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Critical Handbook of Children's Literature, A (8th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rebecca J. Lukens
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Category: Book
List Price: $74.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 389630
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0205492185
Dewey Decimal Number: 809.89282
EAN: 9780205492183
ASIN: 0205492185
Publication Date: June 10, 2006
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Product Description
Designed to facilitate the use of children's books from all genres, this exceptional resource helps teachers, librarians, and media specialists select the best children's literature for the classroom, library, or home. Unlike an anthology of children's literature, which includes selected chapters or text summaries, the Eighth Edition of this highly regarded book teaches how to select quality children's literature. Using the critical standards for all literature, examples of children's books provide the basis for an explanation of critical principles and special issues in judging books for children. Taking readers through the definitions of literary terms such as plot, character, theme, setting, point of view, style, and tone, Lukens provides sound criteria for assessing the merit of children's books. The book also includes chapters on rhymes, poetry, biography, and informational books. A new and enlarged section addresses censorship and a new chapter addresses the benefits of reading, its significance for children, and its growth in popularity among adults.
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 Horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, and boring. November 17, 2008
Horrible, horrible book unless you are writing a doctoral thesis. The author hates didactism, yet she does not explain things enough and give enough definitions. She spends the majority of the book quoting children's books as fluff to create a big book. Organized poorly. I only read it because it was required for my class I was taking. The book did nothing but give me a headache and put me to sleep. I cannot see how it has made it to print, let alone being the eight edition. Very boring book that does nothing to encourage the reader to love children's literature. The author does not even have a full glossary or index. Many terms and definitions are in the chapters, but no in the glossary or index. The book is not worth the money spent for it. Waste of money and time.
 Fantastic teacher resouce book! October 21, 2008
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A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature is a fantastic resource book for teachers. It really explains all the parts of literature- plot, theme, character analysis, etc to help teach literature to students. It is also a great book for anyone studying children's literature. I highly recommend this resource book!
SUCCINCT; EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF THE ELEMENTS OF CHILDREN'S L October 1, 1998
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EXCELLENT. PROVIDES A SYNOPSIS OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN. EXAMPLES FROM E.B. WHITE'S CHARLOTTE'S WEB HELPS MAKE CONNECTIONS FOR THE READER/STUDENT/LEARNER. SUCCINCT. SUGGESTION FOR UPDATE: INCLUDE CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES AND DIVERSITY, WITH APPLICATIONS/EXTENDING ACTIVITIES.
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