Children's Literature

Reporter’s

Sheree Ann Marie Casin

Clyce Zaspa Zarandin

Joelbyn A. Datu

Sheree Ann Marie Casin

Joelbyn A. Datu

Clyce Zaspa Zarandin

Professor

Ms. Martina Luis I. Sauro

MOTIVATION

Lesson 3Selecting Books for

Children

A good elementary school reading

Program should provide for two

Inseparable and interdependent ideas.

(1)The development of reading

Skills, and (2) The encouragement of

reading pleasures.

The constant purpose of a teacher

is to interest children in a varied

and well-balanced program of reading.

Books are a source of information, comfort and

pleasure for people who know how to use them and how to

choose them.

Two facts about books• A book is a good book for children

only when he enjoys it.

• A book is a poor book for children,Even when adults rate it as a classic,

If children are not able to read it and enjoy it.

Basic needs of Children as well

as adults are:

1. Material SecurityIt embraces everything that gives him a sense of comfort and well-

being.

2. Emotional SecurityThe need to love and to be

beloved.

3. Intellectual Security The need to know things

more accurately.

4. The need to achieveTo do or be something

worthy of respect.

5. Need for recreation and diversion

Fairy tales, stories of adventure and romance are example . Books of laughter

help dissolve fear and tensions.

6. Need to belong To be a part of a group.

Stories about family life, the school, his community, his

country and later about the world about him.

Criteria for Books Selection:

I. Fiction

1. ThemeThe theme of a book reveals the author’s purpose in writing the story. It is the idea of the story, the meaning behind the story

2. PlotThe plot is the plan of the story; it tells what the characters do

and what happens to them. It is the action of a story built around

a theme.

3. Quality of Content Aside from the plot, the quality of the content of the book must be

examined. The story must be worth telling or reading.

4. Characterization The characters in the story whether they are people or

animals should be convincingly real and lifelike.

5. StyleThe style of a book refers to the manner or the way the author

has written it. Every author has his own individual style.

6. FormatThe physical aspects of the book

must also be considered.

7. IllustrationsThe illustrations for a picture book are as important as the text. Children prefer colored

picture, but some of the most popular picture books and

storybooks are black and white. The illustration should be appropriate to the text.

The text is the author’s expression of life as he sees it

and given in a form that children can understand and share.

8. Other Considerations* How does this book compare with other books on the same

subject?* How does it compare with other

books written by the same author?

* Does it appeal only to a few children or does it have an

appeal to a greater number of children?

II. BiographiesThe same criteria for fiction

books may be used for biographies .

* A Biography should be true to all the facts known about the subject’s

life* The hero of a biography must be a real-life here, with real-life faults,

weaknesses and doubts.

* Biography for children should be about heroes of action and deeds.

III. Informational BooksBooks that are primarily concerned

with facts should be accurate, easy to read and understand, adequately

treated, well presented in such a way that it will be easy to find what one is

looking for.

IV. Reference BooksDictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias