Where texts and children meet

Chapter Introduction -- Children's literature is dead: long live children's reading / chapter 1 'Familiar Shakespeare' / chapter 2 'Play-business': issues raised by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection, A Child's Garden of Verses -- Issues raised by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection, / chapter 3 The Grimms' wicked stepmothers / chapter 4 By children, about children, for children / chapter 1 One morning's reading of 'An Afternoon in Bright Sunlight' / chapter 6 Tales from The Mouse House: playing with reading on CD-ROM LISA SAINSBU RY -- Playing with reading on CD-ROM / chapter 7 Girls' playground language and lore -- What sort of texts are these? / chapter 8 Drama, literacies and difference / chapter 9 Show and tell -- Perspectives on Noah's Ark / chapter 10 New dimensions -- Word and image in a selection of picture books written by Martin Waddell / chapter 11 Learning the letters / chapter 12 'Harming young minds' -- Moral dilemmas and cultural concerns / chapter 13 Fantasy narratives and growing up / chapter 14 Myth, legend, culture and morality

Play and literacy in early childhood : research from multiple perspectives

Bringing books to life : the role of book-related dramatic play in young children's literacy learning / Narrative connection : stories and literacy / Symbolic play, phonological awareness, and literacy skills at three age levels / Commentary-- cognitive development, play, and literacy : issues of definition and developmental function / Incorporating literacy resources into the play curriculum of two Icelandic preschools / Supporting literacy in early childhood programs : a challenge for the future / Reading is a source of entertainment : the importance of the home perspective for children's literacy development / Through the bioecological lens : some observations of literacy in play as a proximal process -- Kathleen A. Roskos -- Commentary-- play, literacy, and ecology : implications for early educational research and practice / Social contexts for literacy development : a family literacy program / "It would be as good as Snow White." : play and prosody / Literacy, play, and authentic experience / Sociocultural contexts of dramatic play : implications for early education / Commentary-- constructing sociocultural approaches to literacy education

Beginning literacy with language : young children learning at home and school

Young children learning at home and school

Language development in the preschool years / Supporting language and literacy development in the home / Parents and children reading books together / Playing at home : the talk of pretend play / Eating and reading : links between family conversations with preschoolers and later language and literacy / "You know what oxygen is?" : Learning new words at home / Home language and literacy environment : final results / Supporting language and literacy development in the preschool classroom / Children's experiences in preschool / Book reading in preschool classrooms : is recommended practice common? / Language opportunities during mealtimes in preschool classrooms / Large-group and free-play times : conversational settings supporting language and literacy development ; Putting the pieces together : impact of preschool on children's language and literacy development in kindergarten / Bringing homes and schools together / Parent involvement as a link between home and school / Homes and schools together : supporting language and literacy development / Home-school study data.

One ocean touching : papers from the First Pacific Rim Conference on Children's Literature

(1st :

International: Transtemporal communication (David Bain) -- One man's Australia (Ivan Southall) -- Young Soviet readers and their literature (Miriam Morton) -- Children's books and reading in a plural society -Singapore (Vilasini Perumbulavil) -- Modern Japanese children's books (Momoko Ishii) -- Book trails in a small country -New Zealand (Elsie Locke) -- An evening with Leon Garfield (Leon Garfield) -- Reflections and recollections (Edward Blishen) -- Children's literature in South America (Carlota Carvallo de Núñez) -- A basket of fireflies -Mexico (Toni de Gerez) -- Surprised by joy: the world of picture-books (Margaret Johnston) -- The price of being an artist (Graham Booth) -- Between chaos and creativity: the role of the children's book editor (Jean Karl) -- Canadian composite: The home od We-Sake-Cha (Anne Anderson) -- Journeying with Glooscap (Kathleen l> Hill) -- Something of myself (Ruth Nichols) -- Picture-books as a form of art (Elizabeth Cleaver) -- The Canadian author for children still lost in the barren lands (Claude Aubry) -- Ring-around-a-roses of French-Canadian book marketing (Suzanne Martel) -- Ah, publishing! (May Cutler) -- Children's books and multiculturalism in Canada (Lublow Kuz) -- Envoi (Roy Stokes).

Education : Intellectual, Moral, Physical

Frontmatter -- Editor's Preface -- Contents -- I. The Issues in Education -- American Education in a World of Confusion / Quality of Opportunity / Mew Confidence in Education / Who Is Educated? / The Quest for Quality--Challenge of the 1960's / II. Factors Affecting Education -- Social and Technological Change As Affecting Education / Church and State in Relation to Education / Trends in National and State Legislation / Cultural Pressures on Parenthood / III. Comparative Education -- Emerging Basic Problems--Dependence to Independence in Africa / Potential for Leadership in Africa Today / Social Influences Affecting Education in Chile / Educational Reorganization in Greece / IV. Elementary Education -- Effective Practices in the Kindergarten / Current Emphases in the Teaching of Reading / New Books for Children / Foreign Languages on Television / V. Secondary Education -- Developmental Reading in Grades Seven and Eight: The State Mandated Program After One Tear / Conformity Through Diversity / The Secondary School Curriculum--Its Prospects / Teaching Secondary Courses / Self-Correcting Homework in English / Selective Service--Current Policies and Practices / VI. The Teacher -- The Teacher's "Spirit" / VII. Schoolmen's Week Committees 1960 -- Appendix -- Index

Whole language : beliefs and practices, K-8

Aspects of learning

Aspects of learning.

Whole language : what's new? / Language arts basics : advocacy vs. research / Examining instructional assumptions : the child as informant / Demonstrations, engagement and sensitivity : the choice between people and programs / 'Burn it at the casket' : research, reading instruction, and children's learning of the first R / Early phonics instruction : its effect on literacy development / Reading comprehension : from cardboard keys to meaningful text / When was 1864? Reading comprehension -- making it work / Authentic language arts activities and the construction of knowledge / Early spelling development : what we know and what we do / Social interaction and invented spelling / Kid watching : an alternative to testing / Literature as the content of reading / Shared book experience : teaching reading using favorite books / One-on-one on reading / Fifth graders respond to changed reading program / All children can write / Is that writing-or are those marks just a figment of your curriculum / Write? Isn't this reading class? / Dialogue journals : a tool for ESL teaching / The author's chair / Beyond basal readers : taking charge of your own teaching / Restoring power to teachers : the impact of "whole language" / A reflection on reflective practice in teaching reading and writing / In the process of becoming process teachers

Current topics in language : introductory readings

Questions, interrelations, and applications: a general introduction.

Introduction -- They learn the same way all around the world / The limitations of imitation / Language learning and the brain / Emergence of the speech sound / The pattern of early speech / Why not pivot grammar? / Acquiring negation and questions / Mitigation and questioning in verbal repertoire / Receptive bidialectalism: implications for second-dialect speech / Writing for the here and now / Summary: language acquisition and teaching.

Introduction -- Discovering regional dialects / Language and prestige: "standard English" / The reflection of social processes in linguistic structures / The styles of the five clocks / First-language influences on ethnic dialects: Spanish and Navajo / Dialect differences and Black English / Selected features of speech: Black and White / Black views of language use: rules of decorum, conflict and men-of-words / Language and general intelligence / The advantages of being bilingual / The research non-basis for "restricted codes" / A visit to a California classroom / 22,000 "retarded children" face second chance / Doublespeak: dialectology in the service of Big Brother / Summary: language variation and teaching.

Introduction -- The facts of linguistic change: Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern English versions of one text / Language and change / Two thousand years of language study / Phonemes, morphemes, and meaning / Lexical structure and meaning / Chomsky and the creativity of language / Generative syntax: grammaticality, phrase-structure rules / Generative syntax: transformational rules- negation, questions / Generative phonology: phonemes, phonological rules / "Syntactic maturity" and syntactic appropriateness in teaching writing / Syntactic ambiguity in the poetic dialect / Summary: modern grammars and teaching.

Introduction -- Reading: a psycholinguistic guessing game / The utility of phonic generalization in grades one through six / The language-experience approach to reading / Juantito's reading problems: foreign language interference and reading skill acquisition / Dialect barriers to reading comprehension revisited / Reading and Black dialect: a review of the literature / Reading for speakers of English as a second language / Teaching vocabulary as an introduction to new material: is it worthwhile? / Reading comprehension: a redundant phrase / Leeway in matching books and children -- Summary: teaching with the reading process.

Communication in mathematics, K-12 and beyond

Yearbook ;

Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ;

Communication -- an imperative for change : a conversation with Mary Lindquist / Mary M. Lindquist, Portia C. Elliott -- Diverse communications / David Pimm -- Building discourse communities in mathematics classrooms : a worthwhile but challenging journey / Edward A. Silver, Margaret S. Smith -- Meaningful communication among children : data collection / Susan Folkson -- The link sheet : a communication aid for clarifying and developing mathematical ideas and processes / Mal Shield, Kevan Swinson -- Using multiple representations to communicate : an algebra challenge / Leah P. McCoy, Thomas H. Baker, Lisa S. Little -- Algebraic thinking, language, and word problems / Warren W. Esty, Anne R. Teppo -- Communicating the mathematics in children's trade books using mathematical annotations / Pamela A. Halpern -- Fostering metaphorical thinking through children's literature / David J. Whitin, Phyllis E. Whitin -- Using reading to construct mathematical meaning / Marjorie Siegel [and others] -- Communicating mathematics through literature / Ronald Narode.

Talk your way into writing / DeAnn Huinker, Connie Laughlin -- Try a little of the write stuff / Peggy A. House -- Developing and assessing mathematical understanding in calculus through writing / Joanna O. Masingila, Ewa Prus-Wisniowska -- Is anybody listening? / Susan E.B. Pirie -- Developing problem-solving behaviors by assessing communication in cooperative learning groups / Alice F. Artzt -- Using technology to enhance communication in mathematics / Ann E. Barron, Michael C. Hynes -- The role of open-ended tasks and holistic scoring rubrics : assessing students' mathematical reasoning and communication / Jinfa Cai, Suzanne Lane, Mary S. Jakabcsin -- Mathematical communication in students' responses to a performance-assessment task / Dominic Peressini -- Communication processes in mathematical explorations and investigations / Carol Greenes, Linda Schulman -- Embedding communication throughout the curriculum / Harold L. Schoen, Diane L. Bean, Steven W. Ziebarth.

Children, teach your parents well : communication in mathematics between home and school / Amy Hart [and others] -- Communicating about alternative assessment beyond the mathematics classroom / Patricia Ann Kenney, Cathy G. Schloemer, Ralph W. Cain -- Mathematics pen-pal letter writing / Eileen Phillips -- Developing preservice teachers' strategies for communicating in and about mathematics / Frances R. Curcio, Sydney L. Schwartz, Catherine A. Brown -- Strategies to support the learning of the language of mathematics / Rheta N. Rubenstein -- Communication in mathematics for students with limited English proficiency / Rafael A. Olivares -- Mathematics as a language / Zalman Usiskin.

Rethinking Columbus : the next 500 years

We have no reason to celebrate / America to Indians: stay in the 19th century! / Beginnings -- Indians claim Italy by "right of discovery" / Discovering Columbus: re-reading the past / Sugar & slavery / African-American resistance / My country, Tis of Thy People You're Dying / Historic tribal locations / Elementary School Issues -- What not to teach / Friend of the Indians / Columbus & Native issues in the elementary classroom / 1492 (song) / Untold story / Sacred buffalo / Once upon a genocide: Columbus in children's literature / George Washington: an American hero? / Scalping: fact & fantasy / Indian lands for sale / Barbie-doll Pocahontas / Good intentions are not enough: recent children's books on the Columbus-Taino encounter / Teaching ideas -- Rethinking Thanksgiving -- Delight song of Tsoai-Talee / Giving thanks: the story of Indian summer / Thanking the birds / Alphabet of the Americas -- Why I'm not thankful for Thanksgiving / Plagues & Pilgrims: the truth about the first Thanksgiving / Teaching ideas & suggested activities -- Trial (the People vs. Columbus, et al) -- For the sake of gold / Class role play / Trial in the elementary classroom / Columbus's diary: reading between the lines / First few days: the journal of Christopher Columbus -- Timeline: Spain, Columbus, and Tainos "open your hearts / Taínos -- Tainos: men of the good / Imagining the Tainos / Gold people / Taino resistance: Enrique's uprising / Rethinking terms / Secondary School Issues -- Ceremony / Talking back to Columbus: teaching for justice and hope / Columbus Day / Broken spears lie in the roads / Black Indians & resistance / Indian singing in 20th century America / Cowboys and Indians: on the playground / Human beings are not mascots / Looney tunes and Peter Pan: unlearning racist stereotypes / Bones of contention / Three thousand dollar death song / Canada apologizes to its Native People / What's in an apology? / Elizabeth Peratrovich Day -- Teaching ideas -- Contemporary Struggles -- Current struggles around the hemisphere -- Treaty rights: an overview / Modern hero: Rigoberta Menchu / Resistance at Oka / Unity of Native Peoples / Leonard Peltier: an American political prisoner / Loo-wit / Theft of the Black Hills / Shrinking Indian lands / Earth is a satellite of the moon / Teaching ideas -- Environmental Issues -- To the women of the world: our future, our responsibility / Radioactive mining: good economics or genocide? / All pigs on deck: the Columbus myth & the environment / Land of the spotted Eagle / Earth and the American dream: selected quotes / Earth and the American dream: questions -- Red ribbons for Emma / Teaching ideas -- Final Words -- Remember / For some, a time of mourning / Blue tiger / Colibri

Visual communication

Handbooks of communication science ;

Frontmatter -- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series -- Contents -- Introduction / 1. The cognitive semiotics of the picture sign / 2. Relevance Theory as model for analysing visual and multimodal communication / 3. Military hardware as affective objects: Towards a social semiotics of militainment television / 4. Foucauldian discourse analysis: Photography and the social construction of immigration in the Greek national press / 5. Linguistic fetish: The sociolinguistics of visual multilingualism / 6. Sex and Race go Pop / 7. The visual semiotics of Tarot images: A sociocultural perspective / 8. Colour language hierarchy / 9. Applying psychological theory to typography: is how we perceive letterforms special? / 10. Toys or the rhetoric of children's goods / 11. Visual Aspects of British Tabloid Newspapers: 'Image Crowding Out Rational Analysis'? / 12. British press photographs and the misrepresentation of the 2011 'uprising' in Libya: A Content Analysis / 13. Looking for what counts in film analysis: A programme of empirical research / 14. In the eye of the beholder: Visual communication from a recipient perspective / 15. Questioning bohemian myth in Weimar Berlin: Reinterpreting Jeanne Mammen and the artist function through her illustrations Der Maler und sein Modell 'The Painter and his Model' (1927) / 16. A multimodal lens on the school classroom / 17. Celebrating and critiquing "past" and "present"? The intersection between nostalgia and public service discourses in BBC1's Ashes to Ashes / 18. Ally Sloper, Victorian comic book hero: interpreting a comedy type / 19. Visual Communication in the Theatre / 20. Analysing impossible pictures: Computer generated imagery in science documentary and factual entertainment television / 21. Reading the Fenian photographs: A historically and culturally located study / 22. Interpretation, representation and methodology: Issues in computer game analysis / 23. The art of voice: The voice of art -- understanding children's graphicnarrative- enactive communication / 24. The political values embedded in a child's toy: The case of "Girl Power" in the Brazilian doll Susi / 25. The role of images in social media analytics: A multimodal digital humanities approach / 26. From static to dynamic: The changing experience of fashion imagery / 27. The de-humanization of Palestinians in Israeli school books: a multimodal analysis of layout, intertextuality and reading paths / 28. Visual communication in tourism research: Seoul destination image / 29. Thinking visuals: What the challenges of architectural representation can tell us about visual communication / 30. Visual communication in animals: Applying a Portmannian and Uexküllian biosemiotic approach / 31. The importance of Murals during the Troubles: Analyzing the republican use of wall paintings in Northern Ireland / 32. Transforming art and visual anthropology: Imitation, innovation and inspiration in two Japanese art museums / 33. Emotion ekphrasis: representation of emotions in children's picturebooks / 34. 'The Ocular Proof?': Television news and the pursuit of reality / Biographical sketches -- Index.

Literature and the child

Children and Books -- Children's and Adolescent Literature -- The Power of Literature -- Defining Literature for Children and Adolescents -- A Brief History of Literature for Children and Adolescents -- The Early Years -- The Twentieth Century -- Understanding Children's Literature in the Twenty-First Century -- Fiction or Nonfiction -- Narrative, Poetic, and Expository Texts -- Genres -- Distinguish among Fantasy, Contemporary Realism, and Historical Fiction -- Formats -- Global and Multicultural Literature -- Global Literature -- Multicultural Literature -- Selecting and Using Literature for Children and Adolescents -- Considering Literary Excellence -- Evaluating Cultural Content -- Standards, Mandates, Tests, and Time to Read -- Resources for Selecting Literature -- Summary -- Booklist -- Literature in the Lives of Young Readers -- A Transactional View of Reading Literature -- Profile: Louise Rosenblatt -- Readers -- Recognizing Response when You See It -- Creating Links across Stories -- Texts -- Diversity -- Making Thematic Connections: Learning about Yourself -- Ideology -- Contexts -- Classroom Contexts -- Scaffolding Written Response for English Language Learners -- Book Buddies -- Censorship and Selection -- Handling Censorship Attempts -- Summary -- Booklist -- Formats and Genres in Literature for Young Readers -- Picturebooks: A Unique Format in Children's Literature -- Defining Picturebooks -- A Brief History of Picturebooks -- Using Picturebooks to Help Students Learn about Literature -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Rosa -- Profile: Bryan Collier -- Considering Quality in Picturebooks -- A Focus on Illustration: Artistic Quality -- Elements of Visual Art -- Line -- Color -- Shape -- Texture -- Design -- Media and Technique -- Experiencing Media and Technique -- Styles of Art -- Representational Art -- Surrealistic Art -- Teaching Style to Children -- Impressionistic Art -- Folk Art and Naive Art -- Study the Art of Your Favorite Illustrator -- Outline Style -- Combining Styles -- From Cover to Cover: Artistic and Design Elements Specific to Picture Storybooks -- Brevity -- Elements "Surrounding" the Story -- The Relationship of Words and Pictures -- Size and Shape of the Book and the Illustrations -- Pictures and Words in Picturebooks -- Illustration Sequence -- Page Turns -- The Challenge of the Gutter -- Narrative Elements in Picture Storybooks -- Setting -- Characterization -- Plot -- Theme -- Style -- Picture Storybooks from Nursery through Adolescence -- Simple Storybooks for Young Children -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Monkey and Me -- Profile: Emily Gravett -- Storybooks for Primary-Grade Readers -- Wordless Storybooks -- Interactive Writing with Wordless Picturebooks and English Language Learners -- Picture Storybooks and Graphic Novels for Older Readers -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Woolvs in the Sitee -- Profile: Margaret Wild -- Picturebooks of Poetry and Song -- Nonfiction Picturebooks -- Concept Books -- Nonfiction for Preschool and Primary-Grade Readers -- Picturebook Biographies -- Alphabet Books and Books about Numbers -- Unique Formats -- Board Books and Participation Books -- Predictable or Patterned Books -- Beginning to Read Books -- Studying Picturebook Art in the Classroom -- Summary -- Booklist -- Poetry and Verse -- Defining Poetry -- A Brief History of Poetry for Young Readers -- Profile: David McCord, 1977 -- Profile: Aileen Fisher, 1978 -- Profile: Karla Kuskin, 1979 -- Considering Quality in Poetry and Poetry Anthologies -- Content That Speaks to Readers -- Profile: Myra Cohn Livingston, 1980 -- Profile: Eve Merriam, 1981 -- Profile: John Ciardi, 1982 -- Language That Enhances Meaning -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night -- Structure That Supports Meaning -- Break It Up! Exploring Line Breaks in Free Verse Poetry -- Poets Use Language in Interesting Ways -- Words as Sound -- Profile: Lilian Moore, 1985 -- Profile: Arnold Adoff, 1988 -- Profile: Valerie Worth, 1991 -- Choral Reading with Poems for Multiple Voices -- Words as Patterns -- Words as Pictures -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Fold Me a Poem -- Poetic Structures -- Narrative Poetry -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Carver: A Life in Poems -- Lyric Poetry -- A Variety of Forms and Voices -- Poetry in the Classroom -- Profile: Barbara Juster Esbensen, 1994 -- Profile: Eloise Greenfield, 1997 -- Profile: X.J. Kennedy, 2000 -- Profile: Mary Ann Hoberman, 2003 -- Profile: Nikki Grimes, 2006 -- Profile: Lee Bennett Hopkins, 2009 -- Profile: J. Patrick Lewis, 2011 -- Fifteen Minutes, Fifty Poems! -- Summary -- Booklist -- Folklore: A Literary Heritage -- Defining Folklore -- A Brief History of Folklore for Young Readers -- Considering Quality in Folklore -- Profile: Virginia Hamilton -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl -- Patterns in Folklore -- Conventions -- Motifs -- Discovering Story Structures with English Learners -- Themes -- An Exploration of Theme in Folklore -- Types of Folklore -- Nursery Rhymes -- Folktales -- Create a Folklore Performance -- Fables -- A CLOSE LOOK AT The Lion & the Mouse -- Profile: Jerry Pinkney -- Myths and Pourquoi Stories -- Search for Mythical Allusions -- Hero Tales: Epics and Legends -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Beowulf -- Profile: James Rumford -- Folk Songs -- Identify Folkloric Style -- Fractured Fairy Tales and Literary Folklore -- Folklore in the Classroom -- The Ancient Art of Storytelling -- Summary -- Booklist -- Fantastic Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction -- Defining Fantastic Literature -- A Brief History of Fantastic Literature -- Considering Quality in Fantastic Literature -- Setting -- Teaching Genre: Setting in Fantasy and Science Fiction -- Plot -- Characters -- Style -- Theme -- A CLOSE LOOK AT The Underneath -- Profile: Kathi Appelt -- Fantasy -- Quests and Fantasy Worlds -- Magic and Magic Realism -- A CLOSE LOOK AT The Storm in the Barn -- Profile: Matt Phelan -- Literary Lore -- Literary Tales and Folkloric Themes -- Animal Fantasy -- Miniature Worlds -- Science Fiction -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Incarceron -- Profile: Catherine Fisher -- Science Changes the World -- Thematic Exploration: Self-Knowledge -- Fantastic Literature in the Classroom -- Summary -- Booklist -- Contemporary Realistic Fiction -- Defining Contemporary Realistic Fiction -- Keep a Writer's Notebook -- A Brief History of Contemporary Realistic Fiction -- Considering Quality in Contemporary Realistic Fiction -- Setting -- Characterization -- Plot -- Theme -- Style -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Pictures of Hollis Woods -- Profile: Patricia Reilly Giff -- Ways to Think about Contemporary Realistic Fiction -- Popular Formats -- Thematic Connections: Discovering the Self -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Clementine -- Profile: Sara Pennypacker -- Distinctive Types -- Themes -- Study an Author's Work and Life -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Ten Miles Past Normal -- Profile: Frances O'Roark Dowell -- Mirror Texts for English Learners -- Contemporary Realistic Fiction in the Classroom -- Summary -- Booklist -- Historical Fiction -- Defining Historical Fiction -- A Brief History of Historical Fiction -- Considering Quality in Historical Fiction -- Historical Accuracy -- Setting -- Writing Connection: Descriptive Techniques -- Characterization -- Plot and Theme -- Style -- Illustrations -- A CLOSE LOOK AT The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate -- Profile: Jacqueline Kelly -- Thematic Exploration: Self-Knowledge -- History through Historical Fiction -- Prehistoric and Ancient Times -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Exploration -- Colonial through Post-Revolutionary War Times -- Westward Expansion and the Civil War -- A CLOSE LOOK AT The Porcupine Year -- Discussion: Compare Perceptions of a Historical Event -- Profile: Louise Erdrich -- Immigration and the Industrial Revolution -- World War I and Its Aftermath -- The Great Depression -- Genre Study: Compare Treatment of a Theme across Genres -- World War II and Its Aftermath -- The 1950s through the 1980s: Political and Social Turmoil -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Okay for Now -- Profile: Gary Schmidt -- Historical Fiction in the Classroom -- Summary -- Booklist -- Biography and Memoir -- Defining Biography and Memoir -- A Brief History of Biography and Memoir for Young Readers -- Considering Quality in Biography and Memoir -- Accuracy -- Setting and Plot -- Portrayal of Subject -- Compare Biographies about One Person -- Style -- Theme -- Illustrations -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave -- Profile: Laban Carrick Hill -- Variety in Biographical Subjects -- Political and Military Leaders.

A CLOSE LOOK AT The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery -- Profile: Steve Sheinkin -- Philosophers and Religious Leaders -- Scientists and Inventors -- Thematic Connection: Self-Knowledge -- Adventurers and Explorers -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream -- Profile: Tanya Lee Stone -- Practitioners of the Arts -- Sports Heroes -- Extraordinary Ordinary People -- Biography and Memoir in the Classroom -- Building a Biography Collection -- Using Biography with Other Genres to Study an Era -- Who Becomes a Biographical Subject? -- Organizing Biography by Theme -- Summary -- Booklist -- Nonfiction -- Defining Nonfiction -- A Brief History of Nonfiction for Young Readers -- The Dominance of Nonfiction: Twenty-Four Hours -- Considering Quality in Nonfiction -- Accuracy -- Organization -- Design -- Genre Study: Noting the Aesthetic in Nonfiction -- Style -- A CLOSE LOOK AT If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge -- Profile: Marc Aronson -- Common Subjects in Nonfiction -- Science and Mathematics -- Make an Alphabet Book or Glossary -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot -- Profile: Sy Montgomery -- Profile: Nic Bishop -- Social Studies -- Language, Literature, and the Arts -- Thematic Connection: Learning about Family History -- A CLOSE LOOK AT Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring -- Profile: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan -- Profile: Brian Floca -- Nonfiction in the Classroom -- Types of Nonfiction -- Critical Reading and Thinking -- Read First, Write Later -- Summary -- Booklist -- In the Classroom -- Literature-Based Instruction: Kindergarten through Third Grade -- Children's Literature and Emergent Literacy -- Literature-Based Instruction -- Ways to Explore Literature in Preschool and Primary-Grade Classrooms -- Create a Classroom Library -- Reading Aloud -- Supporting Children's Growing Literary Understanding -- Select Media for Your Classroom -- Oral Language and Literature -- Discussion -- Response to Literature for English Language Learners -- Storytelling by Children -- Choral Speaking -- Drama -- Variations of Literature-Based Instruction -- Using Literature with Emergent and Beginning Readers -- How to Prepare for Readers' Theatre Performances -- Using Literature to Integrate the Curriculum -- Literature Study with Primary-Grade Readers -- Assessment -- Summary -- Response-Centered, Literature-Based Instruction in Intermediate Grades and Middle School -- Response-Centered Literature Instruction -- Teaching Literature across the Year -- Book Club -- Response-Centered Project Ideas for Individual Books -- Reading Workshop -- Create a Classroom Reader's Choice Award -- Teaching Individual Books -- Teaching the Language of Literature to English Language Learners -- Scaffolded Reading Experiences (SRE) -- Create a Response-Centered SRE -- Connecting Literature Study and Writing -- Using Literature to Transform the Larger Curriculum -- Assessment -- Summary -- A Selected Children's and Adolescent Book Awards -- American Library Association Awards -- John Newbery Medal and Honor Books -- Randolph Caldecott Medal and Honor Books -- Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Books -- Pura Belpre Award -- Robert F. Sibert Award -- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal -- Margaret A. Edwards Award -- Michael L. Printz Award -- Theodore Seuss Geisel Award -- Schneider Family Book Award -- National Council of Teachers of English Awards -- The Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children -- Orbis Pictus Award and Honor Books -- International Reading Association Awards -- IRA Children's Book Award -- International Awards -- Library Association Carnegie Medal -- Hans Christian Andersen Award -- Mildred L. Batchelder Award -- Other Awards -- Ezra Jack Keats Award -- Boston Globe -- Horn Book Awards -- How to Update Current Listings and Find Other Awards -- Resources -- Book Selection Aids -- General Reference Books about Authors and Illustrators.

Every child a super reader : 7 strengths for a lifetime of independence, purpose, and joy