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Children's Literature

Offered By: DeAnza College via California Community Colleges System

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Children's Literature Courses Poetry Courses Literary Analysis Courses

Course Description

Overview

This course is a study of the literature of children (pre-elementary through young adult) with an emphasis on poetry, picture books, folk tales, myths, fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction from a variety of cultures, ethnicities, and historical periods. It also includes an evaluation of the literary quality and the cultural and historical meaning of individual works, and the study of the use of children's literature as an educational tool both in the classroom and outside of it.

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