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1 Simply Read : An Innovative Press Carole Scott , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jeunesse : Young People, Texts, Culture , Summer vol. 2 no. 1 2010; (p. 203-222)

'As I delved into the box of books that arrived from Canadian publisher Simply Read, I was immediately impressed by the wide variety I found. Not only were the books of all sizes, shapes, formats, and designs, they also spanned multiple genres and audiences. Primarily picture books or illustrated books, they included board books for very young readers, books with edgy and often philosophical humour, classics with striking new illustrations, books with historical and/or cultural implications, and mysterious books exploring the surreal and twisting perspective. The company's website makes a commitment to quality productions in text and graphics, noting its intent to produce "contemporary books with a modern appearance and fresh outlook" and stories "that link the past with the present" ("About Us"). As Perry Nodelman had promised when he invited me to review this innovative press, I found many works that are graphically startling and inventive, and many that are thoughtful and provocative, involving complex messages regarding human values and philosophical perspectives. The more accessible books for younger children have bright visuals and evocative language and sounds, and many are educational in various ways. It is not surprising that the books have garnered a significant number of awards and honourable mentions from across the world.' (Introduction)
1 Some Other Country's History Carole Scott , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 9 no. 2 1999; (p. 21-30) Scott explores an 'understanding of the artistic nature of history-making and its political implications' (29) via an examination of two texts which she argues, offer 'non-traditional perspectives in reintepreting history' (21). Scott's comprehensive analysis of the two narratives, Donald Duck (by Chinese-American writer Frank Chin) and Do Not Go Around the Edges: Poems (Daisy Utemorrah), looks at the different narrative techniques employed by both novels as well as reading the illustrations which accompany Utemorrah's poetry, in terms of the representation of excluded and/or marginalized subjectivities - Chinese-Americans and Aboriginal Australians respectively. She posits that both novels 'focus explicitly and/or implicitly on the process of history-making and meaning-making for the individual and involve questions not only of interpretation, but of understanding what 'really' happened' (29).
1 A Century of Dislocated Time: Time Travel, Magic and the Search for Self Carole Scott , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 14-20) Scott examines the novels of several American and British writers as well as Australian Ruth Park's Playing Beatie Bow, exploring the relationship between the inner and outer worlds depicted in children's fantasy novels and evolving concepts of the representation of time and its dislocation. Scott utilizes Piaget's description of young children's sense of reality whereby 'thought is conceived as belonging to the category of physical matter' to discuss 'the increasing connection and proximity between emotion and magic in recent children's literature (14). She argues that 'as the century progresses, the time traveller's self-concept and personality increasingly undergo significant growth and change even to the point of reassessment and redefinition of the innermost sense of self and self-identification' (14). For instance in Playing Beattie Bow, Scott claims that 'time itself becomes a mirror in which the children seek their reflection, looking back into the past to give depth and dimension to their impoverished sense of self, and find new images in a looking glass of another age' (18).
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