Literature for Children and Young Adults

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Literature for Children and Young Adults

Come and talk children's books. I have created a blog just to do so, and am looking forward to comment. Any ideas, whether they are on teaching in the classroom, a new book you just have to shout about, or critical analysis. Your ideas are welcome! Come in to the Blog

Children's Literature in the Classroom

Children's literature in the Curriculum Resources Collection has a high priority. Literature forms an important part of the learning experience for the student in the school environment.

The collection here is used for a number of courses in both the Faculty of Education and in the Faculty of Arts English department. It includes not only recently published material but also a fair sample of the best literature published for children and young adults since early in the twentieth century. We also house material that is specifically published to assist with the learning experience, as well as literature written purely for the reader's pleasure.


Books by theme

Children's Reading Time

"GO heartily amid the vowels and consanants and remember what peace there may be in reading. * You are a denizen of the Land of Childhood and therefore you will find in books a whole new world of imagination and adventure. * Read what you like and go where you wish * As far as possible, be on good terms with your school librarian and make sure that you return your books when they are due for there are others waiting anxiously to read their favorite books, too. * Read in a chair or in a sofa or in bed or on the kitchen table, and if you wish to curl up in front of the fireplace with a very good book, then do it. * Whatever you read, dear children, read ...read ...read. * Read to your heart's delight and to your mind's pleasure. * You will find in books answers to your many questions and you will find in words roads that only you will travel. * Read of the adventure, the mystery and the fantasy, and gaze at the illustrations with wonder and with glee. * Your life will be rich with a treasure-chest of storybook delights and therefore count yourself lucky when you learn how to read.

WITH your growing mind and your infinite imagination, know that with every word you read you are taking a step toward your own wonderful future. * And this is just the beginning, do you know?"

-- A message found in a very old bottle flowing down the river of Time

(c) 2006 Danny Bloom (danbloom@gmail.com)

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