Trends and titles in children's and adolescent literature. Reading and critiquing as well as practical uses of children's literature in both school and home.

Course Details

Note
In addition to the required textbook and novels listed in the "Textbooks" section, students will also need to have access to over 50 additional books of children's literature of their choosing (see syllabus for details).

Course Outline
1. Why Read?
2. Books for the Young
3. History of Children's Literature, Classics, and Genre
4. Traditional Fantasy: Folk and Fairy Tales
5. Modern Fantasy
6. Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Humor, and Mystery/Suspense
7. Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Biography
8. Poetry
9. Informational Books
10. The Classroom
Syllabus
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Textbooks
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Children of the Dust Bowl (Required)
by: Jerry Stanley
ISBN: 9780517880944
1992 Yearling
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Children's Lit BrieflyChildern’s Lit Briefly- 7th Edition (Required)
by: M. Tunnell
ISBN: 9780135185872
2019 Pearson
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Lincoln: a Photobiography (Required)
by: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 9780395518489
1989 Clarion Books
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Stargirl (Required)
by: Jerry Spinelli
ISBN: 9780375822339
Novel
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The Book of Three (Required)
by: Lloyd Alexander
ISBN: 9780805080483
2006 Square Fish
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The Dark is Rising (Required)
by: Susan Cooper
ISBN: 9780689829833
1999 Margaret K. McElderry Books
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The Wednesday Wars (Required)
by: Gary D. Schmidt
ISBN: 9780547237602
Novel
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond, (Required)
by: Elizabeth George Speare
ISBN: 9780547550299
Novel
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1. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
Harry Potter (Any from the Series)
by: J K Rowling
ISBN: 9780590353427
Novel
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Tuck Everlasting
by: Natalie Babbitt
ISBN: 9780374480097
Novel
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2. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
Frindle
by: Andrew Clements
ISBN: 9780689818769
Novel
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Skinnybones
by: Barbara Park
ISBN: 9780679887928
1997 Yearling
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3. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
View From the Cherry Tree
by: Willo Davis Roberts
ISBN: 9781481439947
Alladdin
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Wait Till Helen Comes
by: Mary Downing Hahn
ISBN: 9780380704422
Novel
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4. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
by: Yoko Watkins
ISBN: 9780688131159
Novel
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Year of the Impossible Goodbyes
by: Sook Nyul Choi
ISBN: 9780440407591
1993 Yearling
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5. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
Bet You Can't
by: Vicki Cobb
ISBN: 9780380545025
1983 HarperCollins
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
ISBN: 9780439353793
2005 Scholastic
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6. Choose one of these two books: (Required)
Charlotte's Rose
by: Cannon
ISBN: 9780385729666
2004 Yearling
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The Devil's Arithmetic
by: Jane Yolen
ISBN: 9780142401095
Novel
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Other Materials
Digital TextRequiredChildren’s Literature – Bet You Can’t! and Charlotte’s Rose. Digital version of text $18.75