Children's Literature, Briefly

by James S. Jacobs, Michael O. Tunnell, Daniel L. Darigan, et al.

Book Overview

Intended for introductory courses on K-8 reading Methods courses. This book links quality children's books to an effective reading and language arts program. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132480565
• ISBN13: 9780132480567
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Very Engaging - Not your typical textbook!

I think this book, Children's Literature: Engaging Teachers and Children in Good Books, is easy to understand and follow. There are great pictures and examples of many children's books within it, to make their points.

It's OK

As far as textbooks go, this one isn't too bad. There is some humor in it. It's extremely infomative for Children's Lit. I'm a grad student studying Library Science. I wish this book were around when I took Children's Lit.

Review for Children's Literature Briefly

I bought this book for Master's level class on Children's Literature, and it's a great book. It's easy to read, and jam-packed with useful information. This is a book I will keep & not sell back.

great as a textbook

This was used as a textbook in my children's literature class and I'm glad it was! It really gets away from the conventional textbook by having the info relaying in an easy-going context.

Great resource for Child's' lit

The best way to study children's literature is to read actual children's books, not to study textbooks about them! The authors of this text are among the few that recognize this truth. Consequently the chapters are purposefully (and generally) short and to the point. Each chapter includes authors' recommendations as well as qualities to avoid in each genre. Appendices are informative (see the information about Awards for children's and young adult lit). The 4th edition (2007) is even better: the CD database includes over *20,000* children's book titles that you can search (by title, author, genre, format etc), build lists, and customize information for your own purposes. (One small annoyance within the database is the lack of a "back" button - hopefully future editions will improve on this.) In my 14+ years of college textbook studying, this is one of the better texts to hold my interest and give me information I needed. It is well-written, well-designed, and very helpful. I'll use this (and the database) as a resource on a regular basis in my work with young children and their reading.