This stellar book extends teachers thinking well beyond 'book spaces' and into 'digital spaces' by offering theorized approaches to analyzing childrens literature across media, and careful descriptions of effective learning activities that are rich in detail and practical advice. This book (and its digital spaces) is an indispensable guide to engaging with childrens literature and new digital media.Michele Knobel, Montclair State University, USA.The book overall is exciting, informative and practical, outlining important theoretical perspectives and ideas while also providing much wisdom and advice to teachers about how to transform their literary programs.Frances Christie, Emeritus Professor of Language andLiteracy Education, University of Melbourne and HonoraryProfessor of Education, University of Sydney, Australia.This book connects classroom teaching of childrens literature with the digital age. It celebrates the charm of childrens literature and its role in literacy development, as well as the appeal of information and communications technology (ICT) to students and its capacity to enrich students learning and enjoyment of literary texts.The authors outline the ways in which childrens literature is developing new dimensions, for example:The re-publication of childrens books on CD ROM and the world wide webWeb resources for working with literary texts, including e-mail discussion groupsChildrens participation in the collaborative construction of online narrativesThe book provides practical guidance for teachers who areinexperienced with ICT. It describes and discussesimplementation of activities that extend traditional approaches toliterary texts and take advantage of available technology.
