children's literature

Presents reproducible tools for introducing two hundred popular picture books to preschool and primary students through read-alouds; provides a short book talk and ten questions for each story, designed to help children interact with each other.

A collection of literature-based lessons designed as a supplement to social studies curriculum that includes book summaries, NCSS thematic strands, critical thinking questions, activities, and six readers theater scripts.

Explores eleven reading skills and literary devices through fifty-five popular children's books; each skill or device is introduced, explained, and reinforced with five related picture books.

Presents interviews with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence Yep.

Assists in discovering what a child is interested in, then finding books the child would like, and last helping the child develop good reading habits so that continual progress is made.

A collection of chants, poems, stories, finger plays, riddles, songs, and jokes which may be used by a leader with a group.

Provides questions, rules, and suggestions for staging a successful game show of Battle of the Books for elementary and junior high/middle school students; featuring over two thousand questions from 789 books, and including suggestions for related bulletin boards, curriculum units, and activities.

A teacher's guide to children's literature, with ideas for starting book discussions, student reading journals, and workshop activities.

Profiles more than 1,200 of the most popular children's fiction series, describing each series' appeal, genre, characters, location, original publisher, and grade level.