Children's Literature in the Elementary School, 8/e
Charlotte S Huck,
The Ohio State University Barbara Z Kiefer,
Teacher's College, Columbia University Susan Hepler,
Children's Literature Specialist Janet Hickman,
The Ohio State University
ISBN: 0072562811 Copyright year: 2004
Feature Summary
OVER 1000 CURRENT TITLES ADDED: The eighth edition has been revised to include the best of current children's books, while also including the classics. Over 1000 new children's literature titles were added. Out of print books have been removed.
RESOURCES CD-ROM: This new supplement packaged for free with new copies of the text includes the Children’s Literature Database (with over 5,000 carefully selected titles), a Student Study Guide with practice quizzes, expanded features from the text, and printable versions of key resources and lists from the text.t.
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES: Each chapter includes links to Profiles in Literature and Talking Points that are housed on the Resources CD-Rom, a listing of Web sites related to each chapter that readers can link to from the Online Learning Center, and notes study tools available on the Resources CD-ROM and Online Learning Center. Icons highlight this material.
PRACTICAL TEACHER RESOURCES FEATURE: The chapters begin will an easy-to-reference listing of the practical resources with page references. The listing includes the Guidelines and Resources features, the Into the Classroom activities, Web links, and booklists.
TALKING POINTS: This issues feature provides questions meant to spark reflection and discussion. Information about the question is available on the Online Learning Center and the Resources CD-Rom to learn more about it.
PROFILE IN LITERATURE: Each chapter now includes a profile of a notable person – author, illustrator, editor or teacher -- who works with literature. The profiled individual is listed in the text, and then readers are pointed to the Online Learning Center and the Resources CD-Rom to read the profile.e.
EXPANDED INTO THE CLASSROOM FEATURE: The Into the Classroom feature now includes an overview of general methods to use to teach the particular genre. The activity/lesson suggestions have been updated, and additional activities available on the Online Learning Center and the Resources CD-Rom are listed.
Cover, Part-Opener, and Icon Illustrations by Karen Barbour: The eighth edition’s cover illustration was created specifically for this text by children’s book illustrator Karen Barbour.our.
CLASSIC: This is the classic reference work in children’s literature. It is a “coffee-table book” – hardcover, large, lavishly illustrated with hundreds of color illustrations, and totally comprehensive. The text is authored by Barbara Kiefer who also revised the sixth and seventh editions.ditions.
COMPREHENSIVE: The text comprehensively covers not only all the genres of children’s literature, picture books, and books for beginners; but also children’s responses to literature, the history of children’s literature, planning the literature program, and extending and evaluating children’s understandings of literature. rature.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Extensive lists of recommended children’s books are at the end of each chapter.
INTEGRATED MULTICULTURAL COVERAGE: The revision thoroughly incorporates multicultural books, not with a separate chapter on multicultural literature, but by integrating multicultural literature throughout. A special diversity icon in chapter section headings highlights the multicultural coverage. A full listing of the diversity topics is located in the Features Guide.
PRACTICAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHER: These include the Teaching Feature which presents examples of children’s literature in action with vignettes from classroom teachers and examples of children’s work. Resources for Teaching, which provides listings of books related to specific topics and/or characteristics, Guidelines which offer practical book selection criteria to aid in evaluating books, and Related Readings, which provides suggestions for additional resources and readings related to the chapter.
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