Literature for children a short introduction /
This concise, accessible, popular text focuses on both the genres and current issues covered in Children's literature courses. This updated text gives students a solid understanding of the foundations of children's literature across its various genres from picture books to folk literature....
| Main Author: | Russell, David L., 1946- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Pearson,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Edition: | Eighth edition. |
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| Summary: |
This concise, accessible, popular text focuses on both the genres and current issues covered in Children's literature courses. This updated text gives students 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 future teachers 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 annotated recommended booklists, discussions of important topics such as the Common Core Curriculum, how to use technology in the classroom, using folktales in teaching, 25 uses for poetry; and critical approaches to literature that demonstrate a variety of ways of reading children's books. The ideal teaching and learning resource for your course, this text features an accessible, concise, and engaging introduction to the field of children's literature, coupled with a variety of pedagogical suggestions to give prospective teachers ideas they can put to use in their classrooms. - Publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The history of children's literature : how we got here -- Literature and the child : growing through reading -- The literature experience : reading, writing, talking, doing -- Diversity and inclusion : reading the world -- Beginning books : knowledge through delight -- Picture storybooks : the collaboration of story and art -- Poetry : for the love of language -- Folk narratives : the oldest stories -- The elements of story : reading fiction -- Fantasy fiction : the world of make-believe -- Realistic fiction : the days of our lives -- Nonfiction : telling it like it is -- Glossary -- Children's literature resources -- Children's book awards. This concise, accessible, popular text focuses on both the genres and current issues covered in Children's literature courses. This updated text gives students 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 future teachers 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 annotated recommended booklists, discussions of important topics such as the Common Core Curriculum, how to use technology in the classroom, using folktales in teaching, 25 uses for poetry; and critical approaches to literature that demonstrate a variety of ways of reading children's books. The ideal teaching and learning resource for your course, this text features an accessible, concise, and engaging introduction to the field of children's literature, coupled with a variety of pedagogical suggestions to give prospective teachers ideas they can put to use in their classrooms. - Publisher. |
| Physical Description: |
xviii, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780133522266 0133522261 |