Literature and education professors and teachers from the U.S. discuss children's literature and teaching strategies meant to engage students in reading. They outline teaching strategies for poetry, nonfiction, picture book biographies, and series books, as well as methods for using texts and images within picture books and graphic novels. The book illuminates ways to motivate all students, including English and Spanish learners, lists the types of books that should be in the classroom library, discusses using children's literature as mentor texts for writing, and describes the writing workshop environment and various professional resources. This edition has a new chapter on struggling readers and addresses multicultural and global books. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less