Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime - Softcover

Stoodt-Hill, Barbara D.; Amspaugh-Corson, Linda B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131589393 ISBN 13: 9780131589391

Verlag: Pearson, 2008

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Book by StoodtHill Barbara D AmspaughCorson Linda B

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Reseña del editor:

The goal of the fourth edition of Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime is to help teachers, librarians, and parents infuse literature into children's lives and to promote a lifelong interest in books. The theme is "literature for a lifetime." Some of the key elements of this text are to help educators select books that will enhance children's learning and development, implement literature in the classroom that will support the curriculum and meet established standards, identify books children will respond to, share literature that will stimulate their responses, infuse literature into elementary classrooms and homes, choose appropriate literature for English Language Learners, and enhance literature experiences with the computer and the Internet.

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Children’s Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime is an indispensable tool that teachers, librarians, and parents can use to create and foster children’s interest in books. The authors concisely illuminate the highest quality of children’s literature, choosing titles that will captivate children and promote a lifetime of reading.

The fourth edition of this popular text now features:

• NEW! Classroom snapshots that provide concrete examples of teachers promoting cognitive development with literature.

• NEW! Emphasis on graphic novels and manga across several chapters.
• NEW! A chapter dedicated to exploring sensitive and contemporary issues in children’s literature.

Readers will also be able to:

• Explore wide-ranging examples of current and classic literature in all genres—picture books, poetry, traditional literature, modern fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction books—to understand, select and evaluate children’s literature.
• Review extensive lists of literature references and recommended children’s books by descriptors, genre designations, grade levels, publisher, and copyright information.
• Stimulate reading and an exploration of children’s literature withpractical Classroom Activities that arealigned with the IRA and NCTE standards.
• Focus on multicultural literature, illustrating the need to choose books that reflect the voices of many cultural groups and that foster an understanding, appreciation, and respect for our diverse society.
• Engage children in author and illustrator studies with great models described inBiographical Profiles.
• Learn how to develop children’s social and cultural consciousness by exploring literature-based units that cut across cultures in theUnit Studies chapter.

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• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0131589393
• ISBN 13: 9780131589391
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 412