Oct 04, 2024

The Elmira College Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year

LAL 5001 - Children’s Literature: Critical Survey

credits: 3.0
A survey course intended to acquaint teachers and parents with a wide range of juvenile literature from pre-school picture books, poetry, award-winning fiction, biography, science, and social studies to teenage novels. Both historical aspects and modern trends in the juvenile field will be covered. Criteria for judging books will be developed along with an appreciation of the styles of the outstanding authors and artists in the field.