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9780877884088

How to Grow a Young Reader

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    9780877884088

  • ISBN10:

    0877884080

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2002-06-18
  • Publisher: Harold Shaw Pub
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Summary

In an age of electronic games, TV, videos, and the Internet...You can raise a book lover. Reading opens up a lifetime of learning and delight to children. InHow to Grow a Young Reader,Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker offer suggestions for creating a reader-friendly home, truths about how literature strengthens character development, and helpful strategies for nurturing a love of reading in any child. Includes a helpful guide to over 1,800 books.

Author Biography

<b>Kathryn Lindskoog</b> is a prolific writer, teacher, and literary critic. She is probably best known for her book <i>C. S. Lewis: Mere Christian,</i> an examination of the work of Lewis, who wrote to her, “You know my work better than anyone else I’ve met: certainly better than I do myself.” Among her twenty-one other books are <i>Creative Writing for People Who Can’t Not Write</i> and the three-volume <i>Dante’s Divine Comedy: Journey to Joy. </i>The mother of two grown children, she lives in California with her husband.<br><br><b>Ranelda Mack Hunsicker</b>, a former elementary and high school teacher, is now a freelance writer of books and articles and a staff writer for Chuck Swindoll’s Insight for Living ministry. She has written five books, includin

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition 9(2)
The Golden Age Is Now: The Riches of Children's Literature Today
11(5)
But There Be Dragons: The Enemies of Reading
16(8)
Battle Strategy: Family Reading Possibilities
24(15)
Once Upon a Time: The Story of Children's Literature
39(14)
Tried and True: Old Books for Young People
53(41)
Flights of Fancy: Fantastic Tales Today
94(44)
Steps in Time: Realistic Fiction and Biography
138(35)
Roots and Wings: Books that Bring the Family Together
173(23)
The Kids' Hit Parade: Animals, Adventure, Mystery, Humor, and Series Books
196(25)
Words at Play: Poetry and Nonsense
221(18)
Open Minds: Reading for Information
239(16)
Open Eyes: Picture Books and Illustrations
255(26)
Open Ears: Talking Books and Multimedia Resources
281(18)
Open Hearts: Christian Nurture and Values
299(26)
Telling Our Stories: The Literature of Daily Living
325(9)
Appendix One Further Recommended Reading for Parents and Teachers 334(2)
Appendix Two Major Awards in Children's Literature 336(3)
Appendix Three Great Thoughts about Books for Children 339(4)
Appendix Four Children's Literature Resources 343(6)
Author Index 349(12)
Title Index 361

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