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LRC 480/580: Children's Literature in the Classroom
Section 7
Fall 2003


The Essentials of Children's Literature by Carol Lynch-Brown and Carl M. Tomlinson

Skeleton Outline Chapter 9

What is the ratio of fiction to informational books in the average school library?

 

Which circulates more, fiction or informational books?

 

What percentage of children's book publishing is devoted to informational books?

 

What are some criteria for evaluating informational books?

 

 

 

What award is given annually to the best informational book for children?

 

The book discusses three types of biographies. What are they and why is it important to distinguish among them?

 

 

 

 

 

Before the end of the semester, read a biography written by Russell Freedman or Milton Meltzer and a David Adler picture book biography.

What did you read?

Before the end of the semester, read at least one Eyewitness book and at least one informational book by two of these authors:

What did you read?

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