Through The Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Material focuses on current, proven approaches to teaching such as the literature based reading approach and the use of literature to encourage children's responses to reading. A bibliographic data disk in Macintosh format is packaged with each copy of the text. It provides annotated reference information on every children's literature title in the book. A strong child development focus includes coverage of characteristics and stages of child development, and the importance of literature in promoting development of creativity, social skills, cognition, and personality.