Editor Bernice Cullinan has gathered a team of outstanding educators to discuss ways to use children's literature in the classroom. Excite your students with the many creative ideas suggested for using poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in a literature-based reading program and for learning across the curriculum. A foreword by Tomie dePaola and an afterward by Bill Martin Jr. frame this book with personal accounts of the importance of literature, language, and reading.
"Invitation to Read" offers the information you need to build-or strengthen-a successful literature-based reading program. Bernice Cullinan, whose "Children's Literature in the Reading Program" has sold over 100,000 copies, has assembled an outstanding team of educators to write on the wide variety of issues associated with literature-based programs. Inside you'll find practical, creative teaching strategies, recommendations of high-quality books of all types for a broad range of students, ideas about organizing and implementing your reading program, and guidance on selecting the best books for your students.
So invite yourself into the world of teaching with children's literature -- and invite your students to experience the joy of reading.