Reading and Writing Pathways through Children's and Young Adult Literature: Exploring literacy, identity and story with authors and readers

This book provides a toolkit and theoretical framework for teaching literacy through children's literature, featuring innovative ideas for developing student and teacher experiences with literature and popular culture texts in the classroom. It combines author, teacher, and learner perspectives to explore fairy-tales, comic books, graphic novels, children living in literature, popular culture, young adult fiction, and non-fiction and digital texts. It develops a sociocultural understanding of literacy as a lived and contextually dependent practice where meaning is derived through relationships between people, settings, and culture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 284 pages
Publication date: 18 July 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This thought-provoking book offers a comprehensive toolkit and theoretical framework for teaching literacy through children's literature, catering to the needs of masters students, teachers, and researchers alike. It presents innovative ideas for creating engaging and meaningful student and teacher experiences with literature and popular culture texts in the classroom, accompanied by practical examples and teaching aids throughout. By adopting a collaborative approach, the author explores how teachers and learners can engage with literature and its authors to foster literacy development in classroom practice. Through interviews with authors and suggested classroom activities, the text combines author, teacher, and learner perspectives to develop creative pedagogies that extend understanding of literacy beyond reading, writing, and text.

The book delves into a diverse range of children's literature genres, including fairy tales, comic books, graphic novels, children living in literature (depictions of children, their lives, and experiences), popular culture, young adult fiction, and non-fiction, as well as digital texts such as blogs. By examining these diverse texts, the book develops a sociocultural understanding of literacy as a lived and contextually dependent practice where meaning is derived through relationships between people, settings, and culture. Different contexts for literacy are explored, including reading and writing strategically for learning about literacy and literature, widely for personal purposes, and deeply for transforming understanding.

This text serves as an invaluable resource for teachers, researchers, and anyone with a passion for reading and writing stories. The author's interviews, particularly with older learners, offer valuable insights into their reading and writing practices, making it an essential resource for developing their understanding of these practices. Overall, this book provides a rich and comprehensive exploration of the role of children's literature in teaching literacy, offering practical insights and theoretical frameworks that will enhance the teaching and learning experience for educators and researchers alike.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367821012