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 Changing World of Children's Books | 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 |
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |