Essentials of Children's Literature

This brief, affordable, straightforward book-packed with rich resources-is a true compendium of information about children's literature and how to use children's literature in the classroom. It is designed to awaken, reawaken, and motivate students to share literature with children. In clear, concise, direct narrative using recommended book lists, examples, figures, and tables in combination with prose, this book conveys the body of knowledge about children's literature and about teaching literature to children. The Seventh Edition of this best-selling book adds a new co-author, Kathy G. Short, to the well-known author team of Carol Lynch-Brown and Carl M. Tomlinson.Contents Features Figures and Tables Preface Part One Children and Literature Chapter 1 Learning about Children and Their Literature Chapter 2 Learning about Reading and Literature Chapter 3 Learning about Literature Part Two Categories of Literature Chapter 4 Poetry Chapter 5 Picture Books Chapter 6 Traditional Literature Chapter 7 Modern Fantasy Chapter 8 Realistic Fiction Chapter 9 Historical Fiction and Biography Chapter 10 Informational Books Chapter 11 Literature for a Diverse Society Part Three Literature in the School Chapter 12 Planning the Curriculum Chapter 13 Engaging Children with Literature