Final Reflection

I have always greatly enjoyed reading and writing, and I can honestly say I had a lot of fun in this class and learned a great deal about children's literature. I really liked how we were given the opportunity to read a wide variety of children's literature (everything from graphic novels to poetry). Personally, my favorite aspect of the class was doing my API Study on Chris Van Allsburg. I enjoyed having the chance to research, read, and study one of my favorite authors. Also, I really liked the paired texts activities where we read So Far From The Bamboo Grove and The Year Of Impossible Goodbyes. I feel that the paired texts and the API Study helped to keep the course fresh and interesting, and it was enjoyable and engaging to use children's literature in that sort of way. I feel as if I gained a great deal of knoweldge about children's literature from this class, and I never thought I would have learned so much about children's literature through this class. However, by critically reading and discussing 45 picture books and 9 novels I feel as if I was able to attain a strong knoweldge base on children's literature that I will take with me into my career as a teacher.