Understanding Children?s Books

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.