Synopses & Reviews
No text better prepares you for evaluating, choosing, and sharing quality children’s literature than Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature. This streamlined eighth edition continues to provide a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children’s literature. Sharpened focus on contemporary issues in the field, deepened coverage of biography and informational books, and newly integrated technology give this new edition added relevance in the changing marketplace. In addition, some of the brightest stars of children’s literature lend their talents to the new edition, providing insight into the craft and addressing the changing needs of middle grades readers.
Evaluating and Sharing
This text will prepare you to appreciate, evaluate, and share children’s literature by examining the most important elements of the literature and by addressing the needs and interests of its readers.
- A full chapter, Chapter 3, is devoted to evaluating and choosing literature for children.
- Evaluation Criteria boxes in every genre chapter outline exactly what you need to look for in quality literature.
- Teaching With pages ending every genre chapter share classroom-tested suggestions for using literature in your teaching.
Voices from the Field
The hottest topic in children’s literature, adolescent literature can be a complex issue. The eighth edition tackles it head on, turning to the pros to find out how to evaluate literature written for readers in grades 4 through 8, and learning how to compel this group of readers at risk of losing interest in reading.
- New! Jack Gantos discusses the teacher’s role in keeping 4th through 8th graders interested in reading.
- New! Nancy Farmer tells us how she works to engage readers in the middle grades.
- New! Naomi Shihab Nye talks about the truth in poetry that engages young adolescent readers.
- New! Joseph Bruchac tells us how we can mentor middle graders into becoming lifelong readers.
Through the Eyes of an Author, Through the Eyes of a Child
This two part feature begins with exclusive interviews with some of the creative geniuses that makes children’s literature fascinating, then goes on to share a child’s response to their work.
- New! Mo Willems tells us how he generates ideas, then 5-year-old Ruby shares her feelings about Willems’s Leonardo the Terrible Monster.
- New! Susan Guevarra tells us what inspires her art and 9-year-old Hayden responds to her artwork in Chato and the Party Animals.
- New! Robert Burleigh talks about the poetry of writing children’s books, and 4-year-old Eva tells us her favorite things about his new picture book Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! Listen to the City.
- New! Joan Bauer talks about inspiration and inspiring others, and 13-year-old Julia responds to Hope Was Here.
MyEducationKit
Integrated into every chapter, this robust online resource offers rich, authentic, interactive opportunities to apply and practice what you learn in the text.
Review
In comparison to the children's literature books on the market, this book rises above the others in every aspect! This is a remarkable book.
Nancy Thornberry, Texas A&M University
This book provides a great reference and resource for teachers and those who will be teaching.
Daniel Holm, Indiana Univeristy, South Bend
The teaching recommendations and literature suggestions are superb!
Ruth A. Oswald, University of Akron
Synopsis
Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children’s literature. It will prepare you to appreciate, evaluate, and share children’s literature by examining the most important elements of the literature and by addressing the interests and needs of its readers.
No text better prepares you for evaluating, choosing, and sharing quality children’s literature than Through the Eyes of a Child.
· A full chapter, Chapter 3, is devoted to the discussion of evaluating and choosing literature for children.
· Evaluation Criteria boxes in every genre chapter outline exactly what you need to look for in quality literature.
· In-Depth Analysis features take you deep into an exemplary title to help you discover the elements that compose quality literature.
The seventh edition of the text broadens its look at the literature that appeals to and nourishes children and adolescents.
· Every chapter looks at Young Adult Literature, examining the ways to intrigue and nurture young adult readers, to evaluate titles for this audience, and to integrate these quality titles into your teaching.
· The text’s long-known coverage of multicultural literature has been embedded into every chapter to help you integrate and appreciate these titles. Look for the Multicultural Literature logo to find specific coverage in every chapter.
· Because of the increased popularity and quality of nonfiction titles, coverage has been expanded to two chapters: Chapter 11’s Biographies and Chapter 12’s Informational Books.
By incorporating media the 7th edition gives you the tools to stay up to date, do research, and utilize technology to enrich your learning and teaching.
· A Database of Children’s Literature CD-ROM accompanies the text, providing you information on thousands of excellent titles worth sharing with children and adolescents.
· Technology Resource features throughout chapters help you make the most of the media available with the text, providing specific ideas for integrating the technology into teaching.
· A robust Companion Website containing lessons, online activities, self-assessment opportunities and valuable links to literature-related sites gives you the tools to enrich your study of children’s literature.
Synopsis
In its seventh edition, "Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature" continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children's literature. It focuses squarely on selecting and evaluating quality literature to share with children and guiding them to appreciate and respond to that literature. This edition features multicultural literature and young adult literature in every chapter, expanded coverage of biographies and informational books and over 100 new children's titles referenced throughout. A children's literature CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains bibliographic information for thousands of titles, making it even easier to share quality literature with children and adolescents.
Synopsis
No text better prepares you for evaluating, choosing, and sharing quality children’s literature than Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature (with MyEducationKit). This streamlined eighth edition continues to provide a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children’s literature. Sharpened focus on contemporary issues in the field, deepened coverage of biography and informational books, and newly integrated technology give this new edition added relevance in the changing field. In addition to the text's contemporary and valuable information on literature for younger readers, some of the brightest stars of children’s literature lend their talents to the new edition, providing insight into the craft and addressing the changing needs of middle grades readers.
Table of Contents
- The Child Responds to Literature
- The History of Children's Literature
- Evaluating ane Selecting Literature for Children
- Artists and Their Illustrations
- Picture Books
- Traditional Literature
- Modern Fantasy
- Poetry
- Contemporary Realistic Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Biographies
- Informational Books