Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Iowa--In literature; Iowa--Juvenile fiction;
Abstract
This research study examined the content of books read by children and youth in grades three through twelve to determine how Iowa is portrayed in books published in the period from 1980 to the present. Questions studied were:
1. What characteristics of Iowa are found most frequently in fiction books for children and youth?
2. How accurate are these portrayals in reflecting the actual 3 characteristics of the state as reported in the 1980 and 1990 census?
Year of Submission
1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of School Library Studies
First Advisor
Barbara R. Safford
Date Original
7-1994
Object Description
1 PDF file (iv, 40 pages)
Copyright
©1994 Jeanette Gerrietts
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gerrietts, Jeanette, "The portrayal of Iowa in fiction books for children and youth" (1994). Graduate Research Papers. 2845.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2845
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