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This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out of the classroom.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction- Critical Thinkers and Innovative Practices
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Ruth McKoy Lowery
Chapter 1- Exploring the Universe of Facts: Outstanding Nonfiction and Biographies
Deborah Thompson
Chapter 2- Picture Book Biographies as Mentor Texts
Leslie Colabucci, and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Chapter 3- Mirrors and Windows for All: Nonfiction Picture Books as Tools for Understanding Disabilities
Patricia A. Crawford, and Kaybeth Calabria
Chapter 4- Challenging Gifted and Talented Readers with Nonfiction Texts
Margot Dickey and Laura Anne Hudock
Chapter 5- Nonfiction Instruction for English Language Learners
Xiaodi Zhou and Danling Fu
Chapter 6- Differentiating and Promoting Critical Thinking with Nonfiction Multimodal Text Sets
Danielle Hartsfield and Nicole Maxwell
Chapter 7- Creating an Appealing and Usable Classroom Library of High Quality Diverse Nonfiction Texts
Cuthbert Roland-Storm
Conclusion- A Few Thoughts on Using Nonfiction Texts in the 21st Century Classroom
Paul H. Ricks
About the Editors
About the Contributors

Product details

Published Jul 27 2018
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 140
ISBN 9781475843415
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 2 BW Illustrations, 1 BW Photos, 11 Tables
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Anthology Editor

Ruth McKoy Lowery

Anthology Editor

Laura Anne Hudock

Anthology Editor

Paul H. Ricks

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