
Understanding Children's Books
A Guide for Education Professionals
Prue Goodwin(Editor)
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-84787-032-2 (ISBN)
Description
Children's books play a vital role in education, and this book helps you to choose books that have the most to offer young children. Each chapter reflects on a different theme or genre and their role in educational settings, and recommends ten 'must reads' within each one.
The themes covered include:
- books for babies
- literature for the very young
- narrative fiction
- books in translation
- poetry
- picture books
- graphic texts.
Early years professionals, childcare professionals and teachers working from nursery to Key Stage 3 will find this book a fascinating and useful resource.
The themes covered include:
- books for babies
- literature for the very young
- narrative fiction
- books in translation
- poetry
- picture books
- graphic texts.
Early years professionals, childcare professionals and teachers working from nursery to Key Stage 3 will find this book a fascinating and useful resource.
Reviews / Votes
'[This] text brings together a wide range of experienced professionals. Their insight into each aspect of children's books offers clarity and reflects a commitment to research. Within one text a range of interesting aspects are explored and the reader will find themselves considering again their views on children's books' - Literacy'Without being the least difficult to read, this book forms a solid bedrock for students and for teachers seeking to inform themselves about the nature of books we are urging our children to read' - Carousel
'This is a high quality collection of writings on the understanding of children's books which deserves to be read by the widest constituency of educational professionals including undergraduate and postgraduate students on ITT courses' - English Drama Media
'Any adult with either the slightest interest in, or the smallest responsibility for, the upbringing of a child will find great value here...It is clearly written, carefully structured and laid out for speedy access to a rich diversity of topics' - www.thinkingclassroom.co.uk
'Prue Goodwin has collected together an interesting and varied selection of articles by different experts about books written for children. The writing is clear and fluent, without pomposity or jargon....It makes stimulating and interesting reading' - Speaking English
`With practical and thoughtful contributions from leaders in the field, this collection reminds us of the pleasures and satisfactions found in the rich and varied world of children's books, comics, traditional tales and information texts and the importance of sharing these delights with young readers' - Eve Bearne, Faculty of Education, Cambridge University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84787-032-2 (9781847870322)
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Person
Prue Goodwin works as a freelance lecturer in literacy and as a consultant on children's books.
Content
Introduction To Children's Books - Prue Goodwin
Books For Babies - Liz Attenborough
Literature For The Very Young - Margaret Perkins
Learning To Read Or Be A Reader - Vivienne Smith
Books For Young Independent Readers - Prue Goodwin
Narrative Fiction - Catriona Nicholson
Books In Translation - Gillian Lathey
Non-Fiction In Literary Form - Nikki Gamble
Poetry - Michael Lockwood
Picture Books - Mel Gibson
Books For Babies - Liz Attenborough
Literature For The Very Young - Margaret Perkins
Learning To Read Or Be A Reader - Vivienne Smith
Books For Young Independent Readers - Prue Goodwin
Narrative Fiction - Catriona Nicholson
Books In Translation - Gillian Lathey
Non-Fiction In Literary Form - Nikki Gamble
Poetry - Michael Lockwood
Picture Books - Mel Gibson