<div></div> <div>Children's literature is an important presence in many literacy classrooms - but it can be so much more. In <i>The Wonder of It All</i>, you'll enter classrooms where literature is a full-fledged partner in literacy instruction and see how creating a literature-rich school environment engages students and stimulates them to grow as readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers.</div> <div></div> <div><i>The Wonder of It All </i>details how practicing elementary and middle-level teachers can invite children's literature to become a partner in their teaching. Nancy Johnson and Cyndi Giorgis show you how to integrate children's literature throughout the school day and to use it for a variety of purposes, including addressing curricular expectations. Their advice helps you incorporate literature into the daily rhythm of your classroom, making it a vital presence that:</div> <ul type="disc"> <li>builds community</li> <li>nurtures response</li> <li>creates readers</li> <li>inspires writing</li> <li>promotes inquiry </li> <li>cultivates wonder. </li> </ul> <div></div> <div>Johnson and Giorgis also include helpful features that provide insight into the power of children's literature, such as: </div> <div><b>Literary Letters</b>:writtenexchanges about a book between teacher and student that offer a way for teachers to gauge children's responses and encourage further reading</div> <div><b>Conversation with…</b>: interviews with well-known children'sauthors, illustrators, and editors that give you and your students new insight into children's literature and the creative processes behind it</div> <div><b>Side by Side by Side</b>: specific strategies for fostering partnerships among literature, teacher, and learner.</div> <div></div> <div>In addition, Johnson and Giorgis recommend hundreds of books, grouped by specific classroom goals to support literacy instruction.</div> <div></div> <div>With lively discussion of topics like reading aloud, literature circles, and ample evidence of the effectiveness of partnering with children's literature, <i>The Wonder of It All </i>is an ideal resource for any teacher eager to make the most of the books children love to read.</div> <div></div> <div></div>