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The art and craft of literary texts: 1. Literature for children and young adolescents -- 2. Types of literary texts -- 3. Literature and context -- 4. Responding to literature -- 5. Examining literature -- Creating literary texts: 6. composing dialogue -- 7. Composing description -- 8. Building cohesion through vocabulary -- 9. Using figurative language in literature -- 10. Evaluating literary texts -- Extending literary knowledge: 11. Poetry -- 12. Viewing and reading picture books -- 13. Literature in a digital environment -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index. "'A literature companion for teachers' (2nd ed.) continues to be an essential reference for teachers K-8 in their role as the interpretative authorities on literary texts. It is both a revision and an update and remains true to its purpose: a key reference to enhance practising and pre-service teachers' knowledge about how literature may be responded to, examined, interpreted, analysed, evaluated and created. This 'Companion' presents literary writing as both an 'art' and a 'craft' and explores aspects of the craft of the writer's artistry. Each chapter presents exemplars of quality literature, with many recent texts included in this edition. With the 2016 'Australian Curriculum: English v.8.3' as a starting point the book offers explanations, interpretations and examples for each of the four Literature strands." - Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index. "'A literature companion for teachers' (2nd ed.) continues to be an essential reference for teachers K-8 in their role as the interpretative authorities on literary texts. It is both a revision and an update and remains true to its purpose: a key reference to enhance practising and pre-service teachers' knowledge about how literature may be responded to, examined, interpreted, analysed, evaluated and created. This 'Companion' presents literary writing as both an 'art' and a 'craft' and explores aspects of the craft of the writer's artistry. Each chapter presents exemplars of quality literature, with many recent texts included in this edition. With the 2016 'Australian Curriculum: English v.8.3' as a starting point the book offers explanations, interpretations and examples for each of the four Literature strands." - Back cover.