Don't Leave the Story in the Book: Using Literature to Guide Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms

by Mary Hynes-Berry

Book Overview

Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, the author offers a roadmap for using children's literature to provide authentic learning. Featuring a "storyteller's voice," each chapter includes a case study about how a particular fiction or nonfiction work can be used in an early childhood classroom; a series of open-ended questions to help readers construct their own inquiry units; and a bibliography of children's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807752878
• ISBN13: 9780807752876
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"