文學充滿魅力、激發熱情、教導人生。在文學的殿堂中，不斷的探索，可獲得無盡的喜悅（Norton，2011）。圖書可以給予孩子知識和喜悅。然而，如果沒有成人的悉心嗬護，共同分享閱讀的樂趣，圖書本身是不可能豐富孩子的（Kleeck，Stahl，& Bauer，2003）。成年人有義務和責任幫助孩子認識圖書的奧秘。圖書在孩子們心靈中所起的作用有多深、有多廣，完全取決於家長的投入有多少。成年人為孩子們選擇了文學作品，並通過一起欣賞這部作品，把自己對孩子的愛、自己堅定的價值觀、自己對文化傳承的承諾完全地傳遞給下一代。
摘要 Abstract
In this chapter, we present criteria for selecting quality literature for young readers.When teachers select books, we need to be mindful of the socio-cultural contexts of our values, our understanding of children, and our perception of the world. We discuss our assumptions of the purposes of children’s literature in the People’s Republic of China.These assumptions serve as the backdrop to build the criteria for book selection.The proposed criteria focus on characters, setting, language, and children’s perspectives. Book examples come from children’s literature titles published in the United States and other Chinese-speaking countries.
Key words:
the selection of children’s literature, children’s books
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