Reviving Reading: School Library Programming, Author Visits and Books That Rock! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591583561)

Drawing on her long experience as a school librarian, the author uses this middle school library programming book to help you promote free voluntary reading through innovative workshops, staff training, collection development, and collaborative curricular planning. Her goal: to revive the enthusiasm for reading that is often lost by the middle school years. Her recommendation: creative library literacy programming designed to pique flagging interest in reading for pleasure. Chapters focus on how to use the school's calendar and curriculum to get the time needed for the focused program as well as ways to manipulate budgets, get grants and other monies to build a strong literature-oriented program and collection. One chapter focuses entirely on how to get faculty to become readers of YA and children's literature in order to become models for their students. Other programs discussed are author visits, book fairs, whole school reading programs, journaling for readers and many more. Also included is an annotated bibliography of great reads. Grades 4-12.

Author: Alison M. G. Follos
ISBN-10: 159158356X
ISBN-13: 9781591583561
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2006
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.12w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/2006 pg. 176
Booklist 01/01/2007 pg. 156
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 325
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2007 pg. 564
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2007 pg. 393