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 | | Cullinan and Galda's Literature and the Child (with InfoTrac) by Lee Galda, Bernice E. Cullinan ISBN-10: 9780534246839 ISBN-10: 0-534-24683-4 ISBN-13: 9780534246839 ISBN-13: 978-0-534-24683-9 Hardcover 2001-06-27 Wadsworth Publishing Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Since this book's debut, LITERATURE AND THE CHILD has become a popular choice in the children's literature market. The book covers the two major topical areas of children's literature-genres of children's literature (e.g., picture books, folklore, etc.) and the use of children's literature in the classroom. The book is beautifully written and illustrated to reflect the tone and feel of children's books. Extensive booklists are provided for the student to use as an ongoing resource. This book now comes with a four-month subscription to InfoTrac College Edition to introduce related children's literature journals. A new CD-ROM linked to a powerful Web site includes many valuable resources, such as continually updated booklists and access to an online community of instructors and students where you can share teaching ideas, lesson plans, book reviews, and much more. | ||
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One of the best I've reviewed As a professor of children's lit, I am frequently frustrated at the poor choices of textbooks available in the field. This one is pretty good -- I especially like its frequent mention of various contemporary texts as well as classics and award winners. It covers the basics of most of the genres within children's lit and unlike a lot of books in the field, isn't patronizing or saccharine about childhood or children's lit. That being said, the biggest obstacle to my adopting this text is its price -- this text is NOT enough on its own, and I can't justify asking my students to pay $100 bucks for this book and purchase additional trade texts. I would still recommend this text as a good reference for those who can afford it. | ||
not the best This book was the required text for my Children's Lit class. I found it to be very dull and boring to read. Very little coverage is given to the different kinds of awards. Series books are shunned by Galda and Cullinan. The sections on the various genres do a very poor job of explaining each genre in a concise way. The section on Historical fiction is the worst of the lot. The lists at the end of the book have a tendency to be somewhat confusing, and the milestones section left off way too many good books. I also felt that the authors paid to much attention to Harry Potter and not enough attention to other children's literature. The authors need to realize that not all children want to read classics. Overall, this is a boring, dry textbook that spends to much quality time on Harry Potter. The authors need to broaden thier horizons. | ||