This text contains convenient, ready-to-go booktalks for contemporary fiction and nonfiction books set in every continent around the globe, useful for teachers of grades three through nine.
Acknowledging that boys continue to lag behind girls in becoming lifelong readers, teachers and librarians are constantly looking for books that will interest and engage them. Fortunately, books on b
This valuable reference work and readers' advisory tool lists, describes, and organizes, according to reading interests, contemporary picture books and easy readers that satisfy the interests of chil
Resilience is the quality that descibes the capacity of children to grow up successful, content, and competent even though they are faced with adversities like poverty, violence, illness, or neglect.
This groundbreaking guide shows library staff how to break through media and genre boundaries, make new connections within the library collection, and better serve patrons.
This is a practical and useable reference for developing and evaluating school library programs that meet the needs of 21st century learners, teachers, and administrators.
This book provides an overview of leadership in library and information science (LIS), examines the findings of doctoral students in the Simmons program in Managerial Leadership in the Information Pr
This practical and easy-to-use resource will help teachers and library media specialists effectively integrate multimedia projects into their curriculum.
While there are many books on leadership, there are none extant that focus on the key attributes of interpersonal communication and/or emotional intelligence for librarians. This book, throught expla
This guide provides librarians, teachers, counselors, and other education professionals a wide range of suggested reading from the "realistic-problem novel" subset of modern young-adult literature, o
Science fiction opens new worlds, new possibilities, and new paradigms of thought to its readers and to society as a whole. It enables us to dream beyond our limitations and explore ways to make thos
High School and Junior college Students are Often tasked with Writing research papers---assignments that are intended not only to generate Knowledge of the paper's topic, but also to build critical th
This is the most comprehensive textbook on school library administration available, now updated to include the latest standards and address new technologies.
This is the most comprehensive textbook on school library administration available, now updated to include the latest standards and address new technologies.
Keeping a library program vital requires regular reflection about current practices and a willingness to implement changes that will position the library and library staff should they be threatened w
While the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is perhaps the best known bibliographic control system in existence, it is cumbersome and not always user friendly. Faceted Application of Subjec
Mike Fink, the crackshot keelboater. Babe, the blue ox. Davy Crockett and the raccoon. The Cat with a wooden leg. Despite being one of the youngest nations, the United States has a rich tapestry of t
The practical application of library and information science is based upon 75 years of critical theory and thought. Therefore, it is essential for students and faculty in LIS to be familiar with the
Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Aliceri had a pet snake, played poker, and enjoyed sliding down the White House stairs on a sled. You can read the details in What to Do About Alice?. In Farmer George P
While liberating management theories are well known to the profession, the traditional command-and-control structure prevails, leaving many libraries as reactive---not proactive---institutions. How c
Knowing a community enables library and information professionals to prioritize the community's information needs and design appropriate services for them. Assessing information Needs: Managing Trans
In the United States, convenience food and soft drink—based diets, increasingly sedentary lifestyles, and obesity have become common in youth culture. The importance of health education merits integr
Freed of many of the governing laws that shape public shools, librarians in independent schools have more opportunity to develop new ideas and methods, Among these are the "information commons" where
World War II mobilized 100 million military personnel and resulted in the deadliest conflict in human history. Everyone from students in grade six to adults will be engrossed by tales documenting the
Comics have more depth than might be supposed. Superman is an immigrant from another planet. Batman exhibits a high level of moral development. The Bushido code is alive and well in Wolverine, while
This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis.
From classics like The Diary of Anne Frank to biographies of famous women and men, books are an ideal way to connect kids to history and other cultures. Literature Links to World History, K-12: Resou
This book explores what the past 75 years of reading instruction has meant to children, teachers, and parents, and how children's librarians and school media specialists are a crucial part of the dev
This complete guide to youth readers' advisory covers genres, reading interests, and issues, as well as provides lists of sample titles and recommended reading.
This comprehensive handbook offers thoroughly annotated lists of 2009's best children's books, plus lesson plans, teacher's guides, stories, songs, and Internet resources.
This book provides practical strategies and examples for effectively integrating Web 2.0 tools into school library programs and the classroom curriculum. Aimed mainly at school librarians, this book e
A compilation of over 50 reading project ideas, including implementation ideas and examples, helping to promote lifelong reading habits while meeting the social and interactive needs of today's youth
Essential for collection development specialists in small and medium-sized libraries, RRB will help users quickly identify the best, most affordable, and most appropriate new reference materials in a
Webber coordinates young adult services for the Bergen Country library in New Jersey. She has assembled a guide for other public and school librarians to current literature of specific interest to you
Pearl (formerly Washington Center for the Book) and Cords (library and information studies, U. of Wisconsin, Madison) present librarians and book store personnel with a guide to some 500 of the most p
Written by a professional storyteller and artist who has studied with kamishibai artists and practitioners in Japan, this book is a practical "how-to" for creating and performing original kamishibai
