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Clear, concise, direct narrative that combines lists, examples, figures, and tables with prose make this brief, affordable, straightforward book the perfect guide to sharing literature with children in the classroom. Written by a well-respected author team, this resource is ideal for pre-service and in-service teachers alike, and much appreciated for its wealth of hands-on suggestions and ideas. Selective, up-to-date lists of recommended books are conveniently organized by sub-genre; multicultural and international children's literature is integrated throughout; and an up-dated color insert features recent illustrations from picture books (including examples of computer-generated art) and graphic novels. 0137074026 / 9780137074020 Essentials of Children's Literature (with MyEducationKit) Package consists of: 0132349396 / 9780132349390 MyEducationKit -- Access Card 013704884X / 9780137048847 Essentials of Children's Literature

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A MESSAGE FROM KATHY SHORT Children's books have always been my passion. I was the kid who read under the covers long into the night to finish a book and who pulled a book surreptitiously from my desk to read when the teacher wasn't watching. Books were more than a way to occupy my time; they provided me with a sense of possibility for my life. Literature expanded my life spaces by taking me outside the boundaries of my life to other places, times and ways of living. The hope and imagination that I gained from books encouraged me to dream and to look beyond my immediate world and so transformed my future. My involvement in this textbook grows out of my belief that connecting children with books opens minds and opens the world. My hope is that the adults in children's lives will experience the transformative power of story and bring their passion as readers into their work with children. To do this, they need to experience lots of books and develop an internal sense of what makes a book

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Carl M. Tomlinson taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children's literature and language arts at Northern Illinois University. As an elementary school teacher, he packed his classroom with good children's books and read aloud to his students every day. His research interests are literature-based reading and international children's literature. In addition to Essentials of Young Adult Literature, he has co-authored Essentials of Children's Literature (Allyn and Bacon) and is the editor of Children's Books from Other Countries (Scarecrow/USBBY). Carol Lynch-Brown taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children's and young adult literature, reading, and language arts education at Florida State University. She was a teacher in elementary school, grades 1, 2, and 4, and in middle school, grades 6 to 8, in St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Schools. She also taught English to young adults in French public schools. Literature was the foundation of her instruction in all these classroom situations. She is currently raising a teenaged grandson and seeing, once again, the benefits of literature in a young person's life. Kathy G. Short is a professor in Language, Reading, and Culture at the University of Arizona and was an elementary grade school teacher in Indiana. Her books include Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers, Literature as a Way of Knowing, and Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity. She is president of USBBY and the director of Worlds of Words, www.wowlit.org, an initiative to encourage the use of literature to explore global cultures.

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