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• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Author
• About the Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 A world of children’s books
• Why enthusiasm for and enjoyment of children’s books is so vital for everyone working with children and young people
• The business of publishing
• Ways to develop professional knowledge of children’s books
• 2 Babies really do need books
• The development of children’s books
• Ways to share books with babies
• Some great books to use with babies
• 3 Literature for the very young
• Ways to share texts with young children
• How to select good books to share
• 4 Learning to be a reader: promoting good textual health
• The pedagogy of reading
• Developing active readers
• Good books to foster healthy reading habits
• 5 Traditional tales: the bedrock of storytelling
• Traditional stories and a wide range of narrative
• Tales from many cultures
• Modern versions of old stories
• 6 Fiction for children and young people: the state of the art
• How children’s literature has developed over the centuries
• Contemporary children’s literature
• 7 Into new worlds: children’s books in translation
• The history of, and new directions in, translations of children’s books
• Different trends in writing for young people
• Ways to access translated books for young readers
• 8 More than information: engaging hearts and minds with non-fiction
• Non-fiction books that can have a great impact on young readers
• Making sure that reading for pleasure is part of the plan
• Developments in the production and design of children’s non-fiction books
• 9 Poetry for children
• What is ‘good’ poetry for children?
• How poetry aimed at children has evolved
• Ways of sharing poetry
• 10 Picturebooks: looking closely
• Why picturebooks are so important for young readers
• Visual terminology
• Different sorts of picturebooks
• 11 The powerful world of graphic texts
• The different types of graphic texts
• Ways to share them with young readers
• How to evaluate graphic texts
• References
• Index