Judith Wynn Halsted, educational consultant at the Center for the Gifted, 934 E. Eighth Street, Traverse City, MI 49684, and the author of "Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool Through High School: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, Counselors, and Librarians." Columbus, OH: Ohio Psychology Publishing Co. (1988).
Educators are voicing concerns regarding the place of literature in the classroom, calling for the use of literature to supplement basal readers in the elementary curriculum and raising questions... [more]