Instill a love of books and reading in children even before they have entirely mastered reading skills. Everything you need to start a fun-packed weekly book club at your school or library is included
A myriad of exciting opportunities for collaboration and networking awaits you! This guide shows you how to identify and optimize partnerships that benefit your library media center and help you build
The immense changes brought about by the Internet pose many questions and dilemmas for today's librarians. Are libraries destined for extinction as people turn to the Web for information? How will ce
Lively booktalks for more than 100 titles are accompanied by motivational activities and lists of related works. In addition, pithy book summaries and bibliographic information are given. Fiction and
These hands-on lessons for teaching the research process help you effectively teach information skills, while implementing current national information literacy standards. Stanley shares dozens of su
Language teachers, social studies teachers, and school library media specialists will find this resource invaluable for providing lessons and activities in critical thinking for students in grades 7-1
Introduce your students to award-winning and classic books, authors, and illustrators and pique their interest in reading with more than 1,000 fascinating facts and tantalizing tidbits of information.
Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12.
This book demonstrates how you can meet the higher demand for library patron instruction at most academic libraries by using peer tutors to support and enhance your library services. Peer tutors can t
This guide focuses on reference works published during the 1980s and 1990s that pertain to the northern area of the African continent, defined as Arabic-speaking Maghreb and Egypt, the Sahel (Sahara)
The only source that focuses exclusively on engineering and technology, this important guide maps the dynamic and changing field of information sources published for engineers in recent years. Lord h
This popular bibliographic guide offers users an overview of the best and most important paper and electronic information sources in the field of physics. An invaluable reference, research, and colle
This groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and best-selling resource features more than 30 exciting instructional units that integrate all areas of the curriculum and serve as models to educators at a
Introduce your students to other countries and cultures through traditional folk and fairy tales. Representing more than 30 countries and regions, the 40 reproducible scripts are accompanied by presen
Takes students beyond clerical and support staff roles to excel in management positions, providing a foundation in supervision principles and serving as a handbook for daily problems that arise in man
These hands-on lessons for teaching the research process help you effectively teach information skills, while implementing current national information literacy standards. Stanley shares dozens of suc
This book gathers together a number of popular folktale reworkings (not just simple retellings) in a variety of genres that appeal to young adults. After discussing the nature of folktales, their cul
History teachers and school library media specialists will find this guide a valuable resource for creating technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History i
Framing sound marketing principles within the context of customer service, Weingand demonstrates how current marketing ideas and strategies can contribute to effective library and information center m
Blending the latest research and educational theory with sound and effective practices, this book shows you how to create a learning-centered library for the new millennium. Some of the most respecte
A follow-up to Borne's successful 100 Research Topic Guides for Students, this guide provides reproducible outlines for 100 more report topics popular with high school students and teachers, in all b
Spice up your history classes with this fantastic resource! Organized in units that represent major periods of U.S. history and regions of the country, it contains all the ingredients you need to prom
Across the country educators are facing the challenge of restructuring the secondary school to meet the needs of students in the twenty-first century. Block scheduling provides sustained time and fost
Focusing on the management of serials in libraries and the role of serials in scholarly communications, this book combines descriptive and prescriptive approaches to illuminate major serials managemen
Provides elementary teachers with dozens of projects and experiments that take advantage of the natural questions children ask about the world and involve them in doing and thinking science. Meant to
Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantit
Offers lessons, practice problems, examples, games, and activities for teaching writing to students in grades six though eight. Activities are organized by steps in the writing process, from deciding
Helping you encourage children's interest in history and social studies, this valuable selection guide presents the best biographies of nearly 300 notable men and women, including such high-interest
Creativity informs all learning, but can it be taught? This book answers a resounding yes! It also shows you exactly how to nourish creativity and problem-solving abilities in your students. After pre
The book focuses on writers of the 1990s but also includes 12 classic authors who are still widely read by teens. An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collect
Extending his earlier two volumes covering 1878-1991, Hall cites without annotation books, articles, essays, new reports, reviews, and audiovisual items about science fiction, fantasy, and horror in a
This work provides all the information the network novice needs to plan, fund, create, and maintain a local area network in the school library media center.
No other book provides such a comprehensive approach to educating library customers and staff in the preservation of library materials. Over 35 case studies provide innovative programs and strategies
Shows how school library media specialists and psychologists can build and operate a bibliotherapy program in schools using a five-step model. After defining bibliotherapy and the skills needed to be
Ever dream of becoming a professional storyteller? If so, this is the book for you! Combining inspiration with information, it shows you how to successfully begin your storytelling career. You'll lear
Includes McElmeel's best reads of five more popular genres folklore, contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, biographies, and tales from here and there. After outlining the defining characteristics o
This indispensable source pulls together hundreds of practical, easy recipes and formulas for classroom, library, and home projects. From paints and salt map mixtures to volcanic action formulas, thes
Haven tells the stories of the first American woman doctor, the first social worker, the first American woman to fly a plane, the first U.S. congresswoman, and 36 other women of note. His concise, act
Lengthy annotations describing some 200 titles for children and young adults discuss each book's content and its significance to Native American culture, and provide Fry Reading Level ratings and curr
A guide to using library sources on Native Americans for college students, librarians, and other researchers. Cites nearly 400 works in English published 1970-93; most deal with North America, but som
