Learning Resources
 
Required Resources
 
Course Text:

Literature and the Child
Chapter 7, "Contemporary Realistic Fiction"
Chapter 8, "Historical Fiction" (you may skip "A Close Look at
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
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pp. 259-260; "A Close Look at A Close Look at
The Porcupine Year
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" pp. 266–267; and "A Close Look at
Okay for Now
," p. 274-275)
For this week's Application,
read one contemporary realistic fiction book or one historical fiction book. Make your selection based on a theme or a period/person in history that resonates with you. Use the booklists at the end of Chapters 7 and 8 (pp. 246–249 and p. 278 of the course text, and make sure that your selection is classified as intermediate or adolescent (there will be an "I" or an "A" in parentheses next to the title). While making your selection, refer to the quality guidelines outlined in your text.
Content Review
 
Directions:
Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length.
Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question that you are responding to.
 
Throughout this course, you have been learning that each genre of literature has the potential to make a powerful impact on readers. Explain the intricate and significant relationship between contemporary realistic fiction and the children and adolescents who read it.
Imagine that you are a librarian who has been asked to compile a list of contemporary realistic fiction for children and adolescents. What considerations related to quality would be most important to you? To what issues would you need to be sensitive?
Consider what you have learned about the genres of contemporary realistic fiction and historical fiction. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? Explain at least one similarity and one difference. Then, based on these differences, what are the most significant benefits to a child reading each of these genres?