ENGLT 370

Children and Literature

This course is a genre-based survey of the best literature, past and present, created for children, and of the criteria for selecting, evaluating, and discussing children’s literature. It includes discussion of the history of children’s poetry, short fiction, long fiction, and drama, and of current issues such as censorship, literacy, and multicultural diversity. This course is intended for prospective teachers, early childhood education (ECE) majors, librarians, and anyone who is or will be in frequent contact with children. It includes reading to children in a formal group situation. (C-ID ENGL 180)

Units: 3.0

Hours: 54 hours LEC