Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults

About this book

Both volumes of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices make it easy to find the perfect book to illustrate a specific literary device. The author has selected nearly 500 picture storybooks that effectively illustrate satire allusion pun imagery paradox simile analogy and other literary devices. A substantial portion of each volume is a detailed guide for finding appropriate examples. This guide is alphabetically arranged from Allegory to Understatement and describes the appropriate titles for each device. Volume 1 spans books from 1980 to 1988 and Volume 2 covers books published since 1989 as well as classic picture books. All entries include full bibliographic information a plot summary examples of the literary device and other devices used in the book.