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Children's Literature Strategies

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Closing [1:15]
Sylvia Vardell discussed effective strategies using children's literature for teaching children in K-5 and beyond. She examined the different genres of children's literature and talked about the skills or challenges each type brings to the readers. Sylvia also talked about new ways authors are approaching literature by blending things like poetry and nonfiction and how the web can help students find resources such as audiobooks or books on film; all while reminding you that "fundamentally, children's literature is just for fun."

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About the Author

Sylvia M. Vardell

Sylvia Vardell is Professor Emerita of literature for children and young adults in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 published articles, more than 25 book chapters and given more than 150 presentations at national and international conferences. She is the author of Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, Poetry Aloud Here!, The Poetry Teacher's Book of Lists, Poetry People, and co-edits many poetry anthologies for young people with collaborator and poet Janet Wong.

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Vardell, Sylvia M. "Children's Literature Strategies. Closing [1:15]." School Library Connection, ABC-CLIO, May 2017, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Course/2063939?learningModuleId=2063931&topicCenterId=2247903.

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