ABSTRACT

This wonderful resource from two authors with an infectious enthusiasm for children's literature will help readers select and share quality books for and with young children. Specifically focused on infants through the third grade, Sharing the Journey contains descriptive book annotations, instructive commentary, and creative teaching activities tailored for those important years.

Extensive book lists throughout will help readers build a library of quality children's literature. Books representing other cultures are included to help celebrate diversity as well as cultural connection. Genre chapters include poetry, fantasy, and realistic and historical fiction. A chapter on informational books demonstrates how young children can be introduced to, and learn to enjoy, nonfiction.

chapter 1|30 pages

Literature and the Young Child

chapter 2|30 pages

Child Development and Literature

chapter 3|32 pages

Literature for Infants and Toddlers

chapter 4|24 pages

Poetry

chapter 5|50 pages

Picture Books

chapter 6|40 pages

Traditional and Modern Fantasy

chapter 7|36 pages

Realistic and Historical Fiction

chapter 8|39 pages

Informational Texts

part |1 pages

Appendices

chapter |24 pages

A Book Lists

chapter |4 pages

B Checklists

chapter C|8 pages

Worksheets