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Charlotte Huck's children's literature / Barbara Z. Kiefer

By: Publication details: Boston, MA: McGraw Hill Higher Education 2010Edition: 10th edDescription: xxiii, 665 p ill. 29cmISBN:
  • 978-0-07-337856-5
  • 0-07-337856-9
Other title:
  • Children's literature
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.64 K471
Contents:
I. Learning about books and children : Knowing children's literature: Children's literature defined ; Valuing literature for children ; Evaluating children's fiction ; Classics in children's literature ; The book awards ; Recent trends in children's books -- Understanding children's responses to literature: Reading interests and preferences ; Developmental patterns that influence response ; Response in the classroom -- The changing world of children's books and the development of multicultural literature: A worldwide tradition of story ; Western childrens' literature: from its beginning to the twentieth century ; Children's literature: the twentieth century ; The multicultural world of children's books. II. Exploring children's literature : Books to begin on: Developing initial literacy ; Babies' first books ; Toy books ; Finger rhymes and nursery songs ; Nursery rhymes ; Alphabet books ; Counting books ; Concept books ; Wordless books ; Books about the common experiences of young children ; Books for the beginning reader -- Picturebooks: The picturebook defined ; The art and artists of picturebooks ; The matter of style ; The language of picturebooks ; The content of picturebooks ; Themes and subjects in picturebooks -- Traditional literature: A perspective on traditional literature ; Folktales ; Fables ; Myths ; Epic and legendary heroes ; The Bible as literature -- Modern Fantasy: Fantasy for today's child ; Modern fairy tales ; Modern fantasy ; Science fiction -- Poetry: The meaning of poetry ; Selecting poetry for children ; Sharing poetry across the curriculum -- Contemporary realistic fiction: Realism in contemporary children's literature ; Becoming one's own person ; Coping with problems of the human condition ; Living in a diverse world ; Popluar types of realistic fiction -- Historical fiction: Historical fiction for today's child ; Stories of prehistoric times ; Stories of the eastern hemisphere ; Stories of the western hemisphere ; Into the twentieth century -- Nonfiction books: trends in nonfiction books ; Criteria for evaluating nonfiction books ; Types of nonfiction books ; Using literature across the curriculum -- Biography: Biography for today's child ; Criteria for juvenile biography ; Types of presentation and coverage ; Autobiographies and memoirs. III. Developing a literature program : Planning the literature program: Purposes of the literature program ; Literature-based programs ; Components of a literature program ; Shaing literature with children ; Providing time to read books ; Providing time to talk about books ; Providign time for the in-depth study of books ; Connecting literature and life ; Connecting books across the curriculum ; Assessment and evaluation ; The school and the community -- Appendixes -- A. Children's book awards -- Book selection aids -- Publishers' addresses.
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I. Learning about books and children : Knowing children's literature: Children's literature defined ; Valuing literature for children ; Evaluating children's fiction ; Classics in children's literature ; The book awards ; Recent trends in children's books --
Understanding children's responses to literature: Reading interests and preferences ; Developmental patterns that influence response ; Response in the classroom --
The changing world of children's books and the development of multicultural literature: A worldwide tradition of story ; Western childrens' literature: from its beginning to the twentieth century ; Children's literature: the twentieth century ; The multicultural world of children's books. II. Exploring children's literature : Books to begin on: Developing initial literacy ; Babies' first books ; Toy books ; Finger rhymes and nursery songs ; Nursery rhymes ; Alphabet books ; Counting books ; Concept books ; Wordless books ; Books about the common experiences of young children ; Books for the beginning reader --
Picturebooks: The picturebook defined ; The art and artists of picturebooks ; The matter of style ; The language of picturebooks ; The content of picturebooks ; Themes and subjects in picturebooks --
Traditional literature: A perspective on traditional literature ; Folktales ; Fables ; Myths ; Epic and legendary heroes ; The Bible as literature --
Modern Fantasy: Fantasy for today's child ; Modern fairy tales ; Modern fantasy ; Science fiction --
Poetry: The meaning of poetry ; Selecting poetry for children ; Sharing poetry across the curriculum --
Contemporary realistic fiction: Realism in contemporary children's literature ; Becoming one's own person ; Coping with problems of the human condition ; Living in a diverse world ; Popluar types of realistic fiction --
Historical fiction: Historical fiction for today's child ; Stories of prehistoric times ; Stories of the eastern hemisphere ; Stories of the western hemisphere ; Into the twentieth century --
Nonfiction books: trends in nonfiction books ; Criteria for evaluating nonfiction books ; Types of nonfiction books ; Using literature across the curriculum --
Biography: Biography for today's child ; Criteria for juvenile biography ; Types of presentation and coverage ; Autobiographies and memoirs. III. Developing a literature program : Planning the literature program: Purposes of the literature program ; Literature-based programs ; Components of a literature program ; Shaing literature with children ; Providing time to read books ; Providing time to talk about books ; Providign time for the in-depth study of books ; Connecting literature and life ; Connecting books across the curriculum ; Assessment and evaluation ; The school and the community --
Appendixes --
A. Children's book awards --
Book selection aids --
Publishers' addresses.

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