| Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults Contributor(s): Hall, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897748492 ISBN-13: 9780897748490 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: 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. Entries in Volume 2 indicate appropriateness of a title for older students, the art styles used in illustrations, and suggested curricular tie-ins. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature |
| Dewey: 016.808 |
| LCCN: 89008574 |
| Series: Using Picture Books to Teach |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.16" W x 8.72" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Entries in Volume 2 indicate appropriateness of a title for older students, the art styles used in illustrations, and suggested curricular tie-ins. |