Storytime and Beyond
Having Fun with Early Literacy
- Paperback
162 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2018
Summary
Join the world of balloons, pancakes, and musical instruments—just a few items to help improve early literacy in the library, the classroom, and at home. Literacy-builders covered range from music and instruments to magnetic letters, alphabet beads, and food.
Literacy is a popular topic of discussion among librarians. Especially important is “early literacy,” what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. In this book, experienced libr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781440858987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1440858985 |
| Author: | Kathy Barco, Melanie Borski-Howard |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Libraries Unlimited Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 162 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
Readers will be hard-pressed not to discover something useful and fun right away. A valuable addition for librarians working with young children. * School Library Journal *
The book is jam-packed with scripts, tips, bibliographies and anecdotes related to storytimes… A must-have book for every public library that wishes to really improve their early literacy programs. You will have fun and so will the children participating in your early literacy programs. * Public Library Quarterly *
About The Author
Kathy Barco
Kathy Barco is a freelance library consultant, having retired as literacy coordinator at Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System. Her book READiscover New Mexico: A Tri-Lingual Adventure in Literacy won a 2008 New Mexico Book Award.
Melanie Borski-Howard is currently a youth services specialist at the Boulder Public Library, in Boulder, Colorado, where she leads four to five storytimes a week and stars in the monthly television show Read With Us.
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