Designing Library Space for Children

At the 2009 World Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), in Milan, Italy, the section on library buildings and equipment and the section on librari

Providing tips, suggestions, and guidelines on the critical issues that surround designing spaces for children and teens, this how-to book will help you create a space that they will never want to le

Offers educators frameworks for designing innovative play spaces that provide young children with flexible, inclusive, and stimulating opportunities to learn, develop, and have fun together.

The authors offer a guide to the process of designing early learning spaces in libraries that use play to engage children. They review the research behind play and its importance for children and the

The Adventure Friends: An Acorn Book (Book 1-3)Adventure Friends Miguel and Clarke take a trip that’s OUT OF THIS WORLD, in this full-color book perfect for beginning readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Miguel and Clarke are on the look-out for their next great adventure. They go to the library to find ideas. Clarke reads about spies and Miguel reads about space. Across four short stories, Miguel and Clarke use the power of their imagination to travel to outer space, explore a new planet, make a map of the stars -- and they even encounter aliens!With easy-to-read text and full-color artwork on every page, this adventure-filled early reader series is sure to be a hit with b

Adventure Friends Miguel and Clarke take a trip that’s OUT OF THIS WORLD, in this full-color book perfect for beginning readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Miguel and Clarke are on the look-out for their next great adventure. They go to the library to find ideas. Clarke reads about spies and Miguel reads about space. Across four short stories, Miguel and Clarke use the power of their imagination to travel to outer space, explore a new planet, make a map of the stars -- and they even encounter aliens!With easy-to-read text and full-color artwork on every page, this adventure-filled early reader series is sure to be a hit with beginning readers!

What is Earth's surface made of? Which natural resources are renewable? Why isn't it the same time everywhere? The Do You Know?? series provides in-depth looks at a wide range of popular subjects. Appealing to children who want to know everything, each thought-provoking book features ‧ 96 pages of engaging and educational answers to many popular questions ‧ Hundreds of labeled full-color illustrations ‧ An index to key terms Fans of this book will also enjoy other in the same series, including Dinosaurs and the Prehistoric World, Oceans and Marine Life, Space and Sky, and Vehicles and Transportation. ‧ Great family and classroom read-aloud book ‧ Educational books for kids 5 to 8 ‧ Nonfiction books for kids An indispensable resource for any child's library!

Which animals are found in the savanna? How do animals take care of their young? What is metamorphosis? The Do You Know?? series provides in-depth looks at a wide range of popular subjects. Appealing to children who want to know everything, each thought-provoking book features ‧ 92 pages of engaging and educational answers to many popular questions ‧ Hundreds of labeled full-color illustrations ‧ An index to key terms Fans of this book will also enjoy other in the same series, including Dinosaurs and the Prehistoric World, Oceans and Marine Life, Space and Sky, and Vehicles and Transportation. ‧ Great family and classroom read-aloud book ‧ Educational books for kids 5 to 8 ‧ Nonfiction books for kids An indispensable resource for any child's library!

A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTIONSHORLISTED FOR THE ENGLISH 4-11 BOOK AWARDS LEICESTERSELECTED AS A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"It’s never too early to jump-start your literary career, and Ten-Word Tiny Tales offers a crash course in the art of creative writing to children as young as seven." Emily Bearn, The Daily Telegraph"In this playful, unsettling collection for 7+, Coelho’s ultra-concise tales, featuring broken hamster cages, underwater carnivals and bears in outer space, are amplified by images from Shaun Tan, Dapo Adeola and many others, inviting kids to dive through strange portals of imagination." GuardianFrom former Waterstones Children's Laureate and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing Joseph Coelho, comes a compendium featuring twenty brilliantly illustrated tiny tales, each only ten words long!“Invite me in,” she says, outside my tenth storey window...Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? It most certainly is! In this unique and magnificent

What jobs are there at a museum? Who creates books? Where do cooks work? The Do You Know?TM series provides in-depth looks at a wide range of popular subjects. Appealing to children who want to know everything, each thought-provoking book features 96 pages of engaging and educational answers to many popular questionsHundreds of labeled full-color illustrationsAn index to key termsFans of this book will also enjoy other in the same series, including Trains, Dinosaurs, Oceans, Space, Vehicles, Earth, and Animals. Great family and classroom read-aloud bookEducational books for kids 5 to 8Nonfiction books for kidsAn indispensable resource for any child's library!

"The sense of immediacy is irresistible and will cause children who consider the event just ancient history to feel as if they too had left footprints on that distant, dusty surface."?School Library JournalOnly July 29, 1969, as Americans sat glued to their televisions and radios, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did the seemingly impossible--somthing humans had dreamed of doing for centuries: They traveled 240,000 miles through space and set foot on the moon. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. This achievement not only brought the moon within reach, but now everything seemed possible. If it could be imagined, it could be done.