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`Students who take the time to read this book will certainly feel more confident about their studies'' - Nursery World `An excellent contribution to the literature, the text is clear and dynamic. Extremely useful for new students, those wanting to work in Children''s Services and those returning to study'' - Margy Whalley, Director, Pen Green Centre, Corby Are you looking for a handy guide to childhood and early childhood studies? Concentrating on the skills that students need to master in order to do well on childhood and early childhood courses, this book is a clear and practical guide to all the key areas. Included is advice on: - getting to grips with key course themes; - understanding different theoretical views of the child; - analysing various approaches to working with children and young people; - making the transition from personal experience of children to studying childhood at university; - producing successful assignments; - making the most of your lectures; - learning how to draw on a range of university resources (people, services, research visits). Examples are included from students'' work, and students talk about their own experiences. There is plenty of help and practical advice - no matter what your academic experience, this book will offer you a helping hand through your course.

L''action de Chicken Run - premier long métrage produit par les studios Aardman, à qui l''on doit déjà les aventures de Wallace & Gromit se déroule dans une ferme anglaise où est détenu un groupe de poules. Ginger, la rouquine, multiplie les tentatives d''évasion et rêve de mener ses camarades vers la liberté, car celles qui ne pondent plus sont désormais condamnées à servir de dîner Et le temps presse car la cupide propriétaire, Mme Tweedy, a fait l''acquisition d''une machine pour fabriquer des tourtes au poulet. L''arrivée inopinée de Rocky, un coq-boy américain surgi de nulle part, va peut-être tout changer ; Ginger le convainc d''apprendre à ses amies à voler pour tenter une évasion spectaculaire, mais... Chicken Run, l''éclosion d''un film relate la genèse de ce long métrage d''animation unique en son genre. Les deux réalisateurs, Nick Park et Peter Lord, et leur équipe d''artistes hors pair se sont attelés à cette entreprise démesurée (un animateur ne produit au maximum que 4 secondes de film par jour !). Des premières esquisses jusqu''au long métrage terminé, des étapes du story-board, en passant par l''atelier de modelage ou les techniques employées, cet ouvrage - étayé de nombreux entretiens et illustrations - est un passionnant témoignage dédié au travail créatif de toute une équipe, qui a passé trois années à se préoccuper du sort d''une basse-cour en pâte à modeler...

Vivre le chemin de Croix, c''est ouvrir nos blessures à son amour guérissant et donner nos révoltes à sa consolation...

Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics .