Essentials of Children's Literature

By Carl M. TomlinsonKathy Gnagey ShortCarol Lynch-Brown, et al.

Book Overview

This brief, affordable, straightforward book-packed with rich resources-is a true compendium of information about children's literature and how to use children's literature in the classroom. It is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133066738
• ISBN13: 9780133066739
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great reference material

It's a great reference book for detail on education in children's literature

EXCELLENT!

Excellent transaction!! I needed this book for a class and it arrived on my doorstop within 24 hours. Can't wait to order again!

Essentials of Children's Literature

This is one of the best overviews of children's literature I have EVER seen. I plan on using this book in my new job as a Library Media Specialist. Each children's genre is covered as well as outstanding books in each genre. A must have if you are working with children's or YA literature! BRAVO!

Essentials of Children's Literature

Excellent information and easy to follow. This book is written in such a pattern that anyone will be able to understand.

Actively Helpful

I bought this book my final semester in college for a Children's Literature course. I signed up for the class as an elective, and found it so enlightening that I ended keeping the textbook (the ONLY one that I kept after a class ended!) The book has literally HUNDREDS of examples of each genre of children's literature, along with authors, award winners, and publication information. The format made it so easy for me to locate children's books for reports or projects I was working on. But mostly, the text facilitated my learning of the types of literature. Chapters and subchapters are divided into different branches of lit, and each has so many examples that the reader quickly learns to categorize different works. Additionally, now that I work in the printing and publishing world (writing and editing), I use this book as a great tool to gauge what appeals to children at different ages. I highly recommend this book to anyone in elementary education or creative writing.

Great Resource

This book is a wonderful children's literature resource. I absolutely love this book. It has so resources listed as well as information about picking up appropriate literature. Also has information about the history of children's literature and planning literature curriculum. This book would is my main resource for children's literature.