KEY BENEFT: This book presents a comprehensive discussion of international children's books and their use in K-8 classrooms. KEY TOPICS Global Perspectives in Children's Literature reviews the status of children's literature around the world and elaborates on the benefits of international children's literature for children's development and the curriculum. The book presents various genres such as picture books, fiction, informational books, and poetry. Issues in the field and criteria for selecting books to be used in the classroom are provided, as well as a discussion of history and contemporary trends worldwide. Specific ways to share international books are also presented, as they relate to theme studies, specific content areas, visual literacy, and language arts. Useful for anyone interested in global education, specifically that of Children's Literature.

Global Perspectives in Children's Literature

Lehman, Barbara A.

Freeman, Evelyn B.

Teen & Young Adult

Pearson

Literary study should encourage both children’s pleasure and skill in reading. In this engaging book, Barbara Lehman shows how to create meaningful, intellectually stimulating programs of literary study that are developmentally appropriate for students’ needs, interests, and experiences (ages 5-12). Drawing on her extensive scholarship in the fields of children’s literature and literacy instruction, she offers practical ideas for creating programs that accomplish curricular goals in literary ways. Featuring a usable overview of important literary theories as well as many practical teaching ideas, this book will help classroom teachers become more knowledgeable and self-assured about creating their own literature programs for children.
Book Features:
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<li>A theoretically based model for creating developmentally appropriate literary study programs in elementary schools.</li>
<li>Methods for teaching across the curriculum, including how to set up a classroom for literary learning. </li>
<li>References with annotations of more than 130 children’s books.</li>
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Children's Literature and Learning: Literacy Study Across the Curriculum (Language and Literacy Series)

Teachers' College Press

Literary study should encourage both children’s pleasure and skill in reading. In this engaging book, Barbara Lehman shows how to create meaningful, intellectually stimulating programs of literary study that are developmentally appropriate for students’ needs, interests, and experiences (ages 5-12). Drawing on her extensive scholarship in the fields of children’s literature and literacy instruction, she offers practical ideas for creating programs that accomplish curricular goals in literary ways. Featuring a usable overview of important literary theories as well as many practical teaching ideas, this book will help classroom teachers become more knowledgeable and self-assured about creating their own literature programs for children.Book Features:A theoretically based model for creating developmentally appropriate literary study programs in elementary schools.Methods for teaching across the curriculum, including how to set up a classroom for literary learning. References with annotations of more than 130 children’s books.

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Global Perspectives in Children's Literature

Children's Literature and Learning: Literacy Study Across the Curriculum (Language and Literacy Series)

Children's Literature and Learning: Literacy Study Across the Curriculum (Language and Literacy Series)