Essentials of Children's

Literature by Short,
Lynch-Brown, and
Tomlinson
Who is Kathy Short?
 Kathy G. Short teaches graduate courses in
children’s literature, inquiry, and curriculum
at the University of Arizona.
 - She taught elementary school in Indiana

and Ohio.
 - Her books include Teaching Globally:

*Reading the World through Literature

*Critical Content Analysis of Children and
Young Adult Literature
Carol Lynch-Brown
 -She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in
children’s and young adult literature, reading, and
language arts education at Florida State University.
 -She was a teacher in elementary school and
middle school in St. Paul and Minneapolis Public
Schools.
 -She taught English in French Public Schools
 - She co-authored with Carl M. Tomlinson
Essentials of Young Adult Literature, 2nd Edition,
published by Pearson in 2010.
 -She's a former editor of The Reading Teacher, a
journal of the International Reading Association.
Carl M. Tomlinson
 - He taught graduate and undergraduate
courses in children's literature and language arts
at Northern Illinois University.
 - He was an elementary and middle school
teacher in Thomasville, Georgia, public schools
 - He taught classes in English in Norway
 - He co-authored with Carol Lynch-Brown
Essentials of Young Adult Literature, 2nd
Edition, published by Pearson in 2010. He is the
editor of Children's Books from Other Countries,
published by USBBY and Scarecrow Press in 1998
 Chapter 1: Essentials of Children's
Literature is more about childhood
experience.
 Chapter 2 : The Value of Children

producing enjoyment, imagination,

knowledge and, insights.
 Chapter 3 : Considering the Age level

of Children's characteristics. From the

age of 0 to 12 years old.
Children literature types

1. picture books
2. Fantasy fiction
3. Realistic fiction
4. Traditional literature
Picture Books
 Picture books are for young children or
beginning readers. They can either have just
pictures, without words -- such as Raymond
Briggs' "The Snowman”
Fantasy Fiction
 Fantasy is widespread in children's literature.
Popular topics include magic or the occult,
paranormal events, science fiction, animal-
based fantasy or unusual or parallel worlds, the
most famous children's fantasy books of the late
20th and early 21st centuries are the Harry
Potter novels.
Realistic Fiction
 Realistic children's literature can either be set
in contemporary times or in the past. As the
name suggests, the characters are realistic
and the plot line follows something that
could actually happen. Realistic historical
fiction uses real events from the past as a
basis for the story.
Traditional Literature
 Traditional literature is the name given to any
stories which originated orally and were later
written down. These include some fairy tales,
folk tales, myths, legends, epics and fables.
Traditional literature stories can be found in
books, but are the type of story that a parent
may tell a child from memory.
Essential children's literature is about
childhood experience and what values or
what they can gain and what is the purpose
of literature in childrens.
1. Enjoyment
2. Imagination
3. Knowledge
4. Insights