Are you looking for a brief introduction to children’s literature genres that leaves time to actually read children’s books? This new edition of ... Children’s Literature, Briefly introduces the reader to the  essentials of each genre, supported by criteria to make good judgments about books and activities to advance literacy in the classroom. Part 1 provides foundational information on literature, Part 2 addresses each genre individually, and Part 3 covers the classroom information that makes literature an integral part of teaching. As new teachers build their classroom library, the brevity of this affordable new edition ensures readers have the resources to purchase and time to read actual children’s literature.      

The goal of the fourth edition of Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime is to help teachers, librarians, and parents infuse literature into... children's lives and to promote a lifelong interest in books.  The theme is "literature for a lifetime."  Some of the key elements of this text are to help educators select books that will enhance children's learning and development, implement literature in the classroom that will support the curriculum and meet established standards, identify books children will respond to, share literature that will stimulate their responses, infuse literature into elementary classrooms and homes, choose appropriate literature for English Language Learners, and enhance literature experiences with the computer and the Internet.

The goal of the fourth edition of Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime is to help teachers, librarians, and parents infuse literature into... children's lives and to promote a lifelong interest in books.  The theme is "literature for a lifetime."  Some of the key elements of this text are to help educators select books that will enhance children's learning and development, implement literature in the classroom that will support the curriculum and meet established standards, identify books children will respond to, share literature that will stimulate their responses, infuse literature into elementary classrooms and homes, choose appropriate literature for English Language Learners, and enhance literature experiences with the computer and the Internet.

For Introduction to children's literature, language arts, and English methods courses. Through individual chapters on major genres and an emphasis on... professional standards, the authors offer fresh ideas for sharing literature with children that will stimulate authentic responses; for using the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other technology and media to enhance children's experience of literature; for integrating literature into all elementary classrooms; and for encouraging children to take the literature they encounter in school back home to their parents and siblings. Believing that a love of literature will serve children for life, these authors aim to prepare prospective teachers to infuse literature into children's lives in a way that will foster a lifelong interest.

An introduction to children and their literature, an activity-oriented survey of books which should be in your library, focused on librarians with... practical applications for librarians to share books with children, plans for book-based programs, and ways to collaborate with teachers and families in sharing books with children. Help is given for the selection and sharing of books in each genre. Each chapter has brief insets of author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics and activities, selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions.The author, a former President of the U.S. Board on Books for Young People, has written an affordable text especially for school and children's librarians and faculty teaching both undergraduate and graduate students who are studying to be school and children's librarians. While similar texts on this subject are designed for teachers, this is an activities-oriented survey of children's literature written especially for students seeking licensure and degrees leading to careers working with children in schools and public libraries. All the pieces are there, the explanations of the genres, introductions to authors and illustrations, and the use of specific titles with their audiences, and the literature is carefully linked to active practice in libraries. Chapters are enriched by brief insets of authors? comments, collaborative activities, selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions. The framework for this text adds a layer of practical application in every chapter for the librarian who shares books with children, plans book-based programs, and collaborates with teachers and families in sharing books and developing literature-based instruction. What does a librarian need to know about how to select and share books in each genre? What are the usual promotion and collaboration activities associated with each genre? This book answers those questions while maintaining its focus on literature for children. Embedded in a genre approach to literature, it has a unique focus on the librarian or future librarian.

With today's emphasis on meeting standards and teaching within a structured curricula, it's often difficult to find time to focus on high-quality... literature in daily instruction. Fortunately, in this long-awaited third edition of the bestselling Children's Literature in the Reading Program, you ll discover the creative teaching strategies and practical guidance you need to effectively incorporate high-quality literature into your busy classroom schedule so that your students can learn to read and enjoy doing so. This fully revised edition features all-new chapters written by outstanding educators and children's book authors that reflect the most recent research in the field. Chapters include the most current children's literature, including postmodern picture books, graphic novels, and popular series books. This book will help you select the right books for the right students at the right time, while also breathing life into the literacy curriculum.The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in include: -Comprehension-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers-Early Literacy -Adolescent Literacy-Assessment-Literacy Coaching-Research And Policy

Children's literature is a rapidly expanding field of research which presents students and researchers with a number of practical and intellectual... challenges. This research handbook is the first devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying children's literature at university level. Bringing together the expertise of leading international scholars, it combines practical advice with in-depth discussion of critical approaches.  Wide- ranging in approach, Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook: * Considers 'children's literature' in its fullest sense, examining visual texts (such as picturebooks), films, computer games and other 'transformed' texts, as well as more traditional modes of writing for children* Offers a step-by-step guide to devising, starting and carrying out a research project (such as a dissertation or thesis), and advice on what kinds of research it is possible and profitable to undertake* Surveys the different methodologies and theoretical approaches used by children's literature scholars* Includes case studies, questions and exercises to reinforce ideas discussed in each chapter* Provides lists of further reading and a specialist glossary that will remain a useful reference resource. This handbook will be an essential companion for those studying children's literature, whether as undergraduates, postgraduates, or beyond.

Based on more than twenty years of research, this book portrays the development of children's understanding of basic number concepts. The authors offer... a detailed explanation and numerous examples of the problem-solving and computational processes that virtually all children use as their numerical thinking develops. They also describe how classrooms can be organized to foster that development. Two accompanying CDs provide a remarkable inside look at students and teachers in real classrooms

How and when does a child begin to make sense of the world? Why does a lively preschool child so often become a semiliterate and defeated school... failure?Developmental psychologist Margaret Donaldson shows that much of the intellectual framework on which we base our teaching is misleading. We both underestimate the astonishing rational powers of young children and ignore the major stumbling block that children face when starting school.Given a setting and a language that makes sense to them in human terms, very young children can perform tasks often thought to be beyond them. The preschool child learns everything in a human situation. Only in school is he asked to acquire skills—reading, writing, arithmetic—isolated from a real-life context. This transition is difficult.The author suggests a range of strategies that parents and schools can adopt to help children. She argues that reading is even more important than we have thought it to be, since learning to read ca actually speed children through the crucial transition.This book is an essential source of guidance for parents and all who contribute to a child's education.

Get ready for what’s coming next in Children’s Ministry…Here’s how. Ten front-line Children’s Ministry experts peeked out over the horizon to... identify ten trends shaping ministry in the next ten years. You'll discover…• How current culture is rewiring kids’ brains – and secrets for connecting with children• The latest education trends embraced by schools – and how they’ll impact your Sunday school• Morphing Children’s Ministry into Family Ministry – and how that supersizes your impact• What kinds of children are about to land in your ministry – and how to be ready for themPlus six more must-know insights – and practical activities that help you take advantage of shifting trends in your Children’s Ministry. Be prepared. It’s good advice for scouts…and even better advice for you.

You can be a next-level leader! Expert Jim Wideman empowers readers to be dynamic, effective and efficient ministry leaders. This guide gives you the... best of the best from Jim's own favorite workshops and keynote addresses. And this isn't just theory; it's practical advice brought to you from someone who has served in small churches; large churches; and churches in between!

Review: This book gives a great overall view of Children's Ministry. It helps the reader realize that Children's Ministry isn't just sticking children... in a classroom and teaching them stuff. There is more to it than that. Great book!

Review: This book gives a great overall view of Children's Ministry. It helps the reader realize that Children's Ministry isn't just sticking children... in a classroom and teaching them stuff. There is more to it than that. Great book!