Books in the Literacy Teaching Series series

This volume on interpreting literature with children covers subjects including: literary elements in prose and poetry; talking about literature; culture and class in children's literature; gender in children's literature; and interpreting literature through writing.

Offering a comprehensive approach to vocabulary instruction, this book is about how children learn the meanings of new words and how teachers can be strategic in deciding which words to teach, how to teach them, and which words not to teach at all. It covers the 'why to' and 'when to' as well as the 'how to' of teaching word meanings.

This sequel to Literacy Instruction in Multicultural Settings extends the coverage to include issues of power, attitudes, and systemic change through the application of discourse theory and critical theory. The author has tried to maintain the brevity, stylistic clarity, and classroom focus of the earlier volume.