Part I. Exploring genres and subgenres -- 1. Poetry, the write thing to do / David L. Harrison -- 2. Teaching nonfiction with confidence: learning to love inquiry / Marc Aronson & Myra Zarnowski -- 3. What do biographies tell us?: a journey into books and lives that shape the present / Deborah A. Wooten & Kimberly F. McCuiston -- 4. Series books: for seeking reading pleasure and developing reading competence / Anne McGill-Franzen & Natalia Ward -- Part II. Investigating texts and images -- 5. Illustrations in picture books: the art of reading images / Cyndi Giorgis -- 6. Reading text and image: building skills for deep understanding / Lauren Aimonette Liang & Lee Galda -- 7. Graphic novels in education: comics, comprehension, and the content areas / Stergios Botzakis -- Part III. Motivating all students -- 8. Reading multiculturally, globally, critically: incorporating literature of diversity in literacy education / Barbara A. Lehman -- 9. "That isn't fair!"/"¡No es justo!" process drama for children: learning to think critically about picture books in English and Spanish / Nancy Roser, Deborah Palmer, Erin Greeter, Miriam Martinez, & Deborah A. Wooten -- 10. Selected engaging texts for upper elementary students who avoid reading or find reading difficult / Elizabeth A. Swaggerty -- Part IV. Visiting a rich reading and writing classroom -- 11. Creating classroom libraries for grades K-5 / Jonda C. McNair -- 12. Young readers study writers / Jane Hansen -- 13. Primary students writing and reading informational text / Colleen P. Gilrane & Maggie Lingle Lohr -- V. Engaging with resources in the field -- 14. Where do we go from here?: resources to connect, engage, and inspire / James W. Stiles.
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