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This helpful book reengineers classroom literacy learning by encouraging teachers to facilitate while students command their own learning.
An excellent Spanish-language reference title focusing on Puerto Rican works for children, this would be a great resource for educators, librarians, and readers studying Puerto Rican youth literature.
Effective alignment of brand management principles and the AASL Standards, along with plenty of opportunities for reflection, make this book a valuable purchase for school library practitioners.
A useful purchase for schools.
An accessible and engaging guide filled with actionable insights, and a must-read for librarians serious about fostering an environment of growth and inquiry in their library.
An important overview of book bans that provides crucial information every librarian now needs to know. Recommended, especially in large municipal systems.
Appropriate for school librarians interested in continuous learning or as a textbook in library science programs.
A must purchase for any library considering the addition of virtual reality to its services.
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The Velveteen Rabbit at 100
Recommended for professional reading and in collections where there is a demand for scholarly analysis. Highly recommended for academic libraries.
Those with an interest in classic children’s literature or LGBTQIA+ history and culture should not miss this title.
Recommended for those who are interested in the field of disability studies, in particular the d/Deaf community.
This fine title will appeal especially to those nostalgic for Keats’s works. Public and school libraries should definitely consider.
An essential guide for K–3 educators wanting to incorporate Black history into classroom learning throughout the school year.
Considering content, length, and price point, academic institutions and big public systems serving large Caribbean populations are the best audiences for this pair of publications.
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A great addition to professional collections of teachers looking to strengthen students’ writing skills in bite-size, practical ways.
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7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success
This book offers a variety of helpful and practical strategies that are easily implemented in any K–3 classroom, and will help all students to learn to read more effectively and with higher levels of fluency and comprehension.
An excellent addition for anyone interested in starting a reading workshop in their classroom or school library, as it offers the insights and tools necessary in today’s educational landscape.
Recommended. Sharing books can help make sense of an often-confusing world, and this title is a good place to begin.
Designed with creativity in mind, these thoughtfully crafted SEL lessons are easy to integrate into the classroom.
Well organized, and with a great balance of broadness and depth, this is a great resource for any school library or professional development collection.
A treasure trove of ideas, background knowledge, and techniques for sustainable and DIY programs in libraries everywhere.
Perfect for librarians who wear many hats and need to analyze the implementation of digital citizenship from every angle, as well as for educators who have to make district-wide decisions that impact many students.
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Let’s Roll: A Guide to Setting up Tabletop Role-Playing Games in Your School or Public Library
A slim but comprehensive title with an earnest and encouraging authorial voice. Recommended for any school or public library professional who has felt trepidation about introducing an RPG program.
A good choice for teachers who have the capacity to interpret and create lessons from the resources presented, or who want to incorporate mindfulness activities in their classrooms. Though the direct audience is teachers, the text can also be used by parents, counselors, caregivers, and others, as long as they are willing to be flexible.
This informative and engaging book is a great choice for both library students and established public and school librarians.
Practical, inspiring, and joyous all at once. Outstanding and highly recommended!
A businesslike and comprehensive defense of manga in today’s library and classroom that requires no prior knowledge of the format and will provide library professionals the framework to develop a manga collection, program, or course from scratch.
A useful addition to the teacher tool box, but not necessarily a must-have resource.
Highly recommended. All teachers and administrators need to have a copy of this book to help prioritize their well-being.
An excellent resource, especially for those looking to center equity and justice in their practice.
This timely handbook provides creative opportunities for teen librarians and libraries to connect with teens and with their surrounding communities. A great choice for young adult librarians.
An eminently useful title for anyone working with preschoolers looking for easily implemented pre-literacy activities.
A book for library students and established librarians, this simplified guide to OBPE programming development focused on community outcomes is recommended for libraries serving youth.
With the growing emphasis on SEL in schools, this book is a valuable resource for librarians supporting this important work.
A superb and necessary collection. Purchase and share this stellar collection with all the Potterheads in your library.
Whether these projects, which are well thought out and flexible to schedule and learner needs, are used independently or collaboratively with educators, elementary librarians will benefit from this valuable resource.
Whether readers are considering teaching as a profession, are mid-career, or are looking toward retirement, this book will inspire and remind many why teaching is still a fulfilling and rewarding profession.
Well-researched and wonderfully helpful, this collection is a must-have for teachers of all age groups.
Recommended for professionals who have been apprehensive about talking about race.
While anyone doing book discussions can find useful material here, this work is recommended for elementary and middle school teachers.
This title can be used as a handbook for professional educators; its clear organization and focused language will be useful for early literacy teachers.
This book will be scoured by librarians and teachers for classroom tips, recommendations, and insight.
Practical and supportive, this is a good fit for new educators who want to set up their library or experienced educators who want to reenergize their collection.
Recommended supplemental purchase for professional development.
Useful, if a bit flawed; this compendium serves as a dual crash course on readers’ advisory and genre blends for anyone recommending youth materials.
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Playing Games in the School Library: Developing Game-Based Lessons and Using Gamification Concepts
Pavey’s text is dense with ideas, from copyright to assessment, and is always centered on the student. School and public librarians considering adding game-based learning to their list of accomplishments would do well to start here.
This is a great choice for elementary and early middle level instructors, or the coaches who support them, who are looking to find a more authentic connection to their students.
Resurgence: Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom
A powerful, resonant, meticulously crafted work, firmly rooted in respect and dignity, with clear strategies for teacher practice. Highly recommended.
Purchase this resource to support library efforts to garner support for initiatives targeting student well-being.
An essential book that belongs in the hands of every teacher, but especially language arts teachers and the librarians who collaborate with them.
A welcome addition to children’s literature scholarship.
A solid work that offers insight to librarians and educators to help students navigate current media literacy challenges.
Thoughtful and instructive, this is a must read for anyone involved in reading or writing conferences at their school.
Most of the material covered here will likely not be new to most librarians. Nevertheless, it convincingly discusses the importance of the school librarian, and many administrators may find it eye-opening.
Whiting’s engaging and practical book places stakeholders front and center. Librarians will find her arguments compelling as they rethink pedagogy and solve problems using human-centered design theory.
This title is likely most useful to preservice and early career librarians first establishing their goals and priorities; however, it could also be a valuable resource for more veteran librarians reconnecting with their dedication to the field. In addition, it makes a strong case for the importance of a full-time, certified librarian and could be used as an advocacy tool.
An incredibly thorough and clear guide to implementing or extending learning centers in school libraries.
Innovative and intuitive, this text is sure to become part of the professional reading canon for thoughtful educators.
An additional purchase where educators are looking for insight into teaching the nonfiction writing process.
Chock-full of ideas and inspiration, this book is a (mostly) great resource for library staff looking to creatively increase all-ages patron engagement.
Librarians, here is your one-stop shop for incorporating anime, manga, and public enthusiasm into library programming. The rabbit hole is deep but rewarding.
Recommended for secondary English teachers and librarians who seek to provide a rich and engaging reading experience.
Professional materials on mindfulness and social emotional needs are more important than ever, making Stephens’s volume an ideal choice for most collections.
Practical and user-friendly, with lesson ideas that are ready to implement.
This book is a gift to educators, radiating with the authors’ infectious enthusiasm and wealth of experience.
Highlighting issues that all school librarians need to consider in order to advocate for their students, this is a vital resource.
An exceedingly thorough starting place for understanding how libraries may better serve and support patrons who are on the spectrum.
Providing book-based, library-centric STEAM projects, this is a worthwhile purchase.
Those who are new to a soloist position at a small library or who lack prior experience in a business setting may find some of the suggestions useful. For others, much of the information will not be applicable or is too elementary for their needs.
Incorporating STEAM in the library will stimulate curiosity in students, leading librarians to a wealth of opportunities to foster lifelong learners. Highly recommended for elementary school librarians seeking to prioritize STEAM.
The pandemic and the need for entire schools to rely on distance learning may fade, but components of good teaching will not. Teachers will turn to this work again and again. This dynamic selection is the one volume every educator needs.
A helpful resource for those already sharing folktales with young people, and an enticing collection for those who need convincing of the value of these stories.
A valuable primer for librarians eager to set up gaming programs, especially those new to this kind of programming.
After diving into this excellent resource, readers will feel confident that they can launch podcasting programs in their schools. Highly recommended for librarians and teachers interesting in beginning podcasting with students.
Filled with solid ideas for new programming and creative tweaks to established programs, for librarians in service areas large and small.
An appealing invitation to learn more, with some powerful personal insights and strong synthesis of others’ work on diversity, equity, and inclusion; not a primary resource for curriculum or hands-on activities.
Despite some salient points, this work falls short of its stated purpose, and readers will be better served by investigating lists and resources from organizations such as We Need Diverse Books, the We Are Kid Lit Collective, or Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books.
While there is room to quibble with some suggested reading/interest levels, these moments are rare. This is a necessary purchase and an enjoyable read for those who recommend to or develop collections for a young adult audience.
Marrying in-depth knowledge of comics and libraries, Phoenix has produced a practical, user-friendly read that’s essential book for school and public librarians.
Recommended for anyone looking to diversify collections, learn more about novels in verse, or expand their use of poetry in the classroom or library.
Recommended for beginning librarians or those needing suggestions on incorporating social studies standards in library lessons.
Highly recommended for secondary school librarians.
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The School Librarian’s Technology Playbook: Innovative Strategies To Inspire Teachers and Learners
With a wide variety of examples, this book serves as a guidebook for K–12 librarians to promote innovative teaching throughout their school communities.
A practical and accessible starting point for examining the role of the library (and librarian) in the school community.
A reliable source of ideas, especially for beginning programmers or those looking for a creative nudge.
Absorbing and thought-provoking, this title is well worth any library professional’s time and consideration.
Given this text’s glaring omissions, not recommended for purchase.
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Collaborate
This thought-provoking and lucid volume will kindle ideas and inspire a desire to collaborate across the school. Librarians will want to refer to it often in order to develop their own plan to make the library a place where learners come together.
Well written and accessible to teachers and noneducators alike, this book offers a clear road map to helping children discover a love of writing.
Librarians who want to learn more about critical literacy theory and genre study will appreciate this work, though it is scholarly, so expect to use it more as a reference.
Not only is inquiry well represented across the different educational standards, it also stimulates students’ imaginations and creates lifelong learners. This stirring guidebook is a strong resource for elementary librarians who want to spark curiosity.
This is an excellent resource for librarians seeking to step outside their comfort zone and forge new connections. A must-buy for professional development shelves.
An informative primer or refresher for users willing to wade through it.
This is an excellent resource for anyone who teaches research skills or asks students to complete a research project. Essential for all secondary teachers and librarians.
Thorough and well researched, if a bit dry, this title provides an informative context for the many fast-moving changes and challenges school librarians are confronting.
Librarians interested in transforming their approach to programs and activities and drawing on research-supported theory may find this text a useful starting point, but those seeking practical programming ideas may be overwhelmed.
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Murder Mystery, Graphic Novels, and More: Innovative Programs for Engaging Teens in Your Library
A go-to for overworked librarians who want to bring some pizzazz to their programming.
Like its predecessors, this is an excellent choice to recommend to parents and also useful for beginning teachers and librarians. Libraries that possess the seventh edition should consider replacing it with this more current version.
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