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| Preface | |
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| Entering the World of Children's Literature | |
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| Introduction to the World of Children's Literature | |
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| Defining Literature for Children | |
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| The Birth of Modern Children's Literature | |
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| The Genres of Literature | |
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| The Dewey Decimal System | |
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| Book Formats | |
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| Picture Books | |
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| Easy-to-Read Books | |
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| Illustrated Books | |
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| Chapter Books | |
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| Hardcover Books | |
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| Paperback Books | |
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| Grocery Store Books | |
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| Series Books | |
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| The Value of Children's Literature | |
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| Prereading Schema Building | |
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| The Process of Schema Building | |
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| Modeling the Process | |
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| Elements of Quality Children's Literature | |
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| Book Awards | |
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| Newbery Medal | |
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| Caldecott Medal | |
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| Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal | |
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| Hans Christian Andersen Award | |
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| Children's Choices and Teachers' Choices | |
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| Literary Elements | |
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| Characters | |
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| Point of View | |
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| Setting | |
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| Plot | |
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| Theme | |
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| Style | |
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| Tone | |
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| Responding to Literature | |
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| Reader Response Theory by Gloria Houston | |
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| Literature Circles | |
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| Developing a Classroom Library | |
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| The Art of Illustration | |
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| Evaluating Illustrations | |
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| The Union of Art and Text | |
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| Visual Elements of Artistic Design | |
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| Space | |
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| Line | |
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| Shape | |
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| Color | |
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| Texture | |
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| Scale and Dimension | |
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| Composition | |
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| Artistic Styles | |
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| Artistic Media and Techniques | |
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| Painting | |
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| Drawing | |
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| Other Techniques | |
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| Integrating Visual Art and Literature | |
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| Early Childhood Books | |
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| Books of Early Childhood | |
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| Board Books | |
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| Concept Books | |
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| Pattern Books | |
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| Wordless Picture Books | |
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| Motivating Children to Become Lifelong Readers | |
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| Traditional Literature | |
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| Evaluating Traditional Literature | |
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| History | |
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| Characteristics | |
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| Themes of Traditional Literature | |
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| The Subgenres of Traditional Literature | |
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| Myths | |
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| Fables | |
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| Ballads and Folk Songs | |
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| Legends | |
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| Tall Tales | |
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| Fairy Tales or Marchen | |
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| Cinderella Stories | |
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| Traditional Rhymes | |
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| The Boundless World of Fiction | |
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| Modern Fantasy | |
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| Evaluating Modern Fantasy | |
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| The Beginnings of Fiction and Modern Fantasy | |
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| Hans Christian Andersen | |
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| Types of Fantasy | |
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| Animal Fantasy | |
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| Literary Fairy Tale | |
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| Animated Object Fantasy | |
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| Human with Fantasy Character | |
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| Extraordinary Person | |
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| Enchanted Journey | |
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| High Fantasy | |
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| Supernatural Fantasy | |
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| Science Fiction | |
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| Unlikely Situation | |
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| Animal Fantasy | |
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| Evaluating Animal Fantasy | |
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| Milestones in Animal Fantasy | |
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| 1877: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse | |
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| 1894: The Jungle Book | |
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| 1901/1902: The Tale of Peter Rabbit | |
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| 1903: The Call of the Wild | |
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| 1908: The Wind in the Willows | |
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| 1929: Bambi: A Life in the Woods | |
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| 1939: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | |
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| 1941: Make Way for Ducklings | |
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| 1942: The Poky Little Puppy | |
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| 1952: Charlotte's Web | |
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| 1957: The Cat in the Hat | |
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| Types of Animal Fantasy | |
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| Anthropomorphic Animals in an All-Animal World | |
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| Anthropomorphic Animals Coexisting with Humans | |
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| Talking Animals in Natural Habitats | |
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| Realistic Animals with Human Thinking Ability | |
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| Multicultural Literature | |
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| Evaluating Multicultural Literature | |
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| Categories of Multicultural Books | |
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| Culturally Neutral Books | |
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| Culturally Generic Books | |
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| Culturally Specific Books | |
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| Common Themes | |
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| Misrepresentation of Culture | |
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| Latino Literature | |
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| African American Literature | |
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| Asian American Literature | |
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| Native American Literature | |
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| Literature of Religious Cultures | |
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| International Literature | |
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| Resources | |
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| Contemporary Realistic Fiction | |
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| Evaluating Contemporary Fiction | |
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| Characteristics of Contemporary Realistic Fiction | |
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| Censorship | |
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| Selecting versus Censoring | |
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| Themes | |
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| Bibliotherapy | |
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| The Purpose of Bibliotherapy | |
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| Guidelines for Using Bibliotherapy | |
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| Families | |
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| Traditional Families | |
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| Nontraditional Families | |
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| Dysfunctional Families | |
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| Abandoned Children | |
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| Friendship | |
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| Humor | |
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| Adventure | |
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| Mystery | |
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| Social Reality | |
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| War | |
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| Homelessness | |
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| Poverty and Child Labor | |
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| Gangs and Crime | |
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| Racism | |
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| Personal Issues | |
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| Animals | |
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| Historical Fiction | |
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| Evaluating Historical Fiction | |
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| Characteristics of Historical Fiction | |
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| Biographic Historical Fiction | |
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| Researching Historical Fiction | |
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| Scott O'Dell Award | |
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| Periods Depicted in Historical Fiction | |
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| Ancient Times | |
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| Medieval Times | |
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| Colonial Times | |
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| Revolutionary Era | |
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| Early Frontier Era | |
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| Civil War Era | |
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| Post-Civil War Frontier Era | |
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| World War I Era | |
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| Great Depression Era | |
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| World War II Era | |
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| Post-World War II Era | |
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| Civil Rights Movement | |
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| Enhancing Curriculum with Historical Fiction | |
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| Discovering the World through Nonfiction | |
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| Biography and Autobiography | |
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| Evaluating Biography | |
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| Reading Biographies for Pleasure | |
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| Types of Biography | |
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| Authentic Biography | |
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| Fictionalized Biography | |
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| Forms of Biography | |
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| Complete | |
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| Partial | |
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| Picture Book | |
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| Collective | |
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| Integrating Biography with the Study of History | |
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| Enhancing Curriculum with Biography | |
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| Informational Books | |
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| Evaluating Informational Books | |
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| Characteristics of Informational Books | |
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| The Changing Nature of Informational Books | |
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| Enhancing Curriculum with Informational Books | |
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| Building a Foundation for Content Area Reading | |
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| Graphic Organizers | |
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| Poetry and Verse | |
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| Evaluating Poetry and Verse | |
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| Characteristics of Poetry and Verse | |
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| Rhythm and Rhyme | |
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| Language | |
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| Forms of Poetry | |
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| Poetry in Our Culture | |
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| NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children | |
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| Developing Love (or Hate) for Poetry | |
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| Ways to Teach Kids to Hate Poetry | |
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| Ways to Encourage Kids to Love Poetry | |
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| Types of Poetry Books | |
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| The Value of Poetry in the Classroom | |
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| Teaching Reading through Literature | |
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| Reading Aloud to Children | |
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| Questioning Guidelines | |
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| Listening-Prediction Activity | |
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| Sustained Silent Reading | |
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| Reading Instruction with Trade Books | |
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| Children's Oral Reading | |
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| Individual Oral Reading | |
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| Group Oral Reading | |
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| Guided Silent Reading | |
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| Reading-Prediction Activity | |
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| Guided Reading Activity | |
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| Implementing a Yearlong Literature Program | |
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| Organizing Reading Instruction by Genres | |
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| Organizing Reading Instrction Thematically | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Name and Title Index | |
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| Subject Index | |