Literature Guides Books


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing for Young Adults (Complete Idiot's Guide to) Best Price: $10.02 Too simplistic, too applicable to writing in general, as opposed to young adults, to be useful....	Tintin and the Secret of Literature Best Price: $8.48 Arguing that the Tintin books' characters are as strong and their plots as complex as any...	The Ivory Tower And Harry Potter: Perspectives On A Literary Phenomenon Best Price: $21.99 This book is a compilation of scholarly articles/essays by different authors. As such, it's not...	The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children's Literature, 2nd Edition Best Price: $19.00 Literary habits naturally give way to literary affections. Once upon a time, a carpenter...	Words About Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children's Picture Books Best Price: $22.36 I bought this book for a class I am attending, and I have found it very useful. I am a graduate...



Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference) Best Price: $48.46 Every public and school library should have a copy of this excellent resource. The research...	The Soul of The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe Best Price: $1.95 This book was an easy and quick read. It is really only intended as an overview of LWW and Lewis...	Storybook Stew: Cooking With Books Kids Love Best Price: $17.92 This is such a great idea! This book uses popular children's literature and provides an...	Adolescents Talk About Reading: Exploring Resistance to and Engagement With Text Best Price: $18.15 This book shows teachers how to closely observe adolescents and their complex relationships with...	Roar!: A Christian Family Guide to the Chronicles of Narnia Best Price: $1.30 I was deeply disappointed with Roar!: A Christian Family Guide to the Chronicles of Narnia....



The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists: 100 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Teens Best Price: $27.87 Looking for humorous novels for teen readers? A fast-paced sports novel for a reluctant reader?...	Understanding Children's Literature Best Price: $28.46 This book introduces the study of children's literature, addressing theoretical questions as...	The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes Best Price: $31.31 I received a book "The Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes". It is a great book full of...	Battling Dragons: Issues and Controversy in Children's Literature Best Price: $10.00 Battling Dragons is excellent reading for parents, teachers, administrators, and students in...	Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon Best Price: $4.75 I used this book for my report on Margaret Brown. It was helpful, but theres a lot to read.

How Picturebooks Work (Children's Literature and Culture) Best Price: $29.20 How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and...	The Newbery and Caldecott Awards 2008: A Guide to the Medal Honor Books (Newbery and Caldecott Awards) Best Price: $17.10 Two of the most prestigious awards that a children's book author can receive - The Newbery and...	Juvenile Delinquency: Readings Best Price: $50.00 Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in...	Global Perspectives in Children's Literature Best Price: $53.14	Cultural Journeys: Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults Best Price: $49.00 This book provides a mechanism for teachers to develop an understanding of multicultural...

American Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults Best Price: $82.95 This publication will fill a gap in the bibliographic reference shelf by identifying historical...	Exploding the Myths: The Truth About Teenagers and Reading [Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature, No.4] Best Price: $8.98 Fanstastic book that has a diverse range of articles dealing with young adults and their...	Black Books Galore!: Guide to More Great African American Children's Books Best Price: $6.75 This whole series of books is fantastic. The reviews (usually a paragraph or so) are concise,...	Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Books 1-4) Best Price: $2.00 Here's a great little book that carefully and fanatically considers every scrap of information...	Inside Picture Books (Yale Nota Bene) Best Price: $5.07 When so much written about children, especially to guide parents, seems fluffy, light weight,...

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry Best Price: $22.99 I definitely didn't agree with a lot of what Zipes had to say - he was much too pessimistic and...	The Fairies in Tradition and Literature (Routledge Classics) Best Price: $11.00 Serious about researching fairies? Then you must own this book. Traditions of fairies vary...	Tomie dePaola: His Art & His Stories Best Price: $14.99 I have met Tomie dePaola. This book was the next best thing to seeing him again. The text...	Reading Raps: A Book Club Guide for Librarians, Kids, and Families Best Price: $27.40 I especially liked the way the book was organized. The many suggestions helped stir a whole...	Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: Reflections on Critical Issues (GPG) (PB) Best Price: $45.99 The steep price tag of this college-level reference will limit its acquisition to only the most...

Indiana Jones--Off the Beaten Path: An Unofficial Expedition Best Price: $6.74 Indiana Jones is back! It's been a while and I had almost lost hope that there would be another...	Willy Whitefeather's Outdoor Survival Handbook for Kids (Willy Whitefeather's) Best Price: $8.00 This small book is 95 pages of pure reading pleasure and for such a small volume, I cannot...	Re-Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later (Practitioner Inquiry) Best Price: $23.83 Four years after publishing her provocative study, Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban...	America As Story: Historical Fiction for Middle and Secondary Schools Best Price: $71.91 I discovered this book quite by accident while weeding the reference collection of the public...	Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child's Life Best Price: $4.98 With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential...

Children's Literature: An Illustrated History Best Price: $29.95 This comprehensive volume traces the history of children's books in most of the English-speaking...	The Meanings of "Beauty & The Beast" A Handbook Best Price: $31.50 I've loved the fairy tale _Beauty & the Beast_ since a young age, so when I found this book,...	Edging the Boundaries of Children's Literature Best Price: $25.00 Edging the Boundaries is a genre-based children's literature sourcebook that emphasizes issues...	Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose Best Price: $8.84 I bought this book to accomany a doll that I purchased for my great-niece. It is beautifully...	C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies (For Dummies (Religion & Spirituality)) Best Price: $0.63 I wanted this to help me understand Chronicles of Narnia, and love that it comes with info about...

Black Books Galore's Guide to Great African American Children's Books Best Price: $2.21 Excellent book for fine children's literature with African-Americans. For busy parents,...	Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia Best Price: $3.39 The whole picture about any literary work helps us understand it better. This Companion fills...	Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales Best Price: $8.75 Luthi's study of fairy tales focuses on simplistic and straightforward analysis of plot,...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Narnia (Complete Idiot's Guide to) Best Price: $7.68 Libraries carrying the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, whether they be school libraries or public...	Some Day Your Witch Will Come (Fairy-Tale Studies) (Fairy-Tale Studies) Best Price: $29.95 In this enjoyable volume, Kay Stone has selected writings from her scholarly articles and books...

Best Books for Building Literacy for Elementary School Children Best Price: $5.00 A handy book for practicing elementary teachers! Books are arranged by grade level (grades...	Choosing Books for Kids: Choosing the Right Book for the Right Child at the Right Time Best Price: $4.99 An excellent resource for those involved in the Read Aloud program in West Virginia and other...	Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination Best Price: $17.98 First published in 1987, "Tending The Heart Of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken A Child's...	Best Books for Young Teen Readers: Grades 7-10 (Best Books for Young Teen Readers) Best Price: $53.04 As the title states, the reviews included are intended for books for those in grades seven...	A World of Stories: Traditional Tales for Children Best Price: $37.07 A World of Stories is a collection of myths, hero tales, folk tales, and fables adapted for...

Ulysses Moore: The Isle of Masks (Ulysses Moore) (Ulysses Moore) Best Price: $12.80 Featuring the highest technical recording standards in the audio book industry, the Brilliance...	Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magick (And the Bible Series) Best Price: $1.79 do everyone a favor and DON'T buy this book, or any others like it. this type of hog wash is...	DISCOVERING WORLD GEOGRAPHY WITH BOOKS KIDS LOVE Best Price: $18.00 Discovery World Geography with Books Kids Love is a welcomed addition to classrooms all across...	The Gospel According to Harry Potter: Leader's Guide for Group Study Best Price: $5.30 I had the pleasure of seeing Connie Neal speak in person a few years ago. I had read her book...	Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults Volume 3 (Using Picture Books to Teach) Best Price: $39.55 Susan Hall defines literary devices clearly and gives examples. The real power of this book...

A Kids' Guide to Building Forts Best Price: $6.70 I bought this book thinking how cool it would be for an 8-year-old nephew. But I am blown away...	Wake Up, Papa Bear! (Touch-and-Feel) Best Price: $5.48 My son has loved this book since he was about 6 months old. His first copy got ruined and I had...	Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend (Missouri Biography Series) Best Price: $26.19 This is by far the best biography on Laura Ingalls Wilder available. This is a scholarly,...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

See also for Literature Guides Books