Kathleen T. Horning

From Cover to Cover (eBook, ePUB)

Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Book

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"[A] beautifully written how-to manual, which also manages to present a treatise on what is best in children's literature and why.... An excellent resource." - Booklist This revised edition of From Cover to Coveroffers a fresh, up-to-date look at some of the best examples of children's literature and also includes practical advice on how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that others can learn about books they have not yet read. An updated introduction explains how children's books evolve from manuscripts into bound books and the importance of the many different parts of a book (jacket flaps, title page, copyright, etc.) and changes in the children's book industry, such as the creation of two new major genre awards. In addition, the author demonstrates how to think about and critically evaluate several different genres of children's books. Included are sections about books of information; traditional literature (myths, legends, tall tales, folktales); poetry, verse, rhymes, and songs; picture books; easy readers and traditional books; and fiction and graphic novels. There is also a concluding chapter on how to write reviews that are both descriptive and analytical, including a segment on children's literature blogs. Updatedmaterial includes: .Information on the many changes in the children's book industry .A section on genres .A section on children's literature blogs .An introduction of two new major genre awards: the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award .And more than 90% of the books cited have been updated from the first edition to more recent publications! "[A] very complete resource that will continue to be the venerable reference tool." - School Library Journal "An excellent guide." - ALA Booklist

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062001429
• Artikelnr.: 38003673

Autorenporträt

Kathleen T. Horning is the director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was also a children's librarian at Madison Public Library for nine years.

Ms. Horning was the president of the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association in 2007, as well as president of the United States Board on Books for Young People in 2003. She has chaired or served on a variety of children's book award committees, including the Américas Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, the John Newbery, USBBY's Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, the ALA/ALSC's Notable Children's Books, and the NCTE Lee Bennett Hopkins Award committees, and she was selected to deliver the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.

She is the coauthor with Ginny Moore Kruse of Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults and of CCBC Choices, an annual publication reviewing the best books for children and young adults. She has a BA in linguistics and a master's degree in library and information studies, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.