Language Arts - Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching, Oct 1991

No matter what the text, says Rosenblatt, we must clarify our purposes for reading. Do we want to emphasize the aesthetic or the efferent?

This analysis of a kindergartnet’s “readings” shows that young children can process nonfiction texts very well—if they’re given the chance.

When we think of the books young children act out, we usually think of stories. But this article shows how dramatizing and nonfiction books can go hand-in-hand in early literacy education.

Here are plenty of titles of high quality nonfiction books that children can use as sources of information and style for their own writing.

NCTE’s Orbis Pictus Award celebrates nonfiction works for children. In this article we learn about the award and about what makes good nonfiction books.