MARY ELIZABETH WILDBERGER is a nationwide consultant in media arts. She received an M.A. in instructional technology from Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, and is a member of the American Library Association and the American Association of School Librarians. Ms. Wildberger is a contributor to School Library Media Activities Monthly and has authored curriculum guides for the Maryland State Department of Education. In 1975, she won an Emmy from the Washington DC Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for her contributions to the public television series Once Upon a Town, and is a past recipient of the ALA John Cotton Dana award.

• Series StatementPrefaceintroductionChapter 1 An Author Approach to LiteratureChapter 2 The Caldecott ClubChapter 3 The Cleary ClubChapter 4 Contemporary Realistic FictionChapter 5 Shifting Levels of FantasyChapter 7 Shakespeare, His World and OursIndex

MARY ELIZABETH WILDBERGER is a nationwide consultant in media arts. She received an M.A. in instructional technology from Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, and is a member of the American Library Association and the American Association of School Librarians. Ms. Wildberger is a contributor to School Library Media Activities Monthly and has authored curriculum guides for the Maryland State Department of Education. In 1975, she won an Emmy from the Washington DC Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for her contributions to the public television series Once Upon a Town, and is a past recipient of the ALA John Cotton Dana award.

• Series StatementPrefaceintroductionChapter 1 An Author Approach to LiteratureChapter 2 The Caldecott ClubChapter 3 The Cleary ClubChapter 4 Contemporary Realistic FictionChapter 5 Shifting Levels of FantasyChapter 7 Shakespeare, His World and OursIndex

MARY ELIZABETH WILDBERGER is a nationwide consultant in media arts. She received an M.A. in instructional technology from Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, and is a member of the American Library Association and the American Association of School Librarians. Ms. Wildberger is a contributor to School Library Media Activities Monthly and has authored curriculum guides for the Maryland State Department of Education. In 1975, she won an Emmy from the Washington DC Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for her contributions to the public television series Once Upon a Town, and is a past recipient of the ALA John Cotton Dana award.

• Series StatementPrefaceintroductionChapter 1 An Author Approach to LiteratureChapter 2 The Caldecott ClubChapter 3 The Cleary ClubChapter 4 Contemporary Realistic FictionChapter 5 Shifting Levels of FantasyChapter 7 Shakespeare, His World and OursIndex