Literature and the Child

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Literature and the Child

• Created by Dr. Lee-Anne Spalding
• Source Literature and the Child 8th Ed.

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Quality childrens literature...

• Contributes to oral language development
• Helps students become better readers
• Helps students become better writers
• Leads students to LOVE reading
• Unites varied cultures
• NOTE book CODE p. 8

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Literary Narrative ElementsPg. 12 (8th Ed.)

• Setting
• Characterization
• Plot
• Theme
• Style
• Point of View

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Criteria for Good Books!

• Open your text Pg. 10 Figure 1-1
• Do any of these books stand out to you? If so,
  why? BOOK BUZZ!

• Helpful Figures
• 1.2 pg. 14
• Genres of .
• 1.3 pg. 28
• Characteristics of good books by genre

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Formats

• Picture Books ) P. 19
• Illustrations support text (ESOL friendly)
• Attract talented artists
• Can be wordless
• Based on format can cover all genres
• Appropriate for children of ALL ages
• Graphic Novels P. 21
• Beyond the printed page
• http//spaldinglae3414.wikispaces.com/2.Picture
  Books

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Poetry

• Appealing to the ear (rhythmic) as well as the
  mind and emotions
• Helps with beginning reading skills
• Helps teach PA skills
• Expands vocabulary
• NCTE recognizes outstanding poets

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Folklore

• Passed down through generations by word of mouth
  therefore change over time
• No known authors
• Nursery rhymes, fairy tales, tall tales Paul
  Bunyan, fables (moral tales-teach lesson),
  mythology, legends, epics, hero tales, folk
  songs, religious stories
• Tend to be very diverse

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Fantasy

• Imaginative literature
• Could not happen in the real world
• Ranges from talking animal stories for very young
  to complex novels that explore universal truths

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Science Fiction

• Imaginative extrapolation of fact and theory
• Use scientific principles and established
  theories to create stories that could happen in
  the future
• Common science fiction- space travel and the
  establishment of future worlds
• See Pg. 15-16 (Hunger Games)

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Realistic Fiction

• Fiction set in modern times with events that
  actually could occur in the real world
• Characters, plot and setting are created to stay
  within the realm of possibility
• Covers a wide range of human emotions as well as
  traditional themes of making friends and growing
  up

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Historical Fiction

• Fictitious characters set in past events that did
  or could have occurred
• Authors who write this genre do careful research
  now from multiple perspectives
• Range in time periods from prehistoric through
  20th century
• Usually told through the perspective of a child
  or young adult living through a particular time
  period

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Biography

• Tells of a real persons life or portion of it
• Subjects usually have led exemplary lives and
  were/are famous
• Come in picture book form or novel
• Autobiographies are written by the person
  themselves

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Nonfiction

• Informational books that explain a subject
• Outnumbers fiction 12 to 1 in most libraries
• Represented in many ways picture books,
  photo-essays, how tos, expository text
• Covers a wide range of topics
• Have evolved to not only inform but delight
  children

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Early Notable Contributors to Childrens
Literature

• John Newbery (1744) opened bookstore/published
  sold books
• Lewis Carroll (1865) first written purely for
  childrens pleasure
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851) first American book
  for kids
• Beatrix Potter (1902) The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Margery Williams (1922) beginning of modern
  picture books
• Ludwig Bemelmans (1939) Madeline
• Robert McCloskey (1941) Make Way for Ducklings
• E. B. White (1952) Charlottes Web

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Resources and Awards

• The Newbery Award given yearly since 1922, for
  excellence in children's literature
• The Caldecott Medal given yearly to the
  illustrator of the most distinguished picture
  book of the year
• Coretta Scott King Award awarded annually to
  African American authors and illustrators whose
  work exemplifies all that Dr. Martin Luther King
  Jr. stood for peace, courage, determination and
  world brotherhood

• Appendix A- Awards
• Pg. 433- Booklist
• Pg. 469- Author/Title Index
• Pg. 491- Subject Index

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Children and books arent made of velcro they
dont stick without a little help from
significant others

• - Cullinan and Galda, p. 24
• 2002