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

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of this college textbook by Tomlinson (N. Illinois U.) and Lynch-Brown (Florida St. U.) is tailored to the beginning survey course in children's literature, and would also serve as the literature text in an integrated language arts or reading course. The main topics include children and literature, categories of literature, and literature in the school. The new edition includes a booklist of bilingual literature; discussion of the issue of censorship in terms of the First Amendment rights of children; suggested read-aloud list of each genre; more than 2,000 recommended book titles for students; extensive coverage of children's book awards from the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand; and a chapter on multicultural and international children's literature.

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Biography

Carl M. Tomlinson taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s literature and language arts at Northern Illinois University. As an elementary school teacher, he packed his classroom with good children’s books and read aloud to his students every day. His research interests are literature-based reading and international children’s literature. In addition to Essentials of Young Adult Literature, he has co-authored Essentials of Children’s Literature (Allyn and Bacon) and is the editor of Children’s Books from Other Countries (Scarecrow/USBBY).

Carol Lynch-Brown taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s and young adult literature, reading, and language arts education at Florida State University.  She was a teacher in elementary school, grades 1, 2, and 4, and in middle school, grades 6 to 8, in St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Schools. She also taught English to young adults in French public schools. Literature was the foundation of her instruction in all these classroom situations. She is currently raising a teenaged grandson and seeing, once again, the benefits of literature in a young person’s life.