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Price: $40.00
ISBN13: 9781591588443
ISBN10: 1591588448
Book code: LU8844
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 120 pages
April 2010
ISBN13: 9781591588443
ISBN10: 1591588448
Book code: LU8844
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 120 pages
April 2010
DESCRIPTION
As a children's librarian, you are increasingly being called upon to support schools and parents in teaching
children to read from early literacy initiatives and read-alouds to parent workshops and collection
development endeavors. Yet, if you're like most public librarians, you probably have no clue as to what
reading strategies other educators use. Understanding reading instruction theory and practice can help you
function better in these roles and communicate more effectively with other educators and parents.
Solving the Reading Riddle: The Librarian's Guide to Reading Instruction explains the theories and
shows you how to effectively integrate reading instruction theory into your roles as reading advocate, family
reading coach, partner with educators, and keeper of the books. Designed for public librarians, this book is
also beneficial reading for LIS students in children's librarianship courses, and for teacher-librarians needing
more information on this topic.
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 developing
philosophy and strategy.
While reading instruction may dovetail with the programming or teaching methods of a public library's
children's department or school media center, librarians are trained to provide reading advice and selection
from a more generalist perspective. Familiarity with reading instruction strategies and goals will enhance the
services that librarians provide to children and families.
TITLE FEATURES
As a children's librarian, you are increasingly being called upon to support schools and parents in teaching
children to read from early literacy initiatives and read-alouds to parent workshops and collection
development endeavors. Yet, if you're like most public librarians, you probably have no clue as to what
reading strategies other educators use. Understanding reading instruction theory and practice can help you
function better in these roles and communicate more effectively with other educators and parents.
Solving the Reading Riddle: The Librarian's Guide to Reading Instruction explains the theories and
shows you how to effectively integrate reading instruction theory into your roles as reading advocate, family
reading coach, partner with educators, and keeper of the books. Designed for public librarians, this book is
also beneficial reading for LIS students in children's librarianship courses, and for teacher-librarians needing
more information on this topic.
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 developing
philosophy and strategy.
While reading instruction may dovetail with the programming or teaching methods of a public library's
children's department or school media center, librarians are trained to provide reading advice and selection
from a more generalist perspective. Familiarity with reading instruction strategies and goals will enhance the
services that librarians provide to children and families.
TITLE FEATURES
- Summarizes and analyzes the last 75 years of reading instruction and the conflicting theories and
principles for the nonteaching professional
- Promotes children's library services through the dovetailing of reading instruction principles
- Provides a wealth of children's titles for use in specific services for readers' advisory, reference,
student-oriented research, and a multifaceted approach to literature-based programming
- Shows how access to reading and reading opportunities beyond classic collection development
initiatives can be accomplished through the concepts of visibility, compatibility, and portability of
supporting reading and literacy materials
- Presents an annotated list of teaching and reading instruction resources
- Includes a glossary of reading instruction terminology
- An overall subject index and an index of children's books by category of reading instructional strategy
- Offers a brief history of reading instruction theories
