Children's Books in Children's Hands offers a comprehensive approach to teaching children's literature by providing appropriate depth, and using full-color illustrations from outstanding children's books. Unlike books that simply describe a great many children's books, this book takes the reader inside the workings of children's literature, focusing on ways literature elicits responses from young readers, genre by genre and book by book. The book also provides a full range of thoughtful and practical suggestions for sharing and exploring literature with children. Thus, there is a natural connection between the presentation and exploration of good books for children (including more than 2,000 annotations), and the rich repertoire of reader-response- based techniques. This connection prepares the reader not only to choose good literary works for children, but to understand their dynamics and be able to engage young readers in them. Elementary educators, and parents.
- ISBN10 0205318460
- ISBN13 9780205318469
- Publish Date 3 December 2003 (first published 28 September 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 608
- Language English