Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime with CD-ROM - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131181858 ISBN 13: 9780131181854

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For Introduction to children's literature, language arts, and English methods courses.

Through individual chapters on major genres and an emphasis on professional standards, the authors offer fresh ideas for sharing literature with children that will stimulate authentic responses; for using the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other technology and media to enhance children's experience of literature; for integrating literature into all elementary classrooms; and for encouraging children to take the literature they encounter in school back home to their parents and siblings. Believing that a love of literature will serve children for life, these authors aim to prepare prospective teachers to infuse literature into children's lives in a way that will foster a lifelong interest.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131181858
• ISBN 13: 9780131181854
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416