Understanding Children′s Books
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Barnabækur gegna lykilhlutverki í menntun og þessi bók hjálpar þér að velja þær bækur sem mest gefa ungum börnum. Hver kafli fjallar um eitt þema eða eina bókmenntagrein og hlutverk hennar í skólastarfi, og mælir með tíu bókum sem allir ættu að lesa innan hvers flokks. Meðal þema eru bækur fyrir ungbörn, bókmenntir fyrir þau allra yngstu, frásagnarskáldskapur, þýddar bækur, ljóð, myndabækur og myndasögur.
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.
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- SAGE Publications, Ltd. (UK)
- 9781446246429
- 9781847870322
- ePub
- 1
- English
- 2008-06-24
- 100
- 30
- 30
Kaflar
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A world of children’s books
- Why enthusiasm for and enjoyment of children’s books is so vital for everyone working with children and young people
- The business of publishing
- Ways to develop professional knowledge of children’s books
- 2 Babies really do need books
- The development of children’s books
- Ways to share books with babies
- Some great books to use with babies
- 3 Literature for the very young
- Ways to share texts with young children
- How to select good books to share
- 4 Learning to be a reader: promoting good textual health
- The pedagogy of reading
- Developing active readers
- Good books to foster healthy reading habits
- 5 Traditional tales: the bedrock of storytelling
- Traditional stories and a wide range of narrative
- Tales from many cultures
- Modern versions of old stories
- 6 Fiction for children and young people: the state of the art
- How children’s literature has developed over the centuries
- Contemporary children’s literature
- 7 Into new worlds: children’s books in translation
- The history of, and new directions in, translations of children’s books
- Different trends in writing for young people
- Ways to access translated books for young readers
- 8 More than information: engaging hearts and minds with non-fiction
- Non-fiction books that can have a great impact on young readers
- Making sure that reading for pleasure is part of the plan
- Developments in the production and design of children’s non-fiction books
- 9 Poetry for children
- What is ‘good’ poetry for children?
- How poetry aimed at children has evolved
- Ways of sharing poetry
- 10 Picturebooks: looking closely
- Why picturebooks are so important for young readers
- Visual terminology
- Different sorts of picturebooks
- 11 The powerful world of graphic texts
- The different types of graphic texts
- Ways to share them with young readers
- How to evaluate graphic texts
- References
- Index