Essentials of Children's Literature

This brief, affordable, straightforward bookpacked with rich resourcesis a true compendium of information about childrens literature and how to use childrens literature in the classroom. It is designed to awaken, reawaken, and motivate students to share literature with children.

In clear, concise, direct narrative using recommended book lists, examples, figures, and tables in combination with prose, this book conveys the body of knowledge about childrens literature and about teaching literature to children. The Seventh Edition of this best-selling book adds a new co-author, Kathy G. Short, to the well-known author team of Carol Lynch-Brown and Carl M. Tomlinson.