Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices - Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults

Both volumes of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices make it easy to find the perfect book to illustrate a specific literary device. The author has selected nearly 500 picture storybooks that effectively illustrate satire, allusion, pun, imagery, paradox, simile, analogy, and other literary devices. A substantial portion of each volume is a detailed guide for finding appropriate examples. This guide is alphabetically arranged from Allegory to Understatement and describes the appropriate titles for each device. Volume 1 spans books from 1980 to 1988, and Volume 2 covers books published since 1989 as well as classic picture books. All entries include full bibliographic information, a plot summary, examples of the literary device, and other devices used in the book.

About the author

N. Susan Hall is a novice true crime writer, but has investigated, written and published three books on genealogy. Her years in the business world included writing articles and manuals on a variety of items, from instruction manuals used in teaching, to the workings of machinery.

Summary

Both volumes of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices make it easy to find the perfect book to illustrate a specific literary device. Volume 1 spans books from 1980 to 1988, and Volume 2 covers books published since 1989 as well as classic picture books.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Hall, Susan Hall
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780897748490
• ISBN: 978-0-89774-849-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Series: Using Picture Storybooks to Te; Using Picture Books to Teach
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias