Full Description
Literature for Childrenaccessible, text that provides a solid understanding of the foundations of children's literature across its various genres from picture books to folk literature. In his usual engaging style, popular author David Russell stresses that students need to first appreciate literature in order to later use and teach it effectively in their own classrooms. The text's user-friendly format includes a wealth of real examples from literature, and its concise presentation allows students to spend more time reading actual children's books. Substantially updated to bring the text and its resource lists in line with today's most current scholarship, the Eighth Edition includes a list of the winners of the Orbis Picture Awards for children's nonfiction, annotated recommended booklists, and discussions of important topics such as the Common Core curriculum, using technology in the classroom, teaching folktales, twenty-five uses of poetry, and critical approaches to literature that demonstrate a variety of ways of reading children's books.
Contents
Brief Table of ContentsChapter 1 The History of Children's Literature: How We Got Here Chapter 2 Literature and the Child: Growing Through ReadingChapter 3 The Literature Experience: Reading, Writing, Talking, Doing Chapter 4 Diversity and Inclusion: Reading the World Chapter 5 Beginning Books: Knowledge Through Delight Chapter 6 Picture Storybooks: The Collaboration of Story and ArtChapter 7 Poetry: For the Love of Language Chapter 8 Folk Narratives: The Oldest Stories Chapter 9 The Elements of Story: Reading Fiction Chapter 10 Fantasy Fiction: The World of Make-Believe Chapter 11 Realistic Fiction: The Days of Our Lives Chapter 12 Nonfiction: Telling It Like It Is GlossaryChildren's Literature ResourcesChildren's Book Awards
