{"product_id":"a-librarians-guide-to-engaging-m-elena-lopez-9781440875830","title":"A Librarian's Guide to Engaging Families in Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublic libraries can increase their impact on knowledge development, innovation, and social change by promoting parent and family engagement in children's learning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibraries are increasingly focusing on families. Educational research confirms that family engagement in children's learning and development predicts school readiness, positive social behaviors, high school graduation, interest in STEM careers, and post-secondary education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Librarian's Guide to Engaging Families in Learning\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire libraries and librarians to innovate and promote family learning from a child's earliest years through adolescence. By bringing together research and practice, it will deepen librarians' understanding of families' role in education and help them to learn new ways to build positive and trusting family partnerships that honor diverse cultures and languages, as well as to develop leadership for community impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by thought leaders in the fields of family engagement and library science, each of the three main sections of the book begins with a framework followed by case studies illustrating key concepts of the framework. Cases are followed by reflections from practicing librarians. All chapters focus on practical family engagement in the social infrastructure, lifelong learning, and diversity and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. David Lankes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440875839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440875830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Libraries Unlimited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"R. David Lankes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046665875711,"sku":"9781440875830","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88632630-3f74-481d-851a-ed2a3ee87363.jpg?v=1684985802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-librarians-guide-to-engaging-m-elena-lopez-9781440875830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}