises from its function in defining what Hollywood signifies as a place, an industry, and a fantasy. For so...

The introduction provides the theoretical argument of the book. It explains why the backstudio picture is not a cycle but a genre in its own right, and how the genre depicts Hollyw...

This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even ""holidays"" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles ...

Drawing on new research, this fascinating volume looks behind the myths to offer detailed insights into the real lives and activities of pirates—for better or worse—during the gold...

As the film industry was establishing itself at the start of the twentieth century, trade associations played a pivotal role in the emergence of the studio system. These producer-d...