Children Literature for K-8 Teachers ((3))

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This course will consider novels, poetry, folktales and fairy tales, and drama as they are represented in various cultures through children's literature. Using principles of literary analysis, it will focus on the selection of literature for children to read and will also consider teaching plans to help students read literary texts with understanding and pleasure. Texts will include works by Blake, Dickens, Baum, Lowry, and Barrie.