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| Each chapter concludes with "Conclusion," "Suggested Activities," "For Further Reading," "Websites," and "Awards." | |
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| Credits | |
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| Foreword by | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Teaching Children's Literature | |
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| About the Encounters | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Narrative Pantomime | |
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| A Passion for Reading | |
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| Diversity and an Arts Approach in Teacher Education | |
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| An Arts Approach in a Technological Society | |
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| Responding to Literature: An Arts Approach to Achieve Engaged Reading | |
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| Research in the Arts | |
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| Theory into Practice: Approaching Performance | |
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| An Introduction to Genre and to the History of Children's Literature | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Reading Aloud | |
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| Genre: Spreading the Feast | |
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| Approximating a Picture of the World: Classroom Libraries | |
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| The Emergence of Genre in the History of Children's Literature | |
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| Cultural Studies and Children's Literature | |
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| Encountering Literature with the Storytelling Shawl | |
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| Defining Children's Literature | |
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| Mass Media and the Commercialization of Children's Literature | |
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| Gender and Children's Literature | |
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| Diversity and Children's Literature | |
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| Teaching with Diverse Literature | |
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| Guidelines for Selection | |
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| Literary Elements and Criticism | |
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| Critical Theory and Children's Literature | |
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| The Picture Book: Linking Word and Image | |
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| Encountering Literature Through the Visual Arts | |
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| History of the Picture Book | |
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| The Picture Book and the Teaching of Reading | |
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| Criticism and Evaluation of the Picture Book | |
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| The Elements, Styles, and Media of the Visual Arts | |
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| Grids | |
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| Poetry: The Music of Language | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Choral Reading | |
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| Choral Reading and Culturally Responsive Teaching | |
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| The Poetry Genre | |
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| History of Poetry and Poetry Timeline | |
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| Poetry, Creativity, and Memorization | |
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| The Elements of Poetic Language | |
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| Forms of Poetry | |
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| Types of Poetry | |
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| Poetry and the Teaching of Reading | |
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| Drama: The Art of the Present | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Readers Theater | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Drama Timeline | |
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| The Elements of Drama/Literature | |
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| Classroom Drama: Philosophical Foundations | |
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| Drama as Culturally Responsive Teaching | |
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| Research in Education on Drama | |
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| Drama in the 21st Century: A Venue to Develop | |
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| Responding to Drama | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Story Theater | |
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| Folklore: A Global Legacy | |
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| Encountering Literature in a Storytelling Workshop | |
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| The Meaning of Folklore | |
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| The Oral Tradition and the Education of Children | |
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| Storytelling in the Reading Program in a Digital Age | |
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| Definitions and Categories of Folklore | |
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| History of Folklore Collection | |
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| Cross Cultural Distortions of Folklore | |
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| Criticism and Evaluation of Folklore | |
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| Encountering Myth Through Music, Movement, and Tableaux | |
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| Informational Books: Finding the Aesthetic | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Discovering Patterns | |
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| The Information Genre | |
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| History of Informational Literature | |
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| Categories of Informational Literature | |
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| Boys and Informational Literature | |
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| Making Invisible Groups Visible | |
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| Criticism and Evaluation of Literature | |
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| Nurturing Individual Interests | |
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| Integrated Historical Literature: The Human Dimension | |
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| Encountering Literature Through the Art of Conversation: Literature Circles | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Integrating Historical Literature | |
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| History and Timeline of Realistic Fiction | |
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| Historical Realism: Classics of Children's Literature | |
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| Criticism and Evaluation of Historical Literature | |
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| Life's Vocations and Callings: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Oral Interpretation | |
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| History of Biography and Autobiography | |
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| Authors and Illustrators of Children's Literature | |
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| Value of Biography for Children | |
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| Value of Biography for Future and Practicing Teachers | |
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| Biography and Cultural Responsiveness | |
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| Criticism and Evaluation | |
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| Contemporary Realism: Through the Eyes of Others | |
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| Encountering Literature Through Roleplaying | |
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| The Contemporary Realism Genre | |
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| Multicultural Contemporary Realistic Fiction | |
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| The New Realism | |
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| Bleakness in Multicultural Books | |
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| Censorship | |
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| Fantasy and Science Fiction: What If?Encountering Literature Through Metaphor.T | |