Children's Literature: Discovery for a Lifetime

The aim of this book is to prepare prospective teachers to infuse literature into children's lives in a way that will foster a lifelong interest. Containing various examples from poetry to picture books, fiction to non-fiction, fantasy to biography, this book offers fresh ideas for sharing literature with children that will stimulate authentic responses; for using the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other technology and media to enhance children's experience of literature; for integrating literature into all elementary classrooms; and for encouraging children to take the literature they encounter in school back home to their parents and siblings. For elementary school teachers and literacy education instructors.