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Don’t Leave the Story in the Book: Using Literature to Guide Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms. By Mary Hynes-Berry. New York: Teachers College Press, 2011.
An early childhood educator associated with the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Mary Hynes-Berry has extensive experience telling stories to preschool-aged children. She draws on her storytelling experience in this guide to integrating stories and picture books throughout a typical preschool curriculum. In addition to suggesting specific ways that stories can be built into learning activities, she provides advice on how teachers can use stories to promote the development of abstract thought.
An early childhood educator associated with the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Mary Hynes-Berry has extensive experience telling stories to preschool-aged children. She draws on her storytelling experience in this guide to integrating stories and picture books throughout a typical preschool curriculum. In addition to suggesting specific ways that stories can be built into learning activities, she provides advice on how teachers can use stories to promote the development of abstract thought.
In the Words of the Winners: The Newbery and Caldecott Medals 2001–2010. Edited by Roger Sutton, Nina Lindsay, and Joanna Rudge Long. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2011.
In addition to bringing together the acceptance speeches of the recent winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards, this volume provides insightful profiles of the twenty authors and illustrators who are featured. It also contains reprints of the original reviews of these award-winning books which appeared in The Horn Book.
In addition to bringing together the acceptance speeches of the recent winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards, this volume provides insightful profiles of the twenty authors and illustrators who are featured. It also contains reprints of the original reviews of these award-winning books which appeared in The Horn Book.
Kindergarten Magic: Theme-Based Lessons for Building Literacy and Library Skills. By Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2012.
Intended specifically for kindergarten teachers and librarians who work with kindergartners, this practical volume provides detailed lesson plans that facilitate the development of literacy-related skills and knowledge. The authors incorporate children’s books in nearly all of their lesson plans. [End Page 108]
Intended specifically for kindergarten teachers and librarians who work with kindergartners, this practical volume provides detailed lesson plans that facilitate the development of literacy-related skills and knowledge. The authors incorporate children’s books in nearly all of their lesson plans. [End Page 108]
Sudden Flash Youth. Edited by Christine Perkins-Hazuka, Tom Hazuka, and Mark Budman. New York: Persea Books, 2011.
In the world of contemporary fiction, the short-short story is a literary form that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Sometimes called flash fiction, these very brief stories are seldom longer than three printed pages. The editors of this volume have pulled together sixty-five such stories, all of which focus on some aspect of the coming-of-age experience. Several of the contributors, including Jacqueline Kolosov, Anne Mazer, and Naomi Shihab Nye, are well established in the field of young adult literature. [End Page 109]
In the world of contemporary fiction, the short-short story is a literary form that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Sometimes called flash fiction, these very brief stories are seldom longer than three printed pages. The editors of this volume have pulled together sixty-five such stories, all of which focus on some aspect of the coming-of-age experience. Several of the contributors, including Jacqueline Kolosov, Anne Mazer, and Naomi Shihab Nye, are well established in the field of young adult literature. [End Page 109]
