Families in Children's Literature - A Resource Guide, Grades 4-8

Using quality children's literature that presents families positively and promotes appreciation of family diversity, this book offers you a unique way to help students understand the common complexities of today's families. Books are grouped into four major categories-diverse family groups, family heritage and tradition, relationships within families, and family conflicts. Within these areas books are chosen for specific topics, ranging from Death in the Family to Homelessness. For each title there are questions for reflection and discussion and a target activity that reinforces the concepts presented in the book.

About the author

Nancy LE Cecil, Patricia Roberts

Summary

Using quality children's literature that presents families positively and promotes appreciation of family diversity, this book offers you a unique way to help students understand the common complexities of today's families.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Cecil, Nancy LE Cecil, Nancy Lee Cecil, Nancy L. Roberts, Patricia Roberts, Patricia L. Roberts
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781563083136
• ISBN: 978-1-56308-313-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Through Children's Literature; Through Children's Literature
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Sociology: family & relationships, Teaching of a specific subject, Sociology: family and relationships, Educational: English Literature, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Librarian's Instructional Role: Teaching Resources, K-12