Living Literature: Using Children's Literature to Support Reading and Language Arts

Kasten, Wendy C.; Kristo, Janice V.; McClure, Amy A.; Garthwait, Abigail

ISBN 10: 0133981991 / ISBN 13: 9780133981995

Published by Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2004

About this Item

402 pages including index and references, illustrated. The CD is missing.
The front cover is curved and ajar from the text. The top corner of the front cover is worn.
There is writing on the title pages. The rest of the text is clean and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # 24581

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Literature: Using Children's Literature to Support Reading and Language Arts
• Publisher: Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133981991
• ISBN 13: 9780133981995
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • EDUCATION

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Synopsis

This is the ideal book to help prospective teachers improve children's reading and language arts skills and instill in them a genuine and lasting love of reading. The book demonstrates numerous ways to integrate literature into the daily fabric of classroom life. Following a solid grounding in the basics every reading teacher needs, individual chapters explore genres of children's literature and teaching strategies specific to each genre. Then, the authors examine currently accepted effective practices for engaging young readers in hands-on reading in a way that fosters a love of literature that will last a lifetime. Early childhood and elementary education literature and language arts teachers.