How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062200860)

The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a middle school book report to English Comp 101

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers.

With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life.

From that very first middle school book report to that first college course, kids need to be able to understand the layers of meaning in literature. Foster makes learning this important skill fun and exciting by using examples from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from short stories and poems to movie scripts.

This go-to guide unlocks all the hidden secrets to reading, making it entertaining and satisfying.

Author: Thomas C. Foster
ISBN-10: 0062200860
ISBN-13: 9780062200860
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2013
School Library Journal 03/01/2013 pg. 179
Booklist 04/15/2013 pg. 53
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2013 pg. 505
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 184 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw