num_pages: 645
description: This classic text shows readers how childrens literature can capture the attention of K-8 students and foster a lifelong love of reading. It is the standard work in the field. The text covers learning about childrens literature, understanding childrens responses to literature, the history of childrens literature, picture books and all the genres (beginning books, fantasy, poetry, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and informational books), planning the literature program, and extending and evaluating childrens understandings of literature.
language: English
title: Children's Literature in the Elementary School
titlecomplete: Children's Literature in the Elementary School
genres: Teaching, Textbooks, Childrens, Reference, Education, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 129
publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College