Literature and the Child, Loose-Leaf Version (Loose-leaf) | Released: 01 Jan 2016

LITERATURE AND THE CHILD, 9th Edition, offers thorough, concise coverage of the formats and genres of childrens literature and principles for the use of childrens literature in the classroom. Beautifully written and illustrated discussions illuminate specific aspects of each format or genre, supported by information on the latest quality works appropriate for children in nursery school through middle school. A stunning design includes interior illustrations by Lauren Stringer, an award-winning childrens book author and illustrator. Each genre chapter contains criteria for evaluating literary quality, equipping you with a resource to guide text selection in the classroom. Practical, research-based information about teaching appears throughout, including ideas you can apply to your own classroom and an emphasis on the importance of selecting complex texts. This book will help you better understand how to select texts that best serve your curriculum goals and the needs and interests of your students.

About the Author

Lauren Aimonette Liang is an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Utah. She teaches courses in childrens and young adult literature, including a course on international childrens literature, and was awarded the University of Utahs Early Career Teaching Award in 2010. Dr. Liangs research in childrens literature and comprehension has been published in journals such as READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY, JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE, READING PSYCHOLOGY, and THE READING TEACHER, as well as in both professional and practitioner books. She serves on editorial boards and committees for the International Literacy Association, the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY), including serving on the leadership boards for both USBBY and the Childrens Literature Assembly. She was a long-time reviewer for The Horn Book Guide and other review publications. Dr. Liang has served on the International Literacy Associations Childrens and Young Adults Book Awards committee since 2009, and has been chair of the award committee for the past four years. After teaching in elementary- and middle-school classrooms for a number of years, Lee Galda received her Ph.D. in English Education from New York University. She is the Marguerite Henry Professor of Childrens Literature, Emerita, at the University of Minnesota where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in childrens and young adult literature. Dr. Galda was a member of the International Literacy Association and the United States Board on Books for Young People, working on various committees related to literature. She was childrens books department editor for The Reading Teacher from 1989 to 1993; a member of the 2003 Newbery Committee; a member of the International Literacy Association Book Award Selection Committee for five years, co-chairing that committee in 2010?2011 and 2011?2012; and a member of the USBBY Bridge to Understanding Award Committee in 2008 through 2011, chairing that committee in 2011. She sat on the review boards of several professional journals and on the editorial boards of Childrens Literature in Education and Journal of Childrens Literature. Author of numerous articles, books, and book chapters about childrens literature and response, she was lead author of the first chapter on childrens literature appearing in the HANDBOOK OF READING RESEARCH (VOLUME III). In 2011, Dr. Galda received the International Literacy Association Arbuthnot Award for excellence in teaching childrens literature. Bernice E. Cullinan was known both nationally and internationally for her work in childrens literature. She wrote more than thirty books on literature for classroom teachers and librarians, including LITERATURE AND THE CHILD, POETRY LESSONS TO DAZZLE AND DELIGHT, and THREE VOICES: INVITATION TO POETRY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM. She authored a book for parents, READ TO ME: RAISING KIDS WHO LOVE TO READ. Dr. Cullinan was editor in chief of WORDSONG--the poetry imprint of Boyds Mills Press, a Highlights for Children Company--and collected poems written by the recipients of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry in A JAOF TINY STARS and subsequent volumes. She served as president of the International Literacy Association, was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame and The Ohio State University Hall of Fame, and selected as the recipient of the Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Teacher of Childrens Literature. Dr. Cullinan died in February of 2015.