Through individual chapters on major genres and an emphasis on professional standards, the authors offer fresh ideas for sharing literature with children that will stimulate authentic responses; for using the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other technology and media to enhance children's experience of literature; for integrating literature into all elementary classrooms; and for encouraging children to take the literature they encounter in school back home to their parents and siblings. Believing that a love of literature will serve children for life, these authors aim to prepare prospective teachers to infuse literature into children's lives in a way that will foster a lifelong interest.