Part One: Learning About Books and Children
Chapter 1: Knowing Children’s Literature
Chapter 2: Understanding Children’s Responses to Literature
Part Two: Exploring Genres in Children’s Books
Chapter 3: Picturebooks
Chapter 4: Traditional Literature
Chapter 5: Modern Fantasy
Chapter 6: Poetry
Chapter 7: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Chapter 8: Historical Fiction
Chapter 9: Nonfiction
Chapter 10: Biography
Part Three: The Literature Program Across the Curriculum
Chapter 11: Planning the Literature Program
Appendix A: Children’s Book Awards
Appendix B: Book Selection Aids
Author, Illustrator, Title Index
Subject Index