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The first edition of Children and Books appeared in 1947, when its author, May Hill Arbuthnot, was already well known as the co-author of the "Dick and Jane" series. An eminent educator, Arbuthnot was concerned not only with literacy but also with giving children the best in world literature. Throughout its fifty-year history and with Zena Sutherland as lead author in the last six editions, this best-selling volume has maintained the features that first made it popular: an emphasis on major authors and artists, ...
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The first edition of Children and Books appeared in 1947, when its author, May Hill Arbuthnot, was already well known as the co-author of the "Dick and Jane" series. An eminent educator, Arbuthnot was concerned not only with literacy but also with giving children the best in world literature. Throughout its fifty-year history and with Zena Sutherland as lead author in the last six editions, this best-selling volume has maintained the features that first made it popular: an emphasis on major authors and artists, criteria for each genre, a focus on new books and new ideas, and, above all, an emphasis on children's needs and interests - and on ways in which books of high quality can serve those needs and interests.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780673150370
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Inc.
  • Publication date: 1/1/1977
  • Edition number: 5
  • Pages: 699

Table of Contents

Preface
Ch. 1 Children and Books Today 4
Ch. 2 Guiding Children's Book Selection 24
Ch. 3 The History of Children's Books 41
Ch. 4 Books for the Very Young 63
Ch. 5 Artists and Children's Books 115
Ch. 6 Folktales 166
Ch. 7 Fables, Myths, and Epics 205
Ch. 8 Modern Fantasy 227
Ch. 9 Poetry 271
Ch. 10 Modern Fiction 317
Ch. 11 Historical Fiction 383
Ch. 12 Biography 420
Ch. 13 Informational Books 463
Ch. 14 Literature Throughout the Curriculum 530
Ch. 15 Encouraging Response to Literature 547
Ch. 16 Introducing Literature to Children 573
App. A Book Selection Aids 612
App. B Adult References 617
App. C Publishers and Their Addresses 634
App. D Children's Book Awards 638
App. E Pronunciation Guide 658
Subject Index 662
Author, Illustrator, Title Index 672
Illustrator Acknowledgments 708
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