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Children's Literature in the Elementary School
Children's Literature in the Elementary School Author:Charlotte S. Huck, Susan Hepler, Janet Hickman, Barbara Z. Kiefer 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... more » (beginning books, fantasy, poetry, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and informational books), planning the literature program, and extending and evaluating childrens understandings of literature.« less
Textbook. I found it to be nothing but a glowing compendium of book reviews, doesn't do a good job of discriminating or teaching you how to discriminate among the mass of children's literature.