HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR FOR KIDS

In this funny and accessible young readers’ adaptation of Professor Foster’s New York Times bestselling adult book, Foster offers a whole new perspective on reading, drawing from a wide range of classics and current bestsellers, from Narnia to Twilight, to explore what stories are, what they mean, and how kids can understand them. Foster explores all genres: novels, short stories, plays, poems, and movies, and gives kids the hidden tools to unlock the secrets of reading, making it fun and exciting!

Professor Thomas C. Foster steps into the high school English class and helps young readers discover the hidden symbols, devices, and subtle characters we have all grown to appreciate in literature. Did you know the Grinch was on a quest? What does it mean when a hero takes a journey? Gets caught in the rain? Or eats green eggs and ham? And what are vampires really about? Thomas C. Foster is Professor of English at the University of Michigan, Flint. In addition to the popular How to Read…Like a Professor series (over 750,000 copies in print), he has written several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry.