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Hunt here offers a history of children's literature--primarily British, although including American and other works as well--along with an assessment of its literary, sociological, and pedagogical roles. In addition, Hunt looks at the uses to which children's literature is put, the claims that are made for it, and the difference between children's and adults' ways of reading. ... Read more

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Youth of Darkest England examines the representation of English working-class children, the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighbourhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England", in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, the book focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working class children into the British imperial enterprise. Lucidly written and thoroughly researched, this book will make a major contribution to our understanding of youth culture and children's literature in the nineteenth century. ... Read more

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This innovative text addresses the most current issues in children's literature, particularly cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It seeks to define, compare, contrast and apply various genre as it can be integrated within a regular elementary curriculum setting. The emergence of children's literature that is multicultural is clearly explained while connections to theories of child development are made. Also included are various curricular applications of multicultural literature in lesson plan format, which are activity based and student-centered. ... Read more

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Comprehensive guide for Understanding Children's Literature
This textbook is extremely pratical as a guide to learning about the various types of children's books.It gives excellent insights on Picture books, novels, biographies/autobiographies, historical fiction, traditional fiction, realistic fiction and poetry, and multicultural children's literature, just to name a few.This book is well constructed, in that its chapters are very short, yet packed with very important and interesting content.This book also a large listing award winning books (i.e caldecott winners, Newberry winners, Coretta Scott King winners) from every genre that is mentioned.

This book would be extremely practical for librarians, school teachers, and professors who are teaching children's literature courses. ... Read more

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When teachers and parents are looking for snack ideas, you can highly recommend this book and tie in children's literature. Talk about reinforcing learning—there's nothing so motivating as fun food, so captivating as the story linked to it!

· Equipment lists and safety rules for fixing the snacks are included

· Each recipe tied to a children's picture book

· These snacks are also simple, cheap, easy to serve, and child-pleasers

· For teachers and parents of preschool and elementary kids, and for use in middle and high school nutrition and child-development classes

· Sample recipes include Babar's Pastry Cakes, Gingerbread Man gingerbread playdough, Madeline in Paris french toast, and many more

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Cooking Up Reading
Hundreds of inventive outrageous snack recipes that tie children's books to kids and food. Mainly for teachers and librarians who want to lure kids into reading by way of their stomachs. ... Read more

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A collection of poetry, folklore, fantasy, short stories, biographies, and other non-fiction. Includes a history and discussion of children's literature and suggestions for using this literature with children. ... Read more

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Quite a collection of children's literature.
Fond memories of my father reading this book to my brothers and me.

Book One:Time for Poetry
Book Two:Time for Fairy Tales old and new.
Book Three: Time for True Tales and almost true.

Contents:
A collection of poetry, folklore, short stories, biographies, and other non-fiction. Includes a history and discussion of children's literature with suggestions for using this literature.

Part one includes over 500 poems about people, animals, traveling, play, humor, magic and make believe, wind and water, days and seasons, wisdom andbeauty.

Part two is Time for Magic and is a collection of folk tales, myths, epics, hero tales, and modern fantasy.
Some of stories are:
Story of the Three Bears;
Story of the Three Little Pigs;
Henny Penny;
The Bride Who Out Talked the Water Kelpie;
Connla andtheFairy Maiden;
Hansel and Gretel;
Clever Elsie;
Snow White and Seven Dwarfs;
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood;
Cinderella;
Beauty and the Beast;
The Pancake;
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House;
Little Freddy with His Fiddle;
Mida;
The Golden Touch;
Gilgamesh;
Charlotte's Web;
The Real Princess;
The Borrowers (Danger!);
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe;
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland;
The Hobbit;
The Pushcart War (The Pea Shooter Campaign..Phase I);
The Twenty One Balloons;
Farmer in the Sky;
A Wrinkle in Time (Aunt Beast);
And many, many more!!!!

Part Three covers Time for Realism: Facts and Fiction
Some stories are:
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? from The Thing by Rebecca Caudill;
Ellen Tebbits,
Justin Morgan had a Horse,
The Midnight Fox,
The Family Under the Bridge,
Capricorn Bracelet,
Calico Bush,
Johnny Tremaine,
And many more...


Biographies:
The Seven Queens of England,
Penn: The Trial,
Benjamin Franklin,
George Washington,
Paul Revere,
Helen Keller,
Shirley Chisholm,
Etc.

Part four covers children's literature published, awards, etc.

1089 pages.

A Perfect Collection
This anthology, with it's many selections from classic to modern children's literature, was a gateway to many different works for me.I learned my love of diverse literature from this book when I was a child.Any child who received this book would be receiving a gift beyond value.

A great read for children 0 to 100 from any walk of life.
I read this book when I was little, I read this book when I was big, and if I get the chance, all my children will do the same.I first picked up a copy for 25 cents at a boyscout garage sale and it has remained my all timefavorite.It has stories, poems and many other styles of literature thathave lead to my being an admitted book worm. I hope that there will alwaysbe books like these. ... Read more

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A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles--including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books--that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information. ... Read more

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Great Teacher Resource
This book is a wonderful edition to a teacher's reference library, especially to connect literature and social studies.I used it for a project on the history of slavery and it had over forty references to books.It is worth buying if you do a lot with literature. ... Read more

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Profiles in Children's Literature offers readers a chance to learn about some of the 20th century's finest creators of the children's book! In 1969, Dr. Weiss began making videos of authors, illustrators, and editors in the children's literature field, who met with some of her Temple University classes to discuss their work. She invited local librarians and teachers to join her in interviewing guests. The result was a collection of copyrighted videos, Profiles in Literature, that provide insights into the creative motivation of these writers and artists at various stages in their careers. This book summarizes and quotes extensively from the personal interviews in the video series and also expands/updates guests' background data. The heading of each chapter gives the interview's production year. "Update" may appear at the end of a chapter so a guest's recent achievements can be cited. All guests are highly celebrated: Aliki, Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Tom and Muriel Feelings, Russel Freedman, Ezra Jack Keats and many others. They include winners (or honor book recipients) of the Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King awards and the Hans Christian Anderson Medal among others. This fascinating look into the life of so many famous people encapsulates their insights at various stages of their careers. The photographs included in each chapter are from that time period and enhance the already personal accounts. The book is intended for children's literature fans, including parents and grandparents; pre- and in-service teachers and librarians; university students in children's literature classes; and bright students in grade 6 and beyond. ... Read more

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This practical guide provides a comprehensive and inviting introduction to English-language children's literature from the eighteenth-century to 2000.

The book opens with a discussion of the often controversial theory and history of this influential and entertaining subject, and explores the ways in which it can be approached.

The Guide includes:

Detailed critical surveys of the work of forty major authors, from Mrs Sherwood to J. K. Rowling, Louisa May Alcott to Dr Seuss, Mary Grant Bruce to Margaret Mahy, and Quentin Blake to Ted Hughes.

Studies of over twenty key texts, placing each in its historical and generic context: books include the pioneering A Little Pretty Pocket Book (1744), classics such as Tom Brown's Schooldays, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Seven Little Australians, modern classics from The Hobbit and C. S. Lewis's 'Narnia' books, to Charlotte's Web and Harriet the Spy, as well as influential translations, such as Emil and the Detectives.

Discussion of important issues, themes and genres, including censorship, postcolonialism, fantasy, gender, illustration, and literacy.

All of the entries are supported by up-to-date critical bibliographies.

Children's Literature offers a helpful and inspiring foundation for further study, and will be an essential resource for students from disciplines as varied as literature, history, education, cultural studies, and the general reader. ... Read more

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An original and lucid study of the figure of the child as it is presented in the rapidly expanding field of criticism of children's literature, this book argues that this body of criticism reveals the realm of childhood as constructed by the adult reader. Karin Lesnik-Oberstein demonstrates that both the criticism and the texts it studies are underpinned by the narratives of the liberal arts' educational ideals and their attendant socio-political and personal ideologies. The author places literary discussion into the wider current debates about childhood in psychology and psychotherapy. This lively polemic represents a significant rethinking of the idea of childhood and approaches to children's literature. ... Read more

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The Making of the Modern Childnexplores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through the ideological work performed by children's literature, as well as pedagogical and medical texts of the era. Andrew O'Malley ties the evolution of the idea of "the child" to the growth of the middle class, which used the figure of the child as a symbol in its various calls for social reform. ... Read more

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This anthology provides¿in a convenient, readable and economical format¿the most celebrated and enduring children's literary works. Unlike other surveys of children's literature that present a large number of samples, excerpts and synopses of many kinds and genres in the field, Classic of Children's Literature provides novels, stories, and fairy tales in their entirety. Featured selections include: E. B. White's modern masterpiece, Charlotte's Web; Margery William Bianco's classic fantasy, The Velveteen Rabbit; the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books; and an array of children's verses: John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody, Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter, nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. For literature enthusiasts.

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my review
I loved the speedy service on the item and also the communication that was exchanged when the item was shipped. I also enjoy the fact that the item was in very nice condition. This was my first online buying experience, I could see myself doing it again.

Great Book
This book has opened my eyes to the great original stories of many disney 'classics'. I was happy to get a bit of insight into the lives of the authors before reading their actual stories. This is an eye-opening book for anyone who is fed up with disney happy endings and would like to know the real, romantic stories which were turned into amateur slime by Disney...

A must for any library
I actually took Professor Griffith's course in Children's Literature. It was clear, insightful, and untroubled by deep and forcefully twisted interpretations of stories that were always meant to do one thing - entertain. This is a great collection for an adult to have - many of the "original," or at least more primitive, forms of now-Disney-fied stories are a little too dark for children to bear. The introductions to each author (the book is categorized by author) are, again, short and insightful, and the rest of the book is just good old fashioned story telling.

College Textbook
Even though this book is the previous edition from the book required for the class, every single story covered was in this book and I saved over $90 buying it from Amazon!

Classic of Children's Literature
Received my order in excellcent condtion, would use this supplier for other purchases. ... Read more

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Containing stories from National Review's private collection of St. Nicholas Magazine volumes (spanning the period from 1874 through the 1930s), this beautifully crafted and lavishly illustrated book includes some of the most entertaining, touching, and wholesome children's stories that have ever graced paper. ... Read more

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Give the Gift of Reading to the Children in Your Life
Searching for a read-aloud book that you might share with your children, you would score a consensus winner with this compendium of rich, highly captivating tales.The two selections from Jack London, "In Yeddo Bay" and "To Repel Boarders" were springboards for our youngsters beyond this book and on to "The Call of The Wild" and "White Fang."Similarly, short fables from Louisa May Alcott and Lewis Carroll opened our ears to continue with more famous, longer works by those authors.Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and Mowgli's Brothers", "Tommy and the Meadowmice" by Thornton W. Burgess, "Juggerjook" by L. Frank Baum, creater of Oz, and "The Voyage of the Northern Light" by John Townsend Trowbridge each held my kids' attention as we read them aloud at dinner or at bedtime.The inestimable Mark Twain weighs in with a novella "Tom Sawyer Abroad" that is a perfect followup to a summertime reading of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."There is plenty of selection here for everyone to be happy.Give your kids the gift of colorful, imaginative literature...then read it aloud with them.

If Mr. Buckley's politics or his pomposity is a bother, worry not about it here...he pens a pithy pre-amble, and among the classics also includes a modern-day computer adventure entitled "The Temptation of Wilfred Malachey."Just plain fun!

A timeless and memorable anthology
Compiled and edited by William F. Buckiley, Jr., the Treasury Of Classic Children's Literature is an anthology of enduring stories for young folk, painstakingly selected and compiled by William F. Buckley, Jr. for their lasting appeal across the generations. Works by Jack London, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Thorton W. Burgess, Palmer Cox, and others, are embellished with black-and-white illustrations in this timeless and memorable anthology which is a welcome and recommended addition to school and community library Children's Literature anthology collections. ... Read more

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This anthology of children's literature covers the period from 1740 to 1836. ... Read more

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Awards Directory of Children's Literature
An excellent guide that is well organized and easy to use.A reference book that will become a thoroughly 'dog-eared' part of your collection. ... Read more

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Written by one of the most highly regarded names in the field of children's literature, this compact guide to selecting high-quality examples of multicultural literature offers future teachers the broad-based introduction they need to the literature of the many cultures that comprise America today. Coverage focuses on three main ideas: incorporating the best multicultural books into the classroom, honoring and respecting both the literature and the cultures inhabiting the classroom, and using quality children's literature to motivate readers while simultaneously nurturing a culturally-responsive classroom. Educators and pre-service teachers of children's literature and reading.

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great!
Just wanted to share with everyone that the book was shipped quickly and came in perfect condition!!!Thanks

Through the Eyes of Many Children (3rd Edition)
I used this text for a upper level class and it gave great insight into the class.It was used by our professor to review and make points brought up in class.

Fine multicultural text
I needed this book for a class, and I will probably keep it as a reference, although I wish the book lists were even more current.

Multicultural literature
This is an excellent book to use for multicultural literature instruction. It defines good and bad literature and common themes. It also contains an extensive bibliography.

Multicultural class textbook
I borrowed a book for my Children's Literature class and found out two days before class began that the professor changed the textbook.I went to Amazon.com and ordered the new book and it was there in two days. I never missed a beat.Thank you! ... Read more

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Written by an amazingly talented woman
I was lucky enough to have this author as an English professor in college.She is insightful, intelligent, and incredibly talented.I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a definitive Hawthorne resource. ... Read more

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The Joy of Children's Literature provides in-depth coverage of children's literature with integrated reading methods in a concise, accessible format. The compact length allows for more time during the course to read the numerous children's books highlighted in the text. Johnson emphasizes that reading, writing, discussing, and finding pleasure in children's books are essential to the ability to recognize and recommend literature, and ultimately, to the ability to share the joy of children's literature with children themselves. The text is divided into three main parts. Part I introduces foundational concepts necessary to the study of children's literature, including child development and the history and scope of children's literature. Part II, the primary focus of the text, analyzes a different literary genre in each chapter, providing a history of the genre, a consideration of its role in modern children's literature, key books in the genre, and discussion topics to encourage involvement with the material. Part III considers the usage of children's literature in the classroom, with practical advice for teaching. Many features in this text specifically incorporate the Cengage Learning Education Mission Statement: to provide quality content to student teachers and help them bridge the gap from preservice to practice, fostering lifelong career success. Among these features are A Closer Look, special reference charts for teachers, Activities for Professional Development, Creating Your Classroom Library, and the two chapters on teaching which close the book. ... Read more

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the joy of children's literature
the book arrived in a timely fashion and was in the condition that it was advertised for. ... Read more

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A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume.

In "provocative and entertaining essays [that] will appeal to reflective readers, parents, and educators" (Library Journal), one of the country's foremost education writers looks at the stories we tell our children. Available now in a revised edition, including a new essay on the importance of "stoop-sitting" and storytelling, Should We Burn Babar? challenges some of the chestnuts of children's literature. Highlighting instances of racism, sexism, and condescension that detract from the tales being told, Kohl provides strategies for detecting bias in stories written for young people and suggests ways to teach kids to think critically about what they read.

Beginning with the title essay on Babar the elephant, the book includes essays on Pinocchio, the history of progressive education, and a call for the writing of more radical children's literature. As the Hungry Mind Review concluded, "Kohl's prescriptions for renewing our schools through the use of stories and storytelling are impassioned, well-reasoned, and readable." ... Read more

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Nice new edition, but something is missing
This is a wonderful book about education and children's stories. But it loses two stars because for some reason, Kohl's great essay "Rosa Was Tired" has been removed from this edition. You'll need to get the original edition of "Should We Burn Babar?" if you want to read Kohl's fascinating exploration of the way Rosa Parks' story was distorted in schools all over America. ... Read more

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Written in a personable tone, this literature methods text is filled with teaching strategies, technology applications, and discussion topics for future teachers and parents of preschool and elementary children. It not only includes books about minorities in each chapter, but it also features a chapter written by minority literature specialists who provide many annotations of works by minority authors and illustrators. ... Read more

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Very Enjoyable
This was an easy read, but explains a lot about childrens lit, that most people do not think of. I read the first 3 chapters and still wanted to read more =)

Excellent introduction to young literature
This is an excellent introduction to the wide variety of children's literature.Perfect for parents, teachers, or anyone interested in the underlying concepts and mechanics.Plenty of examples from different genres, and theory to practice for those who teach literature to children.

Comments from the author:
*Reader-friendly text that has relevance for both teachers and parents
*Extensive bibliographies of recommended books in each chapter
*Exclusive chapter on animal fantasy, the most popular genre for young children
*Helpful information on teaching reading through literature
*New chapter on the Art of Illustration in children's books, including visual elements of artistic design, styles, and media/techniques
*Current literary issues and ideas for integrating literature and technology in all chapters
*Unique chapter written by minority literature specialists, featuring works by minority authors and illustrators
*Information on Dewey decimal system of classification for library books
*Glossary of more than 200 literary terms

Must have for teachers and parents
This is not only full of interesting facts and details about the genres of children's literature, it is fun to read!Parents and teachers will enjoy using this book as a reference for hundreds of current book titles available for children.There are several activities to excite children about reading as well as fascinating facts about many different chidren's books authors.The review of deciphering the dewey decimal system to locate books is beneficial for quick reference in the library. Its simply the best resource for children's literature, its a must have for all teachers and parents!

Exceptional book
This book has great value for parents who want their children to be strong readers and excel in school. ... Read more