This collection explores the increasing use of literature in the classroom, as teachers move away from exclusive employment of basal readers toward teaching and learning through children's literature, both fictional and factual. The 27 essays by teachers, administrators, and teacher educators focus on practical experiences with literature-based instruction and are grouped into eight steps along the pathway to using literature in the classroom: understanding, considering, preparing, modeling, teaching, collaborating, assessing, and supporting.
270 pp. 1995. Grades K–8. ISBN 0-8141-5292-9.
No. 52929