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Le Bon Libre : The Good Book Choosing Children’s Literature Fall 2009 ELE 616 Research in Children’s Literature
editor from 1974 to 1985
What Makes a Good Children’s Book?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What makes an effective children’s book? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Children's author Cynthia Leitich Smith
More from Cynthia Leitich Smith ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What Makes a Good Children’s Book?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What about books for young adults? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What makes good children’s literature? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What  is  good children’s literature? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Choosing Books for Young Readers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Classroom libraries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Arguments  against  classroom libraries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Solution?  Compromise! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Need for policies and procedures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Do policies really make a difference?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Importance of a Selection Policy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Typical content ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Word of warning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Contents of a selection policy ,[object Object],[object Object]
A Philosophical Question ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Challenged, like Harry Potter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Or, My Weird School ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
FINIS

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Choosing Children's Literature 2003 version

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