How To Read Literature Like A Professor For Kids [Paperback]

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

InHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids,New York Timesbestselling 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 fromHow the Grinch Stole ChristmastoThe 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.

Now there's a young readers' edition of the hitNew York Timesbestselling adult book that's sold more than 750,000 copies!

Did you know the Grinch was on a quest? What does it mean when a hero takes a journey? Or eats green eggs and ham? And what are vampires really about? There'salwaysmore to a story than you think!

This isthefunny and accessible go-to guide that unlocks the secrets of reading!