title: A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature (9th Edition)
author:  Rebecca J. Lukens 
description: <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This highly regarded resource gives future teachers, practicing teachers, librarians, and parents numerous examples of quality children&rsquo;s literature to help them select the best books for the classroom, library, or home. The <I>Handbook</I> analyzes children&rsquo;s books that the authors recommend as positive examples of the literary elements, formats, and genres that are the focus in the field of children&rsquo;s literature. The children&rsquo;s books are noteworthy titles, from classics to favorites to those just published, all selected because they are thought-provoking, important, or motivating choices. The authors suggest that readers examine the <I>Handbook</I> and then apply the literary concepts to additional reading from today&rsquo;s ever-expanding selection of children&rsquo;s books. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This Ninth Edition includes some outstanding new features, among them:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Chapter 2, <I>Issues and Fundamental Change in Children&rsquo;s Literature</I> </B>, shares research on effects ofthe digital age on children&rsquo;s books, ways children interact with wordless picturebooks, graphic and verse novels, blended genres and postmodern picturebooks.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Inquiry Points in every chapter</B> <B>engage and motivate</B> readers to examine important concepts, clarify literary understandings, and become actively involved with critically examining children&rsquo;s books.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Textsets of children&rsquo;s books</B>, frequently annotated and grouped by theme, topic, genre, or perspective, are included in every chapter.&nbsp; These sets of related books deepen readers&rsquo; understandings of the chapter content and help them learn how to construct text sets for their own professional needs.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Many more current, culturally varied, and just-published children&rsquo;s books are discussed throughout</B> each chapter; a bibliography of the recommended children&rsquo;s books appears at the end of each chapter.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Chapter 14<I>, Literature and Readers</I> </B>, discusses the benefits of interactions between books and readers.&nbsp; It expands the section, &ldquo;A Lifetime of Reading&rdquo; to include creating communities of readers by reading aloud, using textsets, and encouraging talk between readers.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P>
zlib_text: # The Fountain of Youth
  
  ### Order of the Black Sun: - Book 15
  
  ##  Preston William Child
  
  ##  Edited by Anna Drago, Usnea Lebendig & Michael Kaltenbrunner
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  [ Books by Preston William Child ](text00003.html#prolog)
  
  [ Special Offer ](text00004.html#prolog-2)
  
  [ Prologue ](text00005.html#prolog-3)
  
  [ Untitled ](text00006.html#ohne-kategorie)
  
  [ Chapter 1 ](text00007.html#chapter-1)
  
  [ Chapter 2 ](text00008.html#chapter-2)
  
  [ Chapter 3 ](text00009.html#chapter-3)
  
  [ Chapter 4 ](text00010.html#chapter-4)
  
  [ Chapter 5 ](text00011.html#chapter-5)
  
  [ Chapter 6 ](text00012.html#chapter-6)
  
  [ Chapter 7 ](text00013.html#chapter-7)
  
  [ Chapter 8 ](text00014.html#chapter-8)
  
  [ Chapter 9 ](text00015.html#chapter-9)
  
  [ Chapter 10 ](text00016.html#chapter-10)
  
  [ Chapter 11 ](text00017.html#chapter-11)
  
  [ Chapter 12 ](text00018.html#chapter-12)
  
  [ Chapter 13 ](text00019.html#chapter-13)
  
  [ Chapter 14 ](text00020.html#chapter-14)
  
  [ Chapter 15 ](text00021.html#chapter-15)
  
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