Reading Globally, K–8: Connecting Students to the World Through Literature - Softcover

Barbara A. Lehman is Professor of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University, where she teaches graduate courses in children′s literature and literacy at the Mansfield Campus. Her scholarly interests focus on multicultural and global children’s literature and child-centered literary criticism. She co-edited Teaching with Children′s Books: Paths to Literature-Based Instruction (National Council of Teachers of English [NCTE], 1995) and co-authored with Evelyn Freeman Global Perspectives in Children′s Literature (Allyn & Bacon, 2001). Her third title, Children’s Literature and Learning: Literary Study Across the Curriculum, was published by Teachers College Press (2007). She has had articles published in ChLA Quarterly, Children’s Literature in Education, and the Journal of Children’s Literature, among others. She has co-edited the Journal of Children’s Literature (Children’s Literature Assembly of NCTE) and Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature for the International Board on Books for Young People. She has served on and chaired book and author award committees, such as NCTE’s Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Committee, the Children’s Literature Assembly’s Notable Books in the Language Arts Committee, the Hans Christian Andersen Award U.S. nominating committee, the USBBY’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominating committee, the International Reading Association’s Arbuthnot Award Committee and the Notable Books for a Global Society Committee, and the ChLA Article Award Committee. She is president-elect of USBBY (to be president in 2011). She was a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa during 2004-2005, and the 2009 recipient of the Arbuthnot Award from the International Reading Association.

"The authors illustrate how to teach to the standards using literature. More importantly, they explain why it is essential to do so if we are to prepare our children for life in a 21st century global society."

Author: Carol Gallegos, Literacy Coach Published On: 2010-06-01

"This comprehensive volume helps educators at many levels become more skilled at providing high quality, meaningful, diverse literature experiences for students. The authors skillfully weave global text titles, authors, web sites, and strategy instruction throughout the book." Author: Victoria Seeger, Instructional Coach Published On: 2010-06-01

"Using both picture books and chapter books, the authors show specific ways in which literature can be used across the curriculum to help students see themselves as part of a global community." Author: Nelda Brangwin Published On: 2011-10-11