This volume offers a look at early childhood literacy education integrating the language arts: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It provides an overview on the improvement of language skills within the school setting gleaned from research on emergent literacy, early childhood education, and special education. The author instructs how to respond to the increasingly diverse needs of young language learners in inclusive settings, how to work with parents and families, and collaborating with professionals in other fields.

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This brief, affordable, straightforward book–packed with rich resources–is a true compendium of information about children’s literature and how to use children’s literature in the classroom. It is designed to awaken, reawaken, and motivate students to share literature with children. In clear, concise, direct narrative using recommended book lists, examples, figures, and tables in combination with prose, this book conveys the body of knowledge about children’s literature and about teaching literature to children. The Seventh Edition of this best-selling book adds a new co-author, Kathy G. Short, to the well-known author team of Carol Lynch-Brown and Carl M. Tomlinson.

One of the most respected, comprehensive sources on available children's literature. Surveys the history of children' literature, explores the child's response to literature, and explains how to evaluate and select literature for children. Features unique two-part genre chapters -- one part content and one part methods. Covers artists and their illustrations, picture books, traditional literature, modern fantasy, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, multicultural literature, and nonfiction (biographies and informational books). Contains illustrations from favorite full-color children's books (in their original colors), and art from real children. Features guest editorials by authors and illustrators; flashbacks of historical events, works, and people; and a section on multicultural literature in every chapter. Provides a dual-platform CD-ROM with annotated reference information on the more than 3000 children's literature titles listed in the book. For anyone interested in children's literature.

Pre-service and in-service teachers alike benefit from the experience of renowned authors Charles Temple, Miriam Martinez, and Junko Yokota as they share a wealth of richly illustrated, practical ideas for sharing literature with children. The authors focus on creating an understanding of how literature works and how children respond to literature, they provide a wide range of good books to use with children, and they suggest ways to guide children into books and help them enjoy the experience. Dozens of new authors and books have been added to this new edition of Children's books in Children's Hands: An Introduction to Their Literature, 4e, making it interesting and current, and the continued emphasis on cultural diversity includes a new chapter on international books.

"[This book] includes research-based teaching strategies and information on brain research, bilingual education, technology, and the media's influence on young children. The text provides instructors with a synthesis of the information on language arts gleaned from research on emergent literacy, early childhood education, and special education." -- Book jacket.

No text better prepares you for evaluating, choosing, and sharing quality children''s literature than Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children''s Literature. This streamlined eighth edition continues to provide a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children''s literature. Sharpened focus on contemporary issues in the field, deepened coverage of biography and informational books, and newly integrated technology give this new edition added relevance in the changing marketplace. In addition, some of the brightest stars of children''s literature lend their talents to the new edition, providing insight into the craft and addressing the changing needs of middle grades readers. Evaluating and Sharing This text will prepare you to appreciate, evaluate, and share children''s literature by examining the most important elements of the literature and by addressing the needs and interests of its readers. A full chapter, Chapter 3, is devoted to evaluating and choosing literature for children. Evaluation Criteria boxes in every genre chapter outline exactly what you need to look for in quality literature. Teaching With pages ending every genre chapter share classroom-tested suggestions for using literature in your teaching. Voices from the Field The hottest topic in children''s literature, adolescent literature can be a complex issue. The eighth edition tackles it head on, turning to the pros to find out how to evaluate literature written for readers in grades 4 through 8, and learning how to compel this group of readers at risk of losing interest in reading. New! Jack Gantos discusses the teacher''s role in keeping 4th through 8th graders interested in reading. New! Nancy Farmer tells us how she works to engage readers in the middle grades. New! Naomi Shihab Nye talks about the truth in poetry that engages young adolescent readers. New! Joseph Bruchac tells us how we can mentor middle graders into becoming lifelong readers. Through the Eyes of an Author, Through the Eyes of a Child This two part feature begins with exclusive interviews with some of the creative geniuses that makes children''s literature fascinating, then goes on to share a child''s response to their work. New! Mo Willems tells us how he generates ideas, then 5-year-old Ruby shares her feelings about Willems''s Leonardo the Terrible Monster. New! Susan Guevarra tells us what inspires her art and 9-year-old Hayden responds to her artwork in Chato and the Party Animals. New! Robert Burleigh talks about the poetry of writing children''s books, and 4-year-old Eva tells us her favorite things about his new picture book Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! Listen to the City. New! Joan Bauer talks about inspiration and inspiring others, and 13-year-old Julia responds to Hope Was Here. MyEducationKit Integrated into every chapter, this robust online resource offers rich, authentic, interactive opportunities to apply and practice what you learn in the text. Assignments and Activities use video and the Database of Children''s Literature to provide you with opportunities to hone your skills for evaluating and sharing quality literature Study Plan helps you assess mastery of chapter content through multiple choice quizzes that explain why responses to particular items are correct or incorrect. Conversations provide you with podcasts and interviews with acclaimed authors and illustrators sharing secrets of their trade. To receive access to MyEducationKit with this book, please purchase ISBN 0137074018.