Professional Reading
The value of the information, sample publicity, grant proposals, resources, and shopping lists make this a useful guide.
This is an excellent resource for elementary and middle school librarians who want ideas for their day-to-day running of the library.
Librarians who have been successfully integrating role-playing games into their programs for some time won't find much new here, but those who are just experimenting with the medium will see that as an invaluable guide, and even those seasoned pros could use it as a handy desk reference.
For librarians thinking about incorporating any kind of play area into the children's library, this is an essential purchase.
The push to incorporate informational texts into instruction offers teachers and librarians an opportunity to tap into young readers ’curiosity about the natural world. Three recent publications with a focus on the selection and use of science-related texts in the classroom and for programming are timely aids for teachers and librarians.
The latest professional reading encourages bringing dynamic, diverse, and innovative materials to patrons, from Pat Scales’s Books Under Fire to Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps and Carole J. McCollough’s Coretta Scott King Award Books Discussion Guide.
When it comes to measuring text complexity, teachers and librarians know it’s not just about attaching a particular lexile number or other quantitative label to a book jacket. A new, practical tool walks educators through the process of selecting the best texts for instruction.
This title's practical application in school library media centers and classrooms is obvious, but public libraries will also find this useful to connect literature-based library programs with local curricula.
An excellent addition to any professional collection and a must-read for those new to librarianship.
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