Thesis (D.Mus)-University of Pretoria, 2005. / Abstract in Afrikaans and English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thrift, that homely, old-fashioned virtue, is the theme of the following thesis. Webster defines it as "care and wisdom in the management of one's resources." Now, in our national emergency, we find it becoming the mode, and likely to be valued more and more as America assumes her world responsibility. If we have trained to thrift in the necessities of life, we have reserve with which to bring into it also. Often, to save an object calls forth resourcefulness and creative ability. Witness the antimacassars of a day gone by, lovely webs of lace and linen, made by the lady who wished to save her chairs and sofa from hair oil. During the twelve years it has been my privilege to conduct a kindergarten, the search for literature to bring home needed lessons in conservation to the small people in my care has been disappointing. Feeling deeply that we need to teach our children to save, I have been forced to create my own teaching material. After much thought upon the subject, the following stories and poems resulted. As they unfolded in my mind, I told them, orally, to my kindergarten children, to find how they reacted to them. Now, hoping that they may be of use to other teachers of the very young, I have attempted to catch them from the blue, and fasten them down by small black words on this white paper. Children, I have found, have a perception for the beauty of nature, approaching spirituality. "But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home Heaven lies about us in our infancy"1 Because the relation of the young child to nature is such a close and intimate one, there is little need for lessons in natural conservation. For this reason only four of the following stories deal with this subject: "The Search for Spring", "The Poppy Family", "Bird Friends" and "Seed Babies." Little ones cannot save forests, but they can be lead to cherish flowers of the wild . A low shelf of vases and flower-frogs of various sizes and color pays big dividends in beauty. The flowers of the field which they pick in such abundance, take on a new interest. They are no longer cast aside, or left to wilt, but made into charming arrangements. "Great oaks from little acorns grow." May we hope these same little ones will be the adults who save our giant Sequoias from extinction? The bulk of the stories deal with lessons of thrift in the material environment of the little child. If we can lead him to save tangibles here, we add to his appreciation and creativeness. There is great pleasure for children in discarded things: milk tops, cheese cartons, berry-baskets, egg-shells or bright stripes of cloth. A "Rag-Bag-Rug" may be loomed by them, to be displayed with dancing eyes. Expensive toys are not needed for true happiness. The child does not communicate with others in order to share thoughts; he does so in order to play. An adult thinks socially even when alone, but child under seven things egocentrically, even in the society of others. So we are shown that for the child, the external world is perceived by means of schema of internal origin. Intellectual evolution requires that both mind and environment should make their contributions. We are justified in meeting the small child on his own plane. "In the course of our studies on child psychology we had expected to fix seven to eight years as the age before which no genuinely physical explanation could be given of natural phenomena. Our present enquiry entirely confirms this expectation."2

Thesis ()--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [234]-247).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, August, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is a play for children. The story and the characters were derived from traditional Norwegian fairy tales. The central character is Billikin Whiskers, a billy-goat, who is captured by three trolls--Sparky, Garr and Pragg. The play is set on a mountain in Norway. The central idea of the play is the issue of intelligence--represented by Billikin Whiskers--versus physical strength--symbolized by the trolls.

It is the purpose of this work to compile and organize available material dealing with children's magazines published in the nineteenth century in America, and present it in a usable form.

This study seeks to determine the values of and the procedures for establishing a children's theatre activity in the Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area. This study has a twofold purpose. The first is to apply the values of children's theatre to children in the Fort Worth metropolitan area. The second purpose is to develop a feasible plan for organizing a workable theatre for children. Chapter II is a review of related literature and is divided into two parts. A history of the children's theatre movement in the United States was presented to substantiate general observations of the values of children's theatre. The final part of Chapter II presents several outstanding children's theatre groups and a brief synopsis of their organization. This is followed by specific organizational needs and suggestions. The final portion of this study presents a feasible organizational plan for the establishment of a children's theatre in this metropolitan area. The plan is flexible enough that other areas could adapt it to their own needs and desires.

The general purpose of this study is to make a survey of children's library work in the United States with special attention to recent trends and developments in this field as revealed in current practice. The specific purpose is to make an evaluation of the services rendered by the children's division of the Dallas Public Library and to determine how this department measures up to the standards set up by the American Library Association and by individual authorities.

Thesis advisor: Susan A. Michalczyk / Children's literature possesses the power to crumble walls of prejudice, open the mind to unlimited possibilities and perhaps most importantly, entertain children whatever their race, age or social status. Many people have such fond memories of the books they read as children that, should you demand of any American college student what his favorite book was as a child, and he will find it difficult to narrow his selection down to just one. Ask any American child what her favorite movie during childhood and inherently nine out of ten children will choose a movie made by Walt Disney. Indeed literature and the stories of childhood play an important role in the intellectual and psychological development of human beings. During childhood, the literature children read and have read to them often lay the seeds for their future views of themselves and the world. If this were the case, then how much caution should be taken with the themes of these books? Children's literature is defined as "books that are good for children, written with their general necessities and entertainment in mind." The “goodness” of these books is determined not only in their vivid creativity and wildly imaginative stories, but as well in the long lasting lessons they impart upon the children who read them. These books give a child a glimpse into distant lands far away from the suburb they live in or the city in whose parks they play every day. As well, literature can also cultivate cultural prejudices and stereotypes that can either damage a child's developing psyche or improve it. From its inception, children's literature has always been meant to shape and mold children to the will of society. The questions remains to be answered, if literature holds such power over us, then what control should responsible publishers, teachers, librarians and parents exercise in determining what their children should be reading? Where does one draw the line between education and politics in the world of children's literature? In order to fully examine this question and comprehend its implications, one must first examine the history of children's literature and what it originally desired to achieve. Then, once the evolution has been traced, one can analyze the future and determine where the shifts that have occurred in children's literature throughout the eras are leading us in the years to follow / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2003. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Education, Lynch School of. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.