Title: Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime with CD-ROM (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0131181858
ISBN 13: 9780131181854
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 3rd Edition
Condition: Acceptable

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The aim of this book is to prepare prospective teachers to infuse literature into children's lives in a way that will foster a lifelong interest. Containing various examples from poetry to picture books, fiction to non-fiction, fantasy to biography, this book offers 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. For elementary school teachers and literacy education instructors.

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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

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