Trudelle Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6544646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trudelle Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trudelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Xavier University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The joy-maker in the garden
Cogntive Behavioural Therapy appears in the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This essay demonstrates how “thinking about thinking” helps three central characters (Mary, Colin, and Archie) overcome depression and prolonged grief. They learn to challenge habitual cognitive distortions and socially endorsed absolutist myths such as: 1) I alone am special. 2) What I can see with my eyes is all that is real…
The arc of the rope swing
This essay analyzes the classic American children’s novel, Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White, which tells of a sophisticated spider’s rescue of a piglet who is being prepared for slaughter. The ‘arc of the rope swing' refers to a rope swing enjoyed by children in the novel; it is also a metaphor for the way White holds opposing forces in tension. Most noteworthy is the tension between poetic language and humour in the novel; White uses both to conve…
Spirit books
The focus of this article is an annotated bibliography of over seventy select picture books and guidelines for adults reading these books to children ages three through nine. Preceding these is an essay which contextualizes and explains them. Following the bibliography is a set of twenty ‘Guidelines for Reading Aloud and Talking about Books’ to help adults validate and support the spiritual experiences of children. The annotated bibliography – Th…
Crossing the water
The author analyses two award-winning juvenile novels, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt. Each novel portrays a deep friendship between a boy and girl who cross a stream (or river) into a world that includes fantasy, play, closeness to nature and animals, and a sense of the sacred. Within a year, the girl dies, leaving the boy changed forever. The friendship, the journey, and the …
Spiritual practices children understand
The following essay is a close reading of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fantasy novel, A Wind in the Door, in which young Meg Murry travels first to outer space and then into her younger brother’s ailing cells. The novel is a fine example of high fantasy (also known as heroic fantasy) wherein a humble protagonist is called to a quest to fight a cosmic battle between good and evil. The essay analyzes specific expressions of evil in the novel: impers…
Moments Out of Time
This nature essay recounts the author's 10-day canoe trip with her blended family through Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada. Within the narrative, she explores the ways in which a young child's spirituality ('relational consciousness') influence her own adult consciousness. Conversations with her 6-year-old son lead to her to develop the metaphor of radio frequencies to reflect upon the differences between children's and adults' attitudes towar…
How Parents' Spirituality Impacts Children
(2000). How Parents' Spirituality Impacts Children: A review of three important US books. International Journal of Children's Spirituality: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 105-118
Motherhood as Spiritual Crisis
(1999). Motherhood as Spiritual Crisis: Memoirs of Childbirth and Early Motherhood. a/b: Auto/Biography Studies: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 273-291
“Heed Not the Fall”
Reconstructing American Literature
Journal Article Reconstructing American Literature. Paul Lauter, ed. Old Westbury, New York: The Feminist Press, 1983. Get access Reconstructing American Literature. Paul Lauter. Old Westbury, New York: The Feminist Press, 1983. Trudelle Thomas Trudelle Thomas University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 1985, Pages 109–112, https://doi.org/10.2307/467124 Pu…
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Reconstructing American Literature
Journal Article Reconstructing American Literature. Paul Lauter, ed. Old Westbury, New York: The Feminist Press, 1983. Get access Reconstructing American Literature. Paul Lauter. Old Westbury, New York: The Feminist Press, 1983. Trudelle Thomas Trudelle Thomas University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 1985, Pages 109–112, https://doi.org/10.2307/467124 Pu…
“Heed Not the Fall”
Motherhood as Spiritual Crisis
(1999). Motherhood as Spiritual Crisis: Memoirs of Childbirth and Early Motherhood. a/b: Auto/Biography Studies: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 273-291
How Parents' Spirituality Impacts Children
(2000). How Parents' Spirituality Impacts Children: A review of three important US books. International Journal of Children's Spirituality: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 105-118
Moments Out of Time
This nature essay recounts the author's 10-day canoe trip with her blended family through Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada. Within the narrative, she explores the ways in which a young child's spirituality ('relational consciousness') influence her own adult consciousness. Conversations with her 6-year-old son lead to her to develop the metaphor of radio frequencies to reflect upon the differences between children's and adults' attitudes towar…
Spiritual practices children understand
The following essay is a close reading of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fantasy novel, A Wind in the Door, in which young Meg Murry travels first to outer space and then into her younger brother’s ailing cells. The novel is a fine example of high fantasy (also known as heroic fantasy) wherein a humble protagonist is called to a quest to fight a cosmic battle between good and evil. The essay analyzes specific expressions of evil in the novel: impers…
Crossing the water
The author analyses two award-winning juvenile novels, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt. Each novel portrays a deep friendship between a boy and girl who cross a stream (or river) into a world that includes fantasy, play, closeness to nature and animals, and a sense of the sacred. Within a year, the girl dies, leaving the boy changed forever. The friendship, the journey, and the …
Spirit books
The focus of this article is an annotated bibliography of over seventy select picture books and guidelines for adults reading these books to children ages three through nine. Preceding these is an essay which contextualizes and explains them. Following the bibliography is a set of twenty ‘Guidelines for Reading Aloud and Talking about Books’ to help adults validate and support the spiritual experiences of children. The annotated bibliography – Th…
The joy-maker in the garden
Cogntive Behavioural Therapy appears in the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This essay demonstrates how “thinking about thinking” helps three central characters (Mary, Colin, and Archie) overcome depression and prolonged grief. They learn to challenge habitual cognitive distortions and socially endorsed absolutist myths such as: 1) I alone am special. 2) What I can see with my eyes is all that is real…
The arc of the rope swing
This essay analyzes the classic American children’s novel, Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White, which tells of a sophisticated spider’s rescue of a piglet who is being prepared for slaughter. The ‘arc of the rope swing' refers to a rope swing enjoyed by children in the novel; it is also a metaphor for the way White holds opposing forces in tension. Most noteworthy is the tension between poetic language and humour in the novel; White uses both to conve…
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