How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids Hardcover - 2013
by Thomas C. Foster
A fun and practical introduction to literature and literary basics--symbols, themes, and contexts--shows how to make everyday reading experiences more rewarding and enjoyable.
From the rear cover
Did you know the Grinch was on a quest? What does it mean when a hero takes a journey? Gets caught in the rain? Or eats green eggs and ham? And what are vampires really about?
One thing is certain--there's always more to a story than you think!
In this funny and practical young readers' version of Thomas C. Foster's New York Times bestselling book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster offers a whole new perspective on reading, drawing from a wide range of classics and favorites to explore what stories mean to us and how we can understand them. Using all genres--novels, short stories, plays, poems, movies, and song lyrics--Foster gives kids the hidden tools for reading, making it fun and exciting!
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- Title How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids
- Author Thomas C. Foster
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins
- Date 2013-05
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780062200860 / 0062200860
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1150
- Library of Congress subjects Literature - History and criticism, Literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013933033
- Dewey Decimal Code 808
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/2013, Page 53
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 07/01/2013, Page 505
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2013, Page 184
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2013, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 03/01/2013, Page 179
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