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Children's Literature in the Elementary School
ISBN: 9780072562811 | 0072562811
Edition: 8thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div
Pub. Date: 3/1/2003
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| Learning About Books and Children | p. 3 |
| Valuing Literature for Children | p. 4 |
| Knowing Children's Literature | p. 6 |
| Guidelines for Selection of Material | p. 37 |
| Understanding Children's Response to Literature | p. 52 |
| Reading Interests and Preferences | p. 54 |
| Growth Patterns That Influence Response | p. 61 |
| Response in the Classroom | p. 72 |
| The Chang... MORE | p. 106 |
| Early Beginnings: The Middle Ages | p. 109 |
| Children's Books: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | p. 112 |
| Children's Literature: The Nineteenth Century | p. 118 |
| Children's Literature: The Twentieth Century | p. 133 |
| Recent Trends in Children's Books | p. 152 |
| Knowing Children's Literature | p. 171 |
| Books to Begin on | p. 172 |
| Developing Initial Literacy | p. 173 |
| Babies' First Books | p. 175 |
| Toy Books | p. 179 |
| Finger Rhymes and Nursery Songs | p. 180 |
| Mother Goose | p. 184 |
| Alphabet Books | p. 195 |
| Counting Books | p. 202 |
| Concept Books | p. 204 |
| Wordless Books | p. 211 |
| Books About the Common Experiences of the Young Child | p. 214 |
| Books for the Beginning Reader | p. 218 |
| Picture Storybooks | p. 238 |
| The Picture Storybook Defined | p. 240 |
| The Art and Artists of Picture Storybooks | p. 241 |
| The Language of Picture Storybooks | p. 263 |
| The Content of Picture Storybooks | p. 266 |
| Themes and Subjects in Picture Storybooks | p. 270 |
| Traditional Literature | p. 306 |
| A Perspective on Traditional Literature | p. 307 |
| Folktales | p. 311 |
| Fables | p. 362 |
| Myths | p. 364 |
| Epic and Legendary Heroes | p. 371 |
| The Bible as Literature | p. 375 |
| Modern Fantasy | p. 392 |
| Fantasy for Today's Child | p. 394 |
| Modern Fairy Tales | p. 397 |
| Modern Fantasy | p. 400 |
| Science Fiction | p. 435 |
| Poetry | p. 450 |
| The Meaning of Poetry | p. 452 |
| Selecting Poetry for Children | p. 468 |
| Sharing Poetry with Children | p. 496 |
| Contemporary Realistic Fiction | p. 526 |
| Realism in Contemporary Children's Literature | p. 527 |
| Becoming One's Own Person | p. 533 |
| Coping with Problems of the Human Condition | p. 556 |
| Living in a Diverse World | p. 567 |
| Popular Types of Realistic Fiction | p. 578 |
| Historical Fiction and Biography | p. 598 |
| Historical Fiction | p. 599 |
| Biography | p. 634 |
| Informational Books | p. 658 |
| Trends in Informational Books | p. 660 |
| Criteria for Evaluating Informational Books | p. 663 |
| Types of Informational Books | p. 677 |
| Using Literature Across the Curriculum | p. 688 |
| Developing a Literature Program | p. 705 |
| Planning the Literature Program | p. 706 |
| Purposes of the Literature Program | p. 708 |
| Different Plans for Literature Programs | p. 712 |
| Components of a Literature Program | p. 717 |
| Sharing Literature with Children | p. 720 |
| Providing Time to Read Books | p. 727 |
| Talking About Books with Children | p. 729 |
| Literature and the Writing Program | p. 732 |
| Guiding In-Depth Study of Books | p. 735 |
| The School and the Community | p. 750 |
| Extending and Evaluating Children's Understanding of Literature | p. 768 |
| Active Learning in the Classroom | p. 770 |
| Exploring Literature Through Art and Media | p. 770 |
| Making Things | p. 778 |
| Singing and Movement in the Classroom | p. 784 |
| Connecting Literature and Life | p. 786 |
| Extending Literature Through Drama | p. 788 |
| Writing from Children's Books | p. 794 |
| Evaluation and Assessment | p. 811 |
| Appendix A: Children's Book Awards | p. 831 |
| Appendix B: Book Selection Aids | p. 842 |
| Appendix C: Publishers' Addresses | p. 853 |
| Indexes | p. I-1 |
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