Children's Literature
Discovery for a Lifetime
Description:... How do you captivate children with literature, promoting a lifetime of reading? This book's purpose is to educate teachers, librarians, and parents about the art of capturing and nurturing children's interest in books. This text offers readers:
- "NEW!" A wealth of current and classic literature titles for children of all cultures and abilities
- "NEW!" Expanded chapters on traditional literature, modern fantasy, nonfiction, and biography
- "NEW!" Technology references and links to Internet resources for literature
Through this text, readers will also be able to: - Explore the content and distinctive characteristics of picture books, poetry, traditional literature, modern fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction books in the detailed chapters
- Learn to understand, select, and evaluate children's literature using the abundance of information, figures, and tables in each chapter
- Search for children's literature by author, title, topic, high-interest, publisher, and award-winning distinctions using the extensive database located on the enclosed "CD-ROM"
- Become acquainted with authors and illustrators who serve as great models for classroom study in the "Biographical Profiles"
- Discover authentic ways to stimulate children's response to literary experiences in the "Classroom Activities"
- Find out how to develop children's social and cultural consciousness by exploring literature-based units that cut across cultures in the "Unit Studies" chapter
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