Children's Literature, Breifly ch.18

Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.

I think using trade books instead of text books in the classroom is a great idea. If you can get the information across using a trade book rather than a text book then I think you should do it. Personally I would much rather read a trade book than a boring flat text book. You could assign a trade book to a class and through their reading they could be absorbing all sorts of information without even knowing it. There are times when textbooks are necessary, especially in science and math classes that deal with formulas. However, I think children are more likely to read the trade books than text books.