The Bloomsbury Handbook of Childrens and Young Adult Literat... - 9781350383098

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Childrens and Young Adult Literature in EducationAuthor(s): Katrina Bartow Jacobs, Patricia Crawford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350383098, 978-1350383098\nSynopsis\nThis handbook provides a comprehensive review of the research and practice of engaging with children's and young adult literature in education. Drawing across scholarship focused on genre, creation, and utilization of children's literature, it provides a unique perspective on the role that children's literature can play in educational spaces from age 2 to 18, and from picture books to YA literature.\n\n The volume is divided into two main sections: first, a review of the history of children's literature and its application in education; and second, a discussion of methodological approaches for studying children's literature in educating young people - particularly in relation to critical literacy and multimo.