Literature and the Learner (Non-InfoTrac Version)

By Francis S. Goforth and Frances S. Goforth

As a genre text, not an anthology, this text teaches students about literature forms and discusses ways of using literature in the classroom. It is used to give students the background they need to evaluate, select, and use children's literature in their own teaching. A database of current literature is provided with the text and will be updated annually.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031420413X
• ISBN13: 9780314204134
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 9.0" x 1.3"

Customer Reviews

Teachers will love this book!

Dr. Goforth combines suggestions for teaching literacy skills with valuable information about books in this insightful resource! My elementary education preservice teachers love this book for its ideas as well as thousands of reviews of books. I am so glad that there is an edition like this one available for the education community!

A Masterpiece of Masterpieces

Never before has an author so well presented the visual and literary breadth of what we all love so well - literature! I was captivated by the artwork and enriched by the narrative. In my first sitting with it, I turned every page, anxious to see what lay ahead!