Teaching Children's Literature: Making Stories Work in the Classroom

by Duncan Diane and Diane Duncan

Book Overview

Drawing on a series of recently conducted classroom workshops and live interviews with the authors, this inspiring book examines five popular children's authors: Philip Pullman, J.K. Rowling, Michael Morpurgo, Anthony Browne, Jacqueline Wilson and the genre of comic books. Four genres are explored in detail: the picture book, written narrative, film narrative and comic books.

Teaching Children's Literature provides detailed literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415421012
• ISBN13: 9780415421010
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.6"