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May I add to Sharon's posting by enlarging on the theme of this Winter 2004 issue, which is Disability Culture in Childrens Literature. (www.dsq-sds.org under "current issue" link.) Please circulate this information among your colleagues and contacts in communities involved with disability, children's literature, education, social sciences, writing and publishing, and any others who may be interested. The Table of Contents follows Editors Preface: Beth Haller and Corinne Kirchner News and Notes. Symposium: Disability Culture in Children's Literature Guest Editors' Introduction : Ann Dowker, Kathy Saunders and Jane Stemp. Full Papers: Isabel Brittain: An Examination into the Portrayal of Deaf Characters and Deaf Issues in Picture Books for Children Kapria Daniels: What Teachers Never Taught And Writers Feared To Write: Disability in African American Children's Literature Ann Dowker: The Treatment of Disability in 19th and Early 20th Century Children's Literature Susanne Gervay: Butterflies: Youth Literature as a Powerful Tool in Understanding Disability Lois Keith: What Writers Did Next: Disability, Illness and Cure in books in the Second Half of the 20th Century Jenny Kendrick: Signifying Something: Images of Learning Disability in Fiction for Children Kerry Kidd: The Mother and the Angel: Disability Studies, Mothering and the 'Unreal' in Children's Fiction Chris Saad: The Portrayal of Male and Female Characters With Chronic Illnesses in Children's Realistic Fiction, 1970-1994 Kathy Saunders: What disability studies can do for children's literature Jane Stemp: Devices and desires: science fiction, fantasy and disability in literature for young people Santiago Solis: The Disabilitymaking Factory: Manufacturing "Differences" through Children's Books Forum papers Helen Atunrase: Face to Face Helen Aveling: 2D or 3D characters Joan Blaska: Children's Literature That Includes Characters With Disabilities or Illnesses Cristina Caņamares Torrijos: Disabled Characters In Spanish Children's Literature Lois Keith: A Non-Neutral Review Penny Richards: "Even good mothers come to grief over such": Jane Yolen's Good Grisell John Sanders: A Little Help From My Friends Z. Sonia Worotynec: Contrived or inspired: Ability/disability in the children's picture book General Papers Social Integration and Employees with a Disability: Their View Helen Gay, M.A. Book & Film Reviews Ann Millett, Michael M. Chemers, Petra Kuppers END __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.